Senior Real Estate Manager – Retail & Industrial

About the role

Tesla is looking for a Senior Real Estate Manager with deep retail and industrial expertise to support the company’s rapid growth. You will own the end‑to‑end process for new site selection, lease negotiations, and portfolio management across retail, factory, warehousing, logistics, office, and energy locations.

Key responsibilities

• Lead site selection and negotiate leases for support, parking, and storage locations.
• Analyze economic, demographic, and market data to prioritize key sites.
• Partner with internal teams (Sales, Production, Supply Chain, Legal, Finance, etc.) to build business cases and validate strategy.
• Manage broker and landlord relationships, drafting LOIs, leases, and work letters with Legal.
• Ensure compliance with zoning and DMV licensing requirements at county and state levels.
• Oversee deal timelines, budgets, and property standards through project completion.
• Support lease terminations, consolidations, expansions, renewals, and relocations as needed.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Real Estate, Economics, Finance or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of transactional real‑estate experience, including leasing, acquisitions, and dispositions across multiple asset types.
• Strong negotiation abilities and solid understanding of real‑estate and legal principles.
• Proficiency in creating and analyzing Pro Formas, cash‑flow models, and deal structures.
• Experience with municipal planning, zoning procedures, and site due‑diligence.
• Willingness to travel up to 50% of the time.

Required skills

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint

What we offer

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits from day one, including medical, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, 401(k) match, ESPP, life and disability insurance.
• Paid holidays, flexible sick/vacation time, and backup childcare resources.
• Access to voluntary benefits such as critical illness, accident insurance, and pet legal services.