Senior Lease Analyst

This Opportunity We are seeking a strategic and solutions‑oriented Senior Leasing Analyst to lead corporate real estate transactions across our portfolio. We are ideally seeking candidates located on the East Coast , but are open to qualified candidates in other U.S. locations . This role exercises independent judgment and provides strategic guidance to senior leadership on real estate matters that influence long‑term business planning, financial outcomes, and operational performance. Key Responsibilities • Work with leadership to develop forward‑looking real estate strategies 18–36 months ahead of lease expiries, incorporating business needs, portfolio optimization, and financial implications. • Lead and manage leasing, subleasing, and disposition activities, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, risk parameters, and shareholder interests. • Independently engage and direct brokerage partners, negotiating business terms and conditions across office, industrial, land, parking, and warehouse asset types. • Oversee the full lifecycle of real estate transactions—including acquisitions, dispositions, renewals, and complex amendments—ensuring compliance with Delegation of Authority, legal standards, and strategic priorities. • Govern documentation, approvals, and transaction workflows at a portfolio level, ensuring quality control, audit readiness, and adherence to corporate policies (not clerical document tracking). • Provide senior leadership with expert recommendations, scenario analyses, and data‑driven insights related to deal structure, timing, risk, and financial impact. • Lead due diligence activities, including financial modeling, valuation assessments, operational risk reviews, and market analysis. • Serve as primary liaison with landlords, brokers, and third‑party advisors, representing the company in strategic negotiations and managing performance expectations. • Oversee critical‑date governance, interpreting risk implications and advising on optimal timing for notices, renewals, terminations, and option exercises. • Continuously evaluate shifting business priorities and market dynamics, adjusting strategies with minimal direction. • Communicate complex issues concisely to executives, providing recommendations and identifying implications for business units and the broader portfolio. • Travel as required to evaluate market conditions, negotiate transactions, and support stakeholder engagement. Qualifications • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Real Estate, Finance, or related field (U.S. equivalent phrasing can be updated by Recruitment as noted). • 5+ years of professional‑level experience in corporate real estate, leasing, transaction management, or a related strategic function. • Demonstrated experience exercising independent judgment in structuring, negotiating, or evaluating real estate transactions. • Strong storyteller with an ability to be succinct and convincing • Strong analytical and financial modeling capabilities with the ability to interpret complex data to recommend strategic actions. • Excellent negotiation, stakeholder management, and executive‑level communication skills. • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; familiarity with CRE systems (Yardi, MRI) is an asset. • Ability to manage competing priorities in a dynamic, fast‑paced decision‑making environment. • Professional real estate designations (e.g., MCR or in progress) are an asset. • Multilingual ability in English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese is an asset. WSP Benefits: WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings. Compensation: Expected Salary (all locations): $77,400-$152,600 WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law. #LI-JL1