Real Estate Transaction Manager

As the largest global shared micromobility business, Lime is on a mission to build a future where transportation is shared, affordable and carbon-free. A Time Magazine 100 Most Influential Company, Lime has powered more than one billion rides in close to 30 countries across five continents, spurring a new generation of clean alternatives to car ownership. Learn more at li.me.

Lime is hiring a Senior Associate, Real Estate - Americas to join our Real Estate team. In this role, you will report into the Senior Manager of Real Estate and will lead early-stage market identification, site selection, broker management, and landlord negotiations. Acting as a critical link between internal teams, you will build strategic pipeline forecasts, shortlist sites, and lead the full lifecycle of real estate transactions across the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

Lime is at an exciting inflection point as we scale rapidly toward our next stage of growth. As we grow our category leadership, we are transitioning to a more structured, high-performing organization and need someone who thrives in this evolution. The ideal candidate has experience scaling teams, products, or processes in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and can balance execution with strategy. In this role, you will help design and implement systems that enable us to move quickly while maintaining quality and efficiency. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact as we build the foundation for long-term success.

This position requires occasional travel to support business operations, which is considered an essential function of the role. Lime will provide reasonable accommodations as needed.

This role is remote, with a preference for candidates located in the Eastern time zone.

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  Drive the full lifecycle of real estate transactions for new site acquisitions, relocations, and renewals across target markets, directing commercial real estate brokers and leading direct negotiations with landlords, property owners, and developers.

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  Negotiate Letters of Intent (LOIs), commercial terms, rent structures, tenant improvement (TI) allowances, and exit/termination provisions to maximize capital efficiency and operational agility.

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  Build and maintain a real estate location forecast and pipeline across target growth markets by partnering with internal teams, pre-screening properties in key target expansion markets to ensure immediate execution upon market opportunities.

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  Conduct market research, property analysis, and site tours, narrowing down site options to a curated shortlist of high-quality industrial locations per target market that balance operational needs with capital expenses and total occupancy costs.

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  Ensure all candidate sites meet local municipal zoning laws, commercial use permits, supply chain/dock access needs, and strict electrical capacity requirements.

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  Prepare business case and financial analysis in collaboration with local operations, assessing occupancy costs, capital investment, and site capacity using internal threshold parameters.

• Successfully negotiate and execute leases on schedule, eliminating market launch delays and double-rent overlaps.

• Successfully establish and update a rolling 12-month location forecast integrated with business growth plans.

• Shorten market entry timelines by having pre-screened site options ready prior to final market launches.

• Deliver site shortlists with zero major zoning, dock access, or electrical infrastructure surprises post-selection.

• Identify standard-compliant spaces that minimize required upfront leasehold improvements and avoid redundant overlap costs.