Sr Manager Real Estate

Store Network Expansion (Primary Focus)

• Drive end-to-end real estate acquisition to double talabats Egypt store footprint in 2026 - from site identification and feasibility through lease execution to operational go-live.

• Partner with commercial operations and tMart teams to translate business requirements (catchment footprint operational specs) into a sourced pipeline of viable locations.

• Source evaluate and negotiate lease terms that meet financial benchmarks and operational timelines.

• Own the full internal approval workflow - coordinating across procurement finance legal projects and business teams to eliminate bottlenecks and hit go-live dates.

• Manage all external coordination: landlord negotiations regulatory approvals municipal requirements.

• Maintain a live expansion pipeline tracker with status blockers and projected timelines per location - and report progress to senior leadership weekly.

Portfolio & Lease Management

• Manage the existing portfolio of leased assets ensuring renewals are executed on time and on favourable commercial terms.

• Conduct periodic portfolio reviews to identify renegotiation relocation or consolidation opportunities.

• Build and maintain relationships with major asset owners to unlock prime locations and preferential terms for talabat.

• Create and maintain a centralised lease repository - the single source of truth for all lease documentation landlord correspondence tenancy contracts key commercial terms renewal dates and escalation schedules.

Facilities Management & Office Projects (Team Oversight)

You will inherit a fully operational FM team. Your primary responsibility is to lead performance-manage and hold this team accountable to its operating model - not to redesign it. The FM scope covers:

• Hard services: building maintenance infrastructure preventative maintenance statutory compliance.

• Soft services: reception cleaning meeting room and event support workplace requests.

• Vendor governance: SLA tracking performance reviews contract management cost optimisation.

• Workplace security: access control visitor management emergency preparedness.

• Project management of any new office construction fit-out or refurbishment.

• Performance measurement: SLA adherence ticketing systems employee satisfaction metrics vendor accountability.

Stakeholder Management & Team Leadership

• Serve as the single point of contact for all real estate and FM matters in Egypt interfacing with the country GM finance legal procurement operations landlords contractors and regulatory bodies.

• Provide structured reporting to senior leadership on expansion progress portfolio health and FM performance.

• Lead coach and develop a team spanning lease management and FM functions. Set clear objectives build accountability and create growth opportunities.

WHAT GREAT LOOKS LIKE IN THE FIRST 12 MONTHS:

Within 90 days:

• You have met every internal stakeholder and understand the expansion pipeline end-to-end. You know where the bottlenecks are.

• The expansion pipeline is running at the velocity needed to hit the full-year target. New locations are moving from sourced to go-live within the target timeline.

• You have a complete map of the existing portfolio: every lease every key date every landlord relationship. The centralised lease repository is live.

By 6 months:

• You have built relationships with the top asset owners in Egypt and have a sourcing pipeline that is ahead of the businesss demand.

• Lease renewals are on track with no surprises. At least one renewal has been renegotiated on improved terms.

• You have assessed the FM team confirmed operating rhythms and identified any immediate performance gaps.

By 12 months:

• The network has doubled. You delivered the stores on time on terms that work commercially.

• The lease repository is the institutional memory of the Egypt real estate function - anyone can pick up any locations full history in minutes.

• The FM team is running smoothly with clear KPIs and you have freed up your own bandwidth to focus on the next phase of growth.

Qualifications :

Must-Haves

• 812 years in commercial real estate lease management or a combined real estate/FM leadership role. Experience in a fast-scaling consumer logistics or technology business is strongly preferred over a traditional property background.

• Proven track record of scaling a physical network at speed - not just managing a static portfolio. You have sourced negotiated and operationalised multiple locations under time pressure.

• Deep knowledge of the Egyptian real estate market: key commercial landlords regulatory environment municipal processes.

• Experience managing cross-functional workflows where you dont own every team but are accountable for the outcome - coordinating procurement finance legal and operations to hit deadlines.

• Experience leading and developing teams of 10 across multiple functions.

• Fluent in Arabic and English (written and spoken).

• Bachelors degree required.

Differentiators

• You have built real estate processes from scratch in a business that was growing faster than its infrastructure - you know how to create order without slowing things down.

• You are comfortable operating in ambiguity. Not everything will have a playbook; you write the playbook.

• You have managed FM operations or vendor ecosystems at scale even if it wasnt your primary function.

• Relevant professional qualifications (RICS MEFMA) are a plus but not required.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time