You’ll be part of the Nike Direct Stores Real Estate team, reporting to the Real Estate Director. In this dynamic environment, your proactive approach is essential for achieving results. You will oversee two direct reports and manage lease obligations while executing portfolio optimization plans through collaboration with Global lease services, Finance, Field leadership, Store construction, Facilities, and Legal teams. You will also handle communications with landlords.

Who We Are Looking For

We seek a skilled people manager and expert in retail real estate asset management, capable of leading a high-performing asset management team in a matrixed organization. You should have extensive experience managing retail real estate portfolios and a leadership mindset that balances strategic direction, operational excellence, and talent development.

• Proven experience managing an international portfolio of stores and developing asset management professionals
• Strong expertise in lease management, portfolio optimization through negotiations, and value creation initiatives, with the ability to prioritize and guide teams toward process improvement
• Excellent analytical, communication, and presentation skills
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities
• Results-driven with a positive attitude as a strong teammate
• Proficiency in English, both written and verbal
• Strong knowledge of Excel and a solid understanding of SmartSheets

What You’ll Work On

As the Manager of Asset Management, you will be responsible for executing, coordinating, and optimizing asset management activities across the retail real estate portfolio. You will ensure operational control, proactive issue management, and value creation through partnerships with landlords, third-party vendors, and internal stakeholders.

• Manage landlord and third-party lease administration correspondence, ensuring timely follow-up and issue resolution
• Own portfolio actions including bank guarantees, critical dates, lease expirations, tenancy-related payments, and escalations, coordinating execution across vendors and stakeholders
• Ensure accurate tracking of critical dates and financial obligations through established reporting
• Drive closure of asset actions, managing risks, dependencies, and approvals
• Manage landlord and third-party consents, coordinating documentation and approvals
• Oversee lease documentation administration, ensuring data integrity and governance
• Coordinate daily document flow with the lease administration vendor, ensuring accuracy and compliance
• Support ad-hoc lease reporting and analysis, focusing on insights and decision support rather than transactional processing
• Partner with Real Estate Portfolio Managers to develop three-year asset management and portfolio optimization outlooks
• Execute agreed optimization initiatives to achieve financial, operational, and strategic outcomes
• Prepare and lead landlord review meetings with clear agendas, data-driven discussions, and follow-up actions
• Identify, scope, and coordinate resolution of complex asset and lease issues
• Support savings tracking and reporting related to asset management initiatives
• Drive continuous process improvement across asset management operations and vendor interaction.

Applications for this role will be accepted until September 11, 2026.