Head of Real Estate and Transactions

The role

You will secure, negotiate, and execute lease agreements for core operational facilities. You will ensure Operations teams across APAC have cost-effective hubs that meet scale and productivity needs.

What you will do

• Execute a regional real estate strategy that aligns with Waymo's long-term expansion plans.
• Work with external support to source infrastructure in the assigned territory.
• Oversee the entire lifecycle of complex real estate transactions.
• Act as an escalation point during the lifecycle of all real estate transactions.
• Act as a real estate advisor to internal stakeholders.
• Prepare and present comprehensive real estate strategies, site analyses, and deal summaries.
• Manage relationships and performance of key external partners.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in commercial real estate, with a specialty in industrial operations.
• 5+ years of experience completing a high volume of complex real estate transactions.
• 5+ years of demonstrated leadership experience building, managing, and mentoring diverse teams of real estate professionals.
• Experience partnering closely with cross-functional stakeholders, including Operations, Product, Project Management, Legal and Facilities.

Nice to have

• Automotive fleet or large-scale logistics operations experience.
• Experience implementing and scaling charging infrastructure for an electric vehicle fleet, including a deep understanding of projects that require significant utility upgrades and engagement with powe
• Excellent communication, analytical, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence effectively across all organizational levels.
• A track record of strategic program implementation within highly matrixed tech organizations.
• Experience managing global and/or executive-level stakeholders.
• Drive to work in a fast-paced, startup-like environment.

About the company

Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The Waymo Driver powers Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hail service and can also be applied to a range of vehicle platforms and product use cases.