Senior Manager, Corporate Real Estate Transaction

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

The Senior Manager, Corporate Real Estate Transaction is responsible for leading and executing real estate transactions that support the company’s strategic, financial, and operational objectives. This role manages the full transaction lifecycle—including site selection, lease and purchase negotiations, renewals, relocations, dispositions, and terminations—while partnering closely with internal stakeholders and external service providers. The Transaction Sr. Manager ensures transactions are completed efficiently, cost‑effectively, and in alignment with corporate real estate standards and business needs.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

Transaction Management:

• Lead end‑to‑end execution of real estate transactions, including new leases, renewals, expansions, contractions, acquisitions, dispositions, and lease terminations.

• Develop transaction strategies aligned with business unit requirements, portfolio plans, and financial goals.

• Manage due diligence processes, including financial analysis, site evaluations, and risk assessments.

• Oversee negotiations of business terms and coordinate with legal counsel on lease, purchase, and sale documentation.

• Ensure timely execution of transactions while managing multiple projects simultaneously.

Stakeholder & Cross‑Functional Collaboration:

• Partner with business leaders, finance, legal, facilities, workplace strategy, and HR teams to understand space and location needs.

• Serve as the primary real estate point of contact for assigned business units or regions.

• Present transaction recommendations, financial impacts, and risks to senior leadership.

Financial & Portfolio Support:

• Prepare and review financial models, market analyses, and transaction approval packages.

• Support capital and operating budget planning related to real estate transactions.

• Track transaction metrics, savings, and portfolio impacts to support reporting and decision‑making.

Vendor & Broker Management:

• Manage relationships with external real estate brokers, consultants, attorneys, and other service providers.

• Ensure vendors meet performance expectations, timelines, and budget requirements.

• Enforce corporate real estate policies, standards, and governance processes.

Market Intelligence & Strategy:

• Monitor real estate market trends, labor considerations, incentives, and economic conditions relevant to corporate real estate decisions.

• Provide insights and recommendations to optimize the portfolio for cost efficiency, flexibility, and long‑term value.

YOU HAVE:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field.

• 8+ years of experience in corporate real estate, transaction management, brokerage, or a related discipline.

• Demonstrated experience negotiating commercial leases and/or purchase and sale agreements.

• Strong financial acumen with experience evaluating real estate deal economics.

• Proven ability to manage complex transactions and multiple priorities simultaneously.

• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree (MBA or MS in Real Estate) or professional certifications (e.g., CCIM, CPM).

• Experience managing a multi‑site or geographically diverse real estate portfolio.

• Familiarity with lease administration systems and real estate financial modeling tools.

• Experience working in a publicly traded or large corporate environment.

Key Competencies:

• Strategic thinking and execution

• Negotiation and deal structuring

• Financial analysis and modeling

• Project management

• Relationship management

• Attention to detail and risk mitigation

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

• nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

• Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at .

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

• We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

• Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We’re known for being:

• Innovative & adaptable

• Dedicated to absolute integrity

• Focused on the customer first

• Respectful and team oriented

• Optimistic and energizing

• Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

Pay Transparency

nVent’s pay scale is based on the expected range of base pay for this job and the employee’s work location. Employee pay within this range will be based on a combination of factors including knowledge, skills, abilities, experience, education, and performance. Where federal, state, or local minimum wage requirements exist, employee pay will comply.

Compensation Range:

$123,500.00 - $229,500.00

Depending on the position offered, employee may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as annual incentives.

Benefit Overview

At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

• Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

• A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan — both include a company match.

• Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other’s authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.

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At nVent, we are committed to equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, federal, state or local law.