Transaction Lead

Who we are
We are the market leader in commercial real estate services and investments and provide an integrated suite of high-quality real estate services to our clients across Africa and the Middle East, including facilities management, advisory & transaction services, project management. We support predominantly corporate clients who buy services on a contracted basis all across the Middle East and Africa – even globally, depending on their portfolio.

Why choose us
Imagine more than just the future of work; with CBRE Excellerate, you can create it. As part of our global powerhouse, you’ll find a culture that fosters an entrepreneurial mindset, where your best work is not just encouraged but celebrated. Collaborate with talented individuals, harness the support of unparalleled resources, and enjoy the journey as you grow both personally and professionally.

About the role:

Drive transaction progression, remove barriers to execution, and accelerate the successful completion of real estate transactions across the Africa portfolio. The Transaction Lead acts as the primary delivery lead for the Africa Real Estate team, ensuring that transactions progress efficiently through the transaction lifecycle, risks and bottlenecks are identified early, and appropriate actions are taken to maintain momentum and achieve successful outcomes.

Working closely with the Account Director, the Transaction Lead provides leadership, coaching, and support to Transaction Managers, while coordinating closely with the Operations Coordinator to ensure reporting, governance, and administrative requirements are effectively managed. The role proactively identifies transaction risks, escalates issues, facilitates stakeholder engagement, and drives solutions to remove obstacles that may delay project progression.

The Transaction Lead serves as the key link between strategy and execution, translating account objectives into actionable plans, clear accountability, proactive stakeholder engagement, and consistent transaction delivery across the Africa portfolio.

Responsibilities:

• 7-10 years’ experience in commercial real estate, transaction management, project management, programme management, account management, or a related professional services environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing real estate transactions, property acquisitions, disposals, lease transactions, or complex project portfolios.
• Experience leading, coaching, mentoring, or coordinating teams across multiple projects, regions, or workstreams.
• Strong stakeholder management experience, including engagement with clients, consultants, legal teams, brokers, landlords, vendors, or other transaction stakeholders.
• Proven ability to identify risks, remove delivery obstacles, and drive projects or transactions to successful completion.
• Experience working within a matrixed, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Strong understanding of transaction lifecycle management, governance requirements, risk management, and performance reporting.
• Advanced Microsoft Office proficiency, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, and reporting tools.
• Exposure to commercial real estate, property transactions, facilities management, or professional services environments will be advantageous

Skills:

• Strong leadership, coaching, and team development capability.
• Excellent stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Strong transaction management, prioritisation, and execution skills.
• Ability to drive accountability, project progression, and delivery performance across multiple transactions and workstreams.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and critical thinking capability.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to identify transaction risks, delivery bottlenecks, and project obstacles and drive resolution.
• Strong negotiation, influencing, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Ability to challenge assumptions, identify gaps, and proactively drive solutions.
• Ability to analyse transaction pipelines, project performance, and delivery metrics to support decision-making.
• Strong governance, compliance, and quality management capability.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, multi-country environment.
• Strong presentation, facilitation, and influencing skills.
• Ability to work independently while leading and supporting a geographically dispersed team

CBRE Excellerate is committed to striving for diversity and equitable representation in our workforce. Preference may thus be given to suitably qualified candidates as identified in our employment equity plan. Persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.