Senior Real Estate Manager – Industrial

Overview

As Senior Real Estate Manager, you will shape Veolia Water Tech’s European real estate portfolio, focusing on industrial assets. You’ll lead lease transactions, administration, and strategic site development while collaborating with regional leadership and the Global Director of Real Estate. The role combines cross-country portfolio oversight with impactful transactions and environmental compliance support. You contribute to a sustainable transformation by aligning real estate strategy with broader decarbonisation goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead operational lease transaction and negotiation projects to timely completion
• Manage lease administration for office, industrial, and laboratory facilities
• Execute lease abstractions and document into real estate management systems
• Oversee site dispositions including sales and lease-backs
• Partner with legal teams on complex commercial contract negotiations
• Develop and maintain property database systems
• Coordinate workspace planning and site relocations
• Support environmental compliance and site restoration projects

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, real estate, accounting, finance or related field
• Proven track record in industrial asset and portfolio management
• Experience with lease database management systems
• Strong understanding of real estate fundamentals and capital structures
• Knowledge of environmental regulations and property compliance
• Expertise in workspace planning and facility operations
• Experience partnering with legal counsel and environmental consultants
• Understanding of chemical storage and logistics requirements
• Project management capabilities for complex real estate transactions
• Fluency in English; additional European languages advantageous

• strong commercial acumen
• cross-functional collaboration
• stakeholder management
• lease database management systems
• real estate management systems
• workspace planning

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