Real Estate Manager
Abbott
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Abbott Park • Illinois • United States
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Salary
💰 $113,300 - $226,700 per year
About the role
- Accountability for the successful delivery of real estate projects in the APAC Region or as otherwise assigned.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders, including the Global Facilities Organization (GFO), Business Units, finance, legal, and operations teams to ensure alignment of real estate and planning initiatives.
- Align real estate outcomes with business objectives in partnership with the Corporate planning teams and provide clear guidance to division leadership.
- Transactions will include acquisitions, divestitures, leases, restructuring efforts, masterplans and optimization of surplus real estate to deliver maximum value.
- Develop and maintain strong internal relationships with business leaders, cross-functional team leads and third party vendors (Brokers, Landlords, etc.)
- Track critical dates to ensure ample planning, site selection, negotiations and internal approval timelines are met.
- Execute leasing strategies that balance cost, flexibility, and long-term business needs.
- Prepare and present executive-level documents that articulate strategic recommendations, financial analyses, and operational impacts to facilitate informed decision-making and organizational alignment.
- Ensure accurate filing of documents and critical dates.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- 6-12 years of commercial real estate work experience
- Proven success in leading real estate transactions and facility operational oversight across multiple geographies.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate business needs into actionable real estate plans.
- Strong collaboration skills with experience partnering across functional teams.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills (written and verbal), with a track record of building trust and driving alignment across diverse stakeholder groups.
- Ability to adapt and navigate ambiguity in a dynamic environment.
- APAC work experience and/or a master’s degree in business or real estate a plus.
- Construction project experience a plus.
- Active certifications and/or membership in commercial real estate groups/ clubs a plus.
- Working knowledge of PPT, Excel and Word.
Benefits
- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
- An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
- Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
strategic thinkercollaboration skillscommunication skillsinfluencing skillsbuilding trustdriving alignmentadaptabilitynavigating ambiguity
Certifications
active certifications in commercial real estatemembership in commercial real estate groups