VP - Real Estate, India, APAC & MEA

At Barclays, we don’t just adapt to the future – we create it. Step into the role of a VP Real Estate, India, APAC & MEA within Barclays's Corporate Real Estate department which develops and executes strategies for the Bank’s properties, aligning them with business goals across India, APAC and Middle East Africa region. Your key responsibilities include managing real estate portfolios, negotiating leases and acquisitions, overseeing estate management, handling budgets and financial performance, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Success in this role requires strong market analysis, negotiation, communication, and collaboration skills to optimize the use of corporate real estate assets and support the company's overall success. 

Corporate real estate is critical for the bank’s daily operations and long-term location strategy. An effective corporate real estate VP will ensure that physical assets are utilized efficiently, supporting business objectives and positively impacting profitability. 

To be successful as a VP Real Estate, India, APAC & MEA, you should have experience with these key responsibilities:

• Strategic Planning:

Develop and implement real estate strategies that support Bank’s business goals and growth. Office sizes range from a small size spread over a few thousand square feet to campuses spread over a million square foot

• Portfolio Management:

Oversee the full lifecycle of properties, including acquisitions, leasing, and dispositions. 

• Lease Administration:

Negotiate and manage commercial lease agreements, ensuring favorable terms and conditions. 

• Financial Management:

Develop and manage real estate budgets, monitor expenses, and analyze financial performance to maximize profitability. 

• Market Analysis:

Conduct market research and analyze trends to identify and evaluate real estate opportunities and investment strategies. 

• Stakeholder Coordination:

Collaborate with internal departments (e.g., finance, security, technology, legal, capital projects) and external partners (brokers, legal counsels). 

• Regulatory Compliance:

Ensure all real estate activities comply with Bank specified process and applicable regulations. 

Key Skills and Qualifications 

• Education & Experience:

An MBA degree with additional qualifications in real estate, business administration, or a related field is required. This should be coupled with an overall experience in the Corporate Real Estate Strategy and Leasing

• Technical Skills:

Proficiency in storytelling, presentation skills and Microsoft Office, particularly Power-point, Excel, and real estate valuation principles is essential. 

• Soft Skills:

Strong communication, negotiation, analytical, and interpersonal skills are crucial for managing diverse stakeholders. Ability to interact with C-Suite executives and be the backup for Director – Corporate Real Estate and Location Strategy

• Industry Knowledge:

A solid understanding of real estate market trends, property management, and relevant legal procedures. 

Highly Valued Skills may include:

• Candidates with experience in Banking, Finance Global Capability Centres in the Corporate Real Estate Leasing preferred.

Shortlisted candidates will be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking, as well as job-specific technical skills. 

The location of the role is Delhi NCR, India (Gurgaon – Primary & Noida Secondary).

Purpose of the role

To manage the development of real estate strategies, purchase and disposal processes of commercial real estate within the bank’s corporate portfolio. 

Accountabilities

• Proposal and implementation of strategic initiatives to integrate the business strategy with the bank's corporate portfolio including offices, retail branches, call centres and data centres.
• Management of transaction services, real estate contract negotiations & deal analysis with regards to the acquisition, purchase, leasing, re-gearing, decommissioning and disposal of the real estate holdings.
• Collaboration across departments and stakeholder groups to develop and execute real estate strategies aligned with the bank's objectives.
• Identification and pursuit of real estate opportunities and risks through the execution of market research to support the supply and demand of building space management, utilisation, cost effectiveness and flexibility within the bank’s corporate portfolio.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others..
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.