Senior Real Estate Manager
Clio
Clio is the global leader in legal AI technology, empowering legal professionals and law firms of every size to work smarter, faster, and more securely.
We are transforming the legal experience for all by bettering the lives of legal professionals while increasing access to justice.
Summary:
Real Estate Strategy & Portfolio Management
Oversee Clio’s global real estate portfolio, ensuring the right locations, sizes, and configurations to support business growth.
Conduct market research and comparative analyses to inform site selection, renewals, and restructuring.
Track key lease metrics, critical dates, and occupancy trends to proactively anticipate upcoming decisions.
Partner with Finance on real estate forecasting, scenario modeling, and long-term footprint planning.
Lease Transactions & Negotiations
Lead end-to-end lease transactions, including new site searches, renewals, renegotiations, expansions, and exits.
Manage relationships with brokers, landlords, and external partners to ensure competitive terms and exceptional execution.
Develop negotiation strategies that balance cost, flexibility, and business needs, serving as Clio’s primary negotiating voice.
Coordinate with Legal on lease reviews, ensuring alignment with company standards and risk guidelines.
Experience maintaining and growing relationships with landlords
Cross-Functional Partnership & Execution
Collaborate with senior leaders, including Finance, Legal, IT, and Workplace Experience, to align portfolio decisions with cultural, operational and strategic priorities.
Provide real estate insights and recommendations to executive stakeholders in support of strategic planning and business cases.
Ensure smooth execution of real estate decisions by partnering on moves, decommissions, or space adjustments as required (execution owned by Workplace Experience).
Strong executive presence and presentation skills
Financial & Data Management
Support Opex and CapEx planning related to real estate transactions, including rent projections and one-time project costs.
Develop and present business cases, financial comparisons, and ROI assessments for real estate decisions.
Maintain real estate systems and documentation to ensure accuracy, transparency, and compliance.
What you will find here:
Compensation is one of the main components of Clio’s Total Rewards Program. We have developed a series of programs and processes to ensure we are creating fair and competitive pay practices that form the foundation of our human and high-performing culture.
Some highlights of our Total Rewards program include:
Competitive, equitable salary with top-tier health benefits, dental, and vision insurance
Hybrid work environment, with expectation for local Clions (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Dublin and Sydney) to be in office min. twice per week.
Flexible time off policy, with an encouraged 20 days off per year.
$2000 annual counseling benefit
RRSP matching and RESP contribution
Clioversary recognition program with special acknowledgement at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years
*Our salary bands are designed to reflect the range of skills and experience needed for the position and to allow room for growth at Clio. For experienced individuals, we typically hire at or around the midpoint of the band. The top portion of the salary band is reserved for employees who demonstrate sustained high performance and impact at Clio. Those who are new to the role may join below the midpoint and develop their skills over time. The final offer amount for this role will be dependent on geographical region, applicable experience, and skillset of the candidate.
Diversity, Inclusion, Belonging and Equity (DIBE) & Accessibility
Our team shows up as their authentic selves, and are united by our mission. We are dedicated to diversity, equity and inclusion. We pride ourselves in building and fostering an environment where our teams feel included, valued, and enabled to do the best work of their careers, wherever they choose to log in from. We believe that different perspectives, skills, backgrounds, and experiences result in higher-performing teams and better innovation. We are committed to equal employment and we encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.
Clio provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. Should you require any accommodation, please let us know and we will work with you to meet your needs.
Learn more about our culture at clio.com/careers
Disclaimer: We only communicate with candidates through official @clio.com email addresses.
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