Senior Manager, Corporate Real Estate

About this role

Whether you’re a recent grad or a seasoned professional, you can experience meaningful career growth at Rosendin. Enjoy a true sense of ownership as you work with a proven industry leader on some of the most exciting and high-profile projects in the nation. We offer a wide range of job opportunities, competitive compensation, full benefits, an Employee Stock Ownership Plan and more.

Why Rosendin? Committed. Innovative. Engaged. If you’re looking to take your career to the next level and work with some of the best and brightest in the industry, we want to hear from you. Since our founding over 100+ years ago, Rosendin has been driven to positively impact the communities where we live and work. We are an organization built on integrity and we have a culture that empowers people, embraces diversity, and inspires everyone to do their best.  As one of the largest EMPLOYEE-OWNED electrical contractors in the United States, you will have the unique benefit of being a shareholder at a company that is experiencing tremendous growth and success. When our people succeed and fuel our success, we reward them. We'd love to have you as a shareholder!  

YOUR NEXT OPPORTUNITY: We are seeking a Senior Manager, Corporate Real Estate – Project Management Office (PMO) to build and lead the project and transaction management framework for a diverse and geographically dispersed corporate real estate portfolio. The portfolio consists of approximately 70 locations totaling nearly 8 million square feet, including corporate and regional offices, operational and field support facilities, warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and other specialized spaces supporting the company’s workforce and operations. This role will establish the governance, standards, tools, processes, and reporting required to consistently manage real estate transactions and capital projects across the portfolio. The Senior Manager will oversee activities across the real estate lifecycle from business requirements, site selection and transaction execution through design, construction, commissioning, closeout, and transition to operations. Working closely with Corporate Real Estate leadership and cross-functional partners, this individual will provide portfolio-level visibility into transactions, projects, schedules, budgets, risks, and performance, while ensuring initiatives are delivered consistently and in alignment with business requirements.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Key Responsibilities PMO Development & Governance • Build and implement a scalable Corporate Real Estate PMO, including governance, delivery standards, processes, tools, templates, and decision rights.

• Establish consistent lifecycle processes spanning real estate transactions, capital planning, project initiation, design, construction, commissioning, turnover, and closeout.

• Develop approval processes, reporting standards, and escalation protocols appropriate to the size, complexity, and risk of each initiative.

• Drive adoption of consistent project and transaction management practices and continuously improve the PMO based on performance and lessons learned.

Transactions & Portfolio Execution • Partner with the Director of Strategy & Operations to execute real estate transactions aligned with the company’s portfolio strategy and business requirements.

• Manage transaction workstreams including requirements development, site selection, market evaluations, due diligence, financial analysis, approvals, lease negotiations, renewals, expansions, relocations, acquisitions, and dispositions.

• Coordinate external brokerage, legal, design, construction, and other partners throughout the transaction process.

• Develop and maintain transaction schedules, decision milestones, critical dates, financial analyses, and approval documentation.

• Ensure effective transition from transaction execution into project delivery, occupancy, and ongoing operations.

• Maintain portfolio-level visibility into active and upcoming transactions, key milestones, risks, dependencies, and required decisions.

Capital Planning & Project Delivery • Develop and maintain an integrated view of approved, planned, and potential capital projects across the portfolio.

• Partner with Corporate Real Estate leadership and Finance on annual and long-range capital planning, prioritization, forecasting, and resource allocation.

• Provide owner-side oversight of projects ranging from office improvements and renovations to operational, warehouse, manufacturing, and specialized facilities.

• Oversee external project managers, architects, engineers, general contractors, consultants, and other delivery partners.

• Establish consistent practices for scope, cost, schedule, change control, risk, quality, commissioning, and project closeout.

• Support or directly lead high-priority, complex, or business-critical projects when needed.

Financial & Performance Management • Partner with Finance to establish consistent budgeting, forecasting, accrual, and financial reporting practices for transactions and capital projects.

• Monitor performance against approved budgets, schedules, and business cases and proactively identify variances, risks, and corrective actions.

• Establish PMO KPIs covering cost, schedule, quality, safety, forecasting accuracy, transaction performance, and stakeholder satisfaction.

• Develop executive-level dashboards and reporting that provide clear visibility into transaction and project portfolio health.

Vendor & Partner Management • Establish expectations, scopes of work, and performance standards for brokerage, project management, design, construction, and consulting partners.

• Partner with Procurement on sourcing strategies, RFPs, vendor selection, contracting, and commercial negotiations.

• Develop scalable delivery models and preferred partner strategies that improve consistency, speed, quality, and cost effectiveness.

• Drive accountability through performance reviews, scorecards, report

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