Vice President, Corporate Real Estate Services

Who You Are:

The Vice President Corporate Real Estate is responsible for establishing and leading QTSs enterprisewide corporate real estate strategy across leased and owned assets ensuring alignment with longterm business objectives operational priorities and capital strategy. This role operates at a strategic leadership level overseeing portfoliolevel decision making governance and execution related to corporate real estate activities that support QTS operations.

The Vice President provides executive oversight across the full real estate lifecycle including market strategy site evaluation transaction execution asset onboarding stabilization optimization and disposition. This role partners closely with senior and executive leadership to ensure real estate decisions support growth risk management operational continuity and financial performance.

As a senior leader the Vice President balances strategic planning with oversight of execution leads and develops a team of real estate professionals and represents corporate real estate at the executive and external stakeholder level.

What You Will Do:

Enterprise Strategy & Leadership

• Establish and drive QTSs corporate real estate strategy across leased and owned properties in alignment with enterprise growth plans operating strategy and longterm portfolio objectives.
• Contribute to enterprise strategy development by providing real estate insights related to market conditions portfolio risk capital allocation and operational needs.
• Serve as the executive owner for corporate real estate governance decisionmaking frameworks and prioritization.

Portfolio & Transaction Oversight

• Provide executive oversight of corporate real estate transactions including site identification market analysis lease negotiations acquisitions renewals expansions and exits.
• Ensure consistent disciplined evaluation of opportunities including financial impact risk timelines and operational feasibility.
• Set standards for due diligence and transaction execution across the portfolio while delegating tactical execution to direct reports.CrossFunctional & Executive Partnership
• Partner with senior leaders across Legal Finance Development Operations Construction Facilities and Corporate functions to ensure alignment on real estate planning ownership and accountability.
• Influence and advise executive leadership on real estaterelated decisions tradeoffs and investments.
• Represent corporate real estate perspectives in executive forums and leadership discussions.

Asset Lifecycle & Optimization

• Provide strategic oversight for asset onboarding turnover stabilization and lifecycle management ensuring smooth transitions into operational control.
• Drive identification and prioritization of portfoliolevel opportunities for upgrades repositioning optimization or disposition to enhance asset performance and operational efficiency.
• Ensure longterm portfolio health through proactive planning and continuous assessment.

People Leadership & Organizational Effectiveness

• Lead develop and manage a team of corporate real estate professionals including setting direction delegating execution and building capability.
• Ensure clarity of roles accountability and decision rights within the real estate function.
• Balance strategic leadership with appropriate involvement in highimpact or highrisk initiatives.

External Representation

• Serve as the senior representative of QTS corporate real estate in discussions with landlords sellers brokers consultants and external partners.
• Maintain awareness of industry market and regulatory trends that may impact corporate real estate strategy or execution.
• Other duties as assigned.

What You Will Need to be Successful:

• 12 years of progressive experience in commercial or corporate real estate including leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience leading real estate strategy and execution at a portfolio or enterprise level.
• Bachelors degree required field of study in business real estate finance or a related discipline.
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams and manage complex multistakeholder environments.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to influence senior and Csuite leaders.
• Deep understanding of corporate real estate lifecycle management governance and risk considerations.

Nice to Have: (Preferred Qualifications Education Experience Certifications)

• Masters degree in business real estate finance or a related field.
• Experience supporting largescale missioncritical industrial or infrastructureheavy portfolios.
• Familiarity with data center technology utilityadjacent or infrastructuredriven environments.
• Demonstrated experience driving valueenhancing portfolio optimization or transformation initiatives.

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