Director, Transaction Management (AI)

Location: Remote; New York, New York, USA

Salary: $153,850.00–$181,000.00 annually

Company

Cushman & Wakefield provides commercial real estate and portfolio advisory services.

What you will do

• Lead market optimization planning, strategic real estate plans, transaction initiatives, and portfolio recommendations aligned with client business goals.
• Initiate and execute complex transactions, dispositions, and renewals across multiple asset classes, including negotiations and legal review of leased documents.
• Manage brokerage resources, transaction teams, client stakeholders, field agents, service partners, and cross-functional contributors.
• Build business cases, perform market and financial analysis, monitor reporting and transaction data, track revenue projections, and prepare close-out and value-add reports.
• Lead client presentations, business reviews, governance discussions, and collaboration with corporate real estate teams and senior operational groups.
• Improve transaction processes, playbooks, reporting, workflows, and client outcomes using technology-driven and AI-enabled solutions.

Requirements

• Experience leading transaction management strategy and execution for large, complex client portfolios and enterprise real estate initiatives.
• Ability to develop strategic real estate plans and provide strategic real estate advice.
• Experience with complex transactions, aggressive negotiations, transaction delivery, and oversight of legal review.
• Ability to perform market analysis, financial analysis, business case development, reporting, and value-add calculations.
• Ability to manage client relationships, facilitate senior-level meetings, and align transaction strategies with client requirements.
• Ability to lead brokers, transaction teams, field agents, service partners, and cross-functional contributors.
• People-management experience, including coaching and mentoring direct reports and maintaining a performance-measured team environment.
• Ability to use transaction systems and apply technology-driven or AI-enabled solutions to reporting, analysis, and workflow improvement.

Culture & Benefits

• Team philosophy focused on client service, insight, execution excellence, innovation, collaboration, and measurable impact.
• Eligible employees may enroll in health, vision, dental, flexible spending, health savings, retirement savings, life, and disability insurance programs.
• Eligible employees receive paid and unpaid time away from work.
• Compensation and benefits may vary based on geographic location, experience, qualifications, job type, business line, hours worked, and applicable collective bargaining agreements.