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**Director, Transactions & Leasing** Drive Fidelity's retail real estate strategy, leading complex transactions. Negotiate leases, restructures, and relocations nationwide. Collaborate with senior stakeholders, manage brokers, and ensure alignment with corporate strategy. Requires extensive retail real estate experience, proven transaction management, and strong financial acumen. Influencing skills and ability to manage multiple projects essential. Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Compensation
- $103,000 – $211,000 USD
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- Not specified
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Full Job Description
Job Description:
The Role
Are you ready to play a key role in shaping Fidelitys retail real estate strategy and portfolio? As Director of Transactions and Leasing, you will drive complex deal strategy, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver solutions that align with evolving business priorities. This is an opportunity to operate at a strategic level while remaining close to execution and market dynamics. You will also bring your deep experience working for national retailers to inform site strategy, lease structuring, and market positioning across Fidelitys footprint.
This role is responsible for leading and executing complex real estate transactions, including lease negotiations, renewals, restructures, extensions, and relocations across a retail national portfolio. Responsibilities include developing and implementing transaction strategies, partnering with business leaders to align real estate decisions with workforce and operational needs, and overseeing transactions from initial underwriting through execution and close. The role involves managing broker relationships, negotiating directly with landlords and ownership groups, coordinating with legal and finance teams, and ensuring consistency with corporate real estate strategy. Additional responsibilities include analyzing market conditions, evaluating financial structures, identifying risks and opportunities, and supporting portfolio optimization initiatives.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
We are seeking a highly experienced retail real estate leader with deep expertise in transaction management, leasing strategy, and complex negotiations. The ideal candidate brings a strong track record of executing large-scale or multi-market transactions, combined with advanced financial acumen and the ability to translate business objectives into actionable real estate solutions. This role requires strong leadership, including influencing senior stakeholders, managing external partners, and driving alignment across competing priorities. The ability to operate independently, exercise sound judgment, and deliver results in a fast-paced, evolving environment is critical.
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience (preferred)
- Significant experience in commercial real estate transactions, leasing, or and contract negotiations for large national retailers
- Demonstrated success negotiating complex lease agreements and driving transaction strategy
- Strong financial and analytical skills, including lease analysis and structuring
- Experience managing brokers and external service providers
- Ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior internal stakeholders
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent transactions
Note: Fidelity will not provide immigration sponsorship for this position.
The Team
We are part of Fidelitys Real Estate organization, responsible for delivering strategic, cost-effective, and flexible retail real estate solutions across a diverse portfolio. Our team partners closely with business units, finance, legal, HR, and external advisors to ensure our real estate strategy supports enterprise priorities and evolving retail real estate needs.
We are committed to driving innovation, operational excellence, and long-term value while fostering a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and continuous learning. Our team plays a critical role in shaping the future of Fidelitys real estate, ensuring they remain dynamic, efficient, and aligned with business growth.
The base salary range for this position is $103,000-211,000 USD per year.Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidates relevant experience, and other factors.
Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.
We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.
Please be advised that Fidelitys business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.
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From our fully paid parent leave to our on-site health and wellness centers, our benefits support the belief that more balance you have, the better you can achieve your goals.
Company overview
Company overview
At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experience.
Reasonable accommodations
Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.
Equal opportunity employer
Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop, and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.
Applicant screening
At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.
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