Director Real Estate

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Company Description

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed. Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

This role is based in our Mountain View or Sunnyvale location.

The Director of Real Estate leads the strategic oversight and management of LinkedIn's global real estate portfolio, driving long-term planning, operational excellence, and alignment with the company's business strategy. This leader oversees the full real estate lifecycle including site selection, acquisition, transactions, lease administration, disposition, and portfolio optimization to ensure every investment supports LinkedIn's mission and growth. Partnering closely with senior executives, Legal, Finance, and Workplace leaders, the Director delivers best-in-class environments that enable productivity, innovation, and connection. Leveraging data-driven insights and market intelligence, this role informs strategic decisions, champions continuous improvement, and ensures all real estate initiatives align with the broader Workplace and company vision. The Director leads a high-performing, senior-level team committed to operational rigor and strategic impact.

Responsibilities

Oversee highly complex portfolios of regional and / or global real estate activities by guiding teams in evaluations, selection, development, and management of real estate transactions.

Provide expert strategic guidance for the team's portfolio of regional and / or global real estate activities. Drive execution of regional strategic long-term plans and delegate resources needed to accomplish the plan.

Ensure execution of strategic goals in partnership with global and regional leadership.

Partner with senior stakeholders across the organization to update and operationalize the global strategy and communicate plans to the team and stakeholders.

Real Estate Transactions

Oversee all stages of transactions (e.g., letters of intent, contract negotiations).

Drive the development, negotiation, documentation, and approval of complex acquisition agreements, business cases, and deal summaries.

Collaborate with legal teams to ensure contracts are created with LinkedIn's best interest. Serve as a role model for team members by ensuring on-time delivery and contract completion.

Relationship Management

Partner with internal and external stakeholders to build an aligned strategy.

Drive development of long-term strategic plans based on reporting information (e.g., market reports) at a regional level, identify trends, and provide strategic recommendations.

Utilize business intelligence and data to positively influence a wide range of senior stakeholders.

Serve as a point of escalation to resolve highly complex issues.

Budgeting and Finance

Drive the execution of the regional and / or global budget.

Present business cases for budget approval. Socialize the budget and impact with key senior stakeholders.

Drive timely updates to budgets by forecasting costs and updating spending targets in partnership with the Finance team and senior leadership.

Drive budget planning, forecasting, and tracking for facilities in collaboration with finance stakeholders.

Continuous Improvement and Innovation

Drive the development and implementation of innovative solutions, process updates, and optimizations to drive operational efficiency.

Ensure leases are enabled, verify real estate is up to date, and maintain its competitive status with other real estate competitors.

Influence overall Real Estate Strategy and work to ensure Real Estate projects / initiatives are aligned with greater Workplace and LinkedIn strategy.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

10+ years in a leadership role with direct reports.

15+ years in corporate real estate or a directly related field OR Bachelor's Degree in business management, real estate, finance, project management, or related field AND 12+ years in corporate real estate or a directly related field.

Preferred Qualifications

7+ years in project and / or program management.

7+ years with financial modeling.

7+ years working in the technology industry.

7+ years working in a large, multinational corporation.

Suggested Skills

Agility

Analytical Skills

Business Acumen

Commercial Real Estate Analysis

Contract Management

Data Analysis

Financial Analysis

Negotiation

Operational Excellence

Strategic Thinking

Strategy

LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.

Pay range : $161,000 to $262,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and / or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https : / / careers.linkedin.com / benefits.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We seek candidates with a wide range of perspectives and backgrounds and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. LinkedIn considers qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.

LinkedIn is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and accessible workplace where everyone has the opportunity to be successful. If you need a reasonable accommodation to search for a job opening, apply for a position, or participate in the interview process, connect with us at accommodations@linkedin.com and describe the specific accommodation requested for a disability-related limitation.

Accommodations

Documents in alternate formats or read aloud to you

Having interviews in an accessible location

Being accompanied by a service dog

Having a sign language interpreter present for the interview

Requests for accommodations will be responded to within three business days. However, non-disability related requests, such as following up on an application, will not receive a response.

LinkedIn will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by LinkedIn, or (c) consistent with LinkedIn's legal duty to furnish information.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, LinkedIn will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Pay Transparency Policy Statement

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Seniority level : Director

Employment type : Full-time

Industries : Technology, Information and Internet

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