Real Estate Manager II

The Real Estate Manager II will be responsible for finding new sites for our rapidly growing fast-casual restaurant chain. The primary responsibilities will include market mapping and negotiating new leases to expand the brand and ensure successful openings. In line with Just Salad’s mission to make everyday health and sustainability possible, you will support initiatives to reduce Just Salad’s environmental footprint.

This position must be based out of an existing Just Salad Market (East Coast or Midwest).

Reports to: Real Estate Director

We value partnership, incubate good ideas, inspire passion, and celebrate innovation. As the Real Estate Manager II, you are responsible for exemplifying the company culture as well as:

• Evaluate markets and present potential new locations.
• Prepare and negotiate LOIs and leases.
• Prepare Real Estate Packages and present quality deals to Real Estate Committee.
• Manage current portfolio, new leases, and lease abstracts.
• Manage landlord and broker relationships.
• Work closely with design, construction, finance, and marketing during the life cycle of the projects.
• Support initiatives to reduce Just Salad’s environmental footprint.
• Travel required.

Our Development Team challenges each other as well as ourselves to be the best. Desired skills for this position include:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience working in a similar dealmaker role.
• Experience with national restaurant experience or multi-unit concepts a plus.
• Excellent negotiation and strategic skills.
• Strong Landlord relationships.
• Excellent computer skills including proficiency in Google Sheets, Google Docs, Google Slides, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Word.
• Self-sufficient, organized, and strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work both independently and as a team player and thrive in a fast paced, high pressure environment dependent on managing multiple project timelines and schedules simultaneously.
• Ability to communicate well and work productively with internal departments and external vendors disciplines within the fast-casual business.
• Strong work ethics, high degree of professionalism with the ability to work with little supervision, handle multiple tasks in an organized manner, produce quality work and meet strict deadlines.

Benefits:

• $130,000-$150,000/annually plus bonus eligible
• Summer Fridays
• Paid Vacation, Sick days, and Holidays
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Accidental, Hospital Insurance, Life and AD&D
• Eligibility to participate in 401K
• Fitness Discounts
• Pre-tax Benefits (HSA, FSA, and Commuter Benefits)
• Free Just Salad while working

About Us

Just Salad is a fast-casual restaurant chain with a mission to make everyday health and sustainability possible. The brand serves craveable, accessible, plant-centric meals made with homemade dressings, prepped-daily produce, from-scratch recipes and fresh, flavorful ingredients. Guests can choose from over 15 chef-designed salads, wraps, warm bowls, market plates, soups and smoothies, including classic offerings and rotating seasonal favorites. Empowering customers to “Eat with Purpose,” Just Salad is a Certified B Corporation™ and home to the world’s largest restaurant reusable program, as well as the first U.S. restaurant chain to carbon label its menu and offer a Climatarian menu category. The company was founded in 2006 and has over 100 locations across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Washington D.C.