Traveling Leasing S - Chicago, IL, United States - Lillibridge

Description

The Senior Vice President, Leasing will play a pivotal role within the Lillibridge Property Management & Leasing (PML) and Ventas Outpatient Medical (OM) teams, contributing significantly to the growth of NOI, the enhancement of total shareholder return, and the overall success of the organization.

Responsible for all leasing efforts across a portfolio of 20 million+ square feet, the successful candidate will develop and execute the leasing strategy, refine marketing approaches, streamline processes to ensure continuous improvement, and lead and develop a high performing team.

Additionally, the SVP-Leasing may directly participate in key lease negotiations and provide guidance and expertise by developing and directing negotiation strategies for execution by leasing and property management team members.

As required, the SVP-Leasing may lead transaction execution with priority national accounts.
In conjunction with the EVP, PML and the Ventas Asset Management team, set leasing strategy and ensure alignment of activities with the overall business strategy
Collaborate with the Asset Management team on the pricing approvals processes to develop effective pricing and negotiation strategies
Assess talent needs and build a high-performing team of Leasing, Marketing, and support professionals

Provide guidance to leasing team members during key negotiations and collaborate closely with Ventas Asset Management on approvals and execution.

Create, develop and cultivate meaningful relationships with brokers, tenants, hospital partners, and other relevant parties
Manage performance of third-party brokers engaged to secure both medical and non-medical tenants for the OM portfolio
Lead process of collecting and validating market data including rental rates and occupancies of competitive property sets for each property in the portfolio
Develop a culture that encourages, creates, rewards and promotes high-quality results and market-leading pricing practices
Determine and lead development of training for all levels of the property leasing team
Work with Asset Management and PML teams to assure the compilation, accuracy and completeness of all leasing data for annual budgets, reports and projections to ensure successful financial performance
Refine and/or maintain leasing processes (building remeasure, credit policy, deal pipeline tool, digital and all forms of property marketing, etc.)
Prepare regular reports to Ventas and Lillibridge senior management regarding new leasing pipeline and renewal activity
Perform in-depth financial analysis as needed
Demonstrated track record of at least ten years of successful leasing and / or leasing performance management
Experience leasing a portfolio with minimum size of five million square feet of office space with a strong preference for medical office or healthcare
Experience recruiting, developing and managing a high-performing team of leasing professionals
Demonstrated ability to provide leadership, vision and direction to a geographically distributed group while operating in a centralized management structure
Experience setting direction and leading implementation of national leasing efforts
Ability to collaborate with multiple senior stakeholders to create optimal leasing approaches for the company
Exceptional communication, collaboration and consensus building skills to champion change
Travel estimated at 35-65%
Excellent computer skills including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Yardi, VTS and other leasing specific software
Bachelor's degree in business or related field. MBA strongly desired
Lillibridge is a Chicago-based healthcare real estate firm. a Fortune 500 REIT ( As an industry leader, Lillibridge has decades of experience in healthcare real estate and specializes in advisory services, acquisition and development, and property management and leasing of medical office and ambulatory healthcare properties nationwide.