Senior Specialist, Real Estate

About the role

As Senior Specialist Real Estate at foodora (part of the Delivery Hero Group), you act as the primary real estate partner and strategic lead for all Platform assets, overseeing a multi-format portfolio including Headquarters, Co-Working spaces, Rider Hubs and City Offices. You bridge local teams and leadership, driving strategy, portfolio optimization, Capex governance and project execution across brands such as foodora, Yemeksepeti and foodpanda.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the key real estate business partner across regional brands, driving global guideline adoption and cost-saving initiatives, and challenge local space and budget needs against global benchmarks.
• Develop long-term footprint strategies, including location selection (HQ vs. Flex/Co-Working) and spatial strategy (fixed vs. flex desks).
• Cultivate relationships with landlords, developers and real estate brokers.
• Manage end-to-end large-scale office construction, relocation, reinstatement and build-out projects, and set space planning standards and a global real estate playbook.
• Lead annual Capex budgeting, identify portfolio optimization opportunities, run cost-saving plans and oversee lease negotiations.
• Keep lease administration data accurate in the Tango leasing platform, provide standardized reporting and dashboards to the Global Real Estate Team, and support new real estate and prop-tech tools.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations and global brand standards, and audit health and safety policies across facilities.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum 5-8 years of progressive experience in corporate real estate, portfolio management or commercial real estate advisory in a global or high-growth tech environment.
• Track record managing multi-format portfolios (corporate offices, retail stores, warehouses).
• Experience leading large-scale office construction, lease negotiations and workplace design projects.
• Understanding of property laws, permits, safety standards and regulations.
• Experience in a matrixed organization as a business partner across regional brands and executives.

Required skills

• Hands-on experience with Lease Management Systems, preferably Tango.
• Advanced financial modeling in Excel for lease and Capex tracking.