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Real Estate Portfolio Manager

Anthropic· People
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San Francisco, CA$275kPosted 8mo ago

About the role

Senior Real Estate Portfolio Manager to lead strategic planning, portfolio optimization, and a small team within Anthropic's Workplace and Real Estate function, delivering executive-level recommendations and maintaining rigorous financial and market analyses.

Responsibilities

  • Develop comprehensive real estate strategy documents that synthesize market analysis, financial modeling, and location recommendations for CFO and executive leadership review
  • Lead strategic portfolio planning including scenario modeling for growth, market entry/exit decisions, and long-term footprint optimization
  • Create executive-level presentations and decision memos that translate complex real estate data into clear strategic recommendations
  • Conduct in-depth market analyses including competitive positioning, labor market dynamics, talent availability, and cost-of-occupancy comparisons across target markets
  • Build and maintain sophisticated financial models for real estate decisions including NPV analysis, lease vs. buy scenarios, and total cost of occupancy projections
  • Partner with Finance on capital planning, real estate budgeting, and investment justification for major portfolio decisions
  • Develop location strategy frameworks that align real estate decisions with business unit requirements, talent strategy, and corporate objectives
  • Oversee occupancy planning and demand forecasting efforts, translating headcount projections into actionable space requirements and timing recommendations
  • Direct lease administration strategy including portfolio risk assessment, lease restructuring opportunities, and critical obligation management
  • Establish portfolio performance metrics and reporting frameworks that provide executive visibility into real estate investments and outcomes
  • Partner with external advisors (brokers, consultants, legal) to execute strategic initiatives and negotiate favorable terms
  • Identify portfolio optimization opportunities including consolidation, expansion, or repositioning strategies that enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs
  • Manage and develop a team of two direct reports: a Real Estate Program Manager and an Occupancy Planning/Lease Administration specialist
  • Set clear goals and priorities for the team, ensuring alignment with broader real estate and company objectives
  • Provide coaching, mentorship, and professional development opportunities to build team capabilities
  • Foster a collaborative, high-performance culture that emphasizes quality, accountability, and continuous improvement
  • Allocate resources effectively across strategic initiatives and operational demands

Qualifications

  • Have 10+ years of progressive experience in corporate real estate strategy, portfolio management, or real estate finance, with at least 3-5 years in a people management role
  • Have a proven track record of developing and presenting real estate strategies to executives
  • Possess sophisticated financial modeling skills including NPV, IRR, scenario analysis, and total cost of occupancy methodologies
  • Have deep expertise in market analysis including labor economics, competitive positioning, and location strategy development
  • Are an exceptional writer who can synthesize complex analyses into compelling strategic narratives and executive-ready documents
  • Have demonstrated success building and leading high-performing teams
  • Have experience managing portfolios of significant scale and complexity across multiple geographies
  • Can operate with autonomy and drive strategic initiatives with minimal direction
  • Have strong executive presence and can confidently present recommendations to senior leadership
  • Thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments where you can build processes and frameworks from the ground up

Skills

Required:Real estate strategyFinancial modelingMarket analysisExecutive communication
Last updated Jul 8, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Anthropic

building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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