Real Estate Acquisition Manager

**About Careem**

Careem is the everyday Super App for the greater Middle East region, providing a host of daily services that people need to move around, order food, deliver things and transfer money in one unified smartphone app. Careem’s mission is to simplify and improve the lives of people and build an awesome organization that inspires. Established in July 2012, Careem provides its services in over 100 cities across 13 countries and has created two million income-generating opportunities in the region. A pioneer of the region’s ride-hailing economy, Careem became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Uber Technologies, Inc. in January 2020.
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Our team is growing rapidly, and we are looking for talented colleagues to help us in our mission to simplify and improve the lives of people and build a lasting institution that inspires.

**Why join our journey**

When you start your journey at Careem, you’ll be empowered to drive impact across a region of 600 million people, supported by our community of colleagues from over 75 nationalities. Whether you’re creating codes for our Super App or finding new ways to bring our platform to the people in your city.

Join us as we solve some of the most difficult problems that our region faces at scale while driving stellar experiences for our Customers, Captains (drivers) and Merchants. You will have the chance to work with a diverse set of individuals across many geographies. You will also have the opportunity to learn and grow every day to develop alongside talented and inspiring people from around the world. As a colleague at Careem, you’ll be empowered to take ownership of your work, be of service to our Captains, customers and partners as we build the region’s Super App, all while shooting for the moon to create impact across the region.

**About the team**

As a Real Estate Acquisition Manager, you’ll help us find properties for new dark stores in strategic locations as we scale our operations across the Middle East. Real estate drives our business and this role is key to our success. This is a unique role with the opportunity to create genuine impact for the lives of everyday people in our region.

**What you'll do**
- Scout for and secure new dark store locations for expansion within existing and to new cities
- Conduct site feasibility studies to determine suitability for our needs (operationally, financially, geographically)
- Coordinate and negotiate with realtors and landlords end-end, and liaise with agencies, architects, regulators, legal teams, etc. as needed to secure and deliver dark stores (including managing paperwork like letters of intent, offers, invoices, etc)
- Develop strong relationships with national and regional realtors, landlords, etc. to unlock proprietary real estate opportunities
- Operate at scale with as many as 20 site procurement processes in parallel

**What you’ll need**
- At least 5 years of experience with relevant exposure to real estate. Time spent in tech, consulting, strategy, or a start-up is a plus.
- Proven ability to independently handle real estate matters and the procurement of commercial real estate, including; location sourcing, commercial lease negotiation, preparation of site plans, fit out and use proposals, including successful negotiation thereof with landlords and government agencies
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills are a must, including the ability to build strong relationships internally and externally
- Analytical mindset - You identify locations and make decisions based on data insights
- Balance attention to detail with swift execution - we need to do things quickly, and we need to do them well
- Self-starter - the ability to self-serve, investigate and get the information you require will make you much more effective in this role
- Grittiness. You never hesitate to roll up your sleeves and address something hands-on, you persevere when others fall away
- Willingness to travel - you may support other markets in our region
- Arabic proficiency is a plus

**Where you'll be**
- Even though we are working remotely, we are strong believers in collaboration and the power of building social connections with our teams. For that reason, our offices are still open and provide plenty of collaboration-friendly spaces at times when teams need it or if you need a quiet space to work outside of home.
- You’ll be working in the location you’re hired from. Due to legal and compensation considerations, you will need to be based out of the country you’re hired from as your primary work location.

**What we’ll provide you**

In addition to a competitive long-term total compensation with salary and equity, we have a reward philosophy that expands beyond this.

As a Careem colleague you will be able to:

- Be part of a Remote-First organisation
- Work from any country in the world for 60 days a year
- Use Unlimited Vacation days throughout the year
- Access fitness reimbur