Real Estate Category Manager

Please note: This is a full-time office-based role (5 days/week)

Maersk Corporate Real Estate, Corporate Procurement & Special Projects

Maersk Corporate Real Estate is looking for a Real Estate Category Manager. Maersk Corporate Real Estate is part of Corporate Procurement & Strategic Projects placed in Asset Strategy & Strategic Partnerships.

Maersk Corporate Real Estate sits with the global responsibility for the Maersk Real Estate Category and in that setting and the strategic direction of the office portfolio. The Real Estate Category Manager holds a pivotal role in shaping the global office real estate agenda for Maersk, reporting directly to the Head of Corporate Real Estate. You will engage directly with senior business leaders across the globe, gaining a unique insight into the strategic agenda of a truly global company – all with the objective of ensuring a compliant, cost efficient and professionally managed Real Estate portfolio for Maersk.

About the Role

As a Real Estate Category Manager, you will be part of Maersk Corporate Real Estate in Copenhagen, working alongside a global team setting direction for more than 400 corporate offices worldwide. The role spans a wide range of geographies, cultures, and business contexts – the challenges faced in one region will look different from the next, and that variety is what makes this role both demanding and exciting. With over 100,000 Maersk colleagues coming into our offices, the decisions made in this role have a tangible impact on people across the organisation.

The Real Estate Category Manager will take proactive ownership of the Real Estate category for a designated region. You will lead the full real estate lifecycle – from developing office portfolio strategies to executing lease transactions, supporting M&A integrations, and shaping workplace solutions that enable Maersk’s global workforce. You will work closely with senior stakeholders across the business and act as a trusted advisor on all real estate matters.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Strategy & Workplace Planning

• Lead the development and execution of global and regional office portfolio strategies.

• Shape workplace solutions that support business growth, employee experience, and operational efficiency.

• Provide strategic guidance on consolidation opportunities and long-term footprint design.

Transactions & Lease Management

• Lead end-to-end lease transactions, including market analysis, negotiation strategy, and execution.

• Manage renewals, exits, expansions, and new site acquisitions across the region.

• Ensure proactive management of critical dates, risks, and opportunities.

M&A Real Estate Integration

• Support M&A activities by assessing real estate impacts, integrating new offices, and ensuring alignment with Maersk’s workplace standards.

• Provide strategic recommendations on consolidation, divestment, or expansion following acquisitions.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Engage with senior stakeholders across regions and functions, acting as a trusted advisor on real estate strategy.

• Collaborate closely with HR, Finance, Technology, and business leaders to ensure workplace solutions meet operational needs.

• Communicate portfolio insights, risks, and opportunities clearly and proactively.

Tools, Governance & Insights

• Own and continuously improve key tools and frameworks, including business cases, Heads of Terms, Charters, TCO & TVO models, investment proposals, and playbooks and milestone frameworks.

• Maintain a data-driven portfolio and provide insights that support decision-making across the business.

Portfolio Oversight

• Ensure the global real estate portfolio is updated, accurate, and proactively managed.

• Monitor performance, utilization, and cost efficiency across the regional office footprint.

• Drive continuous improvement and strategic optimization of Maersk’s workplaces

Who are we looking for

In Maersk, our core values drive the way we do business- we expect that you can relate and represent these accordingly.

Our employees represent a wide range of educational backgrounds, work experience and nationalities - most important to us are your skills. You must thrive in a fast paced, fast changing and dynamic environment and be a true team player.

We are looking for a candidate with 3-5 years of real estate experience, preferably in a global setting and involving some leadership exposure. Multinational corporate or consultancy experience will be especially noted. You have a relevant education, a flair for people, a positive mindset, and the personal presence to engage credibly with senior stakeholders across the business.

You are comfortable operating at the intersection of business strategy and real estate expertise – able to translate the needs of the business into sound, data-driven recommendations, and equally comfortable pushing back when the data points in a different direction. You bring the commercial acumen to hold your own in a room with leadership, and the analytical rigor to back it up.

You challenge the status quo constructively, take ownership without being asked, and bring a level of attention and curiosity that makes people around you better, whilst taking an active and leading part in the execution needed. Beyond delivery, you have an eye for where the category can grow – actively looking for opportunities to expand CREM’s mandate, deepen its relevance to the business, and position real estate as a strategic input to decisions rather than a downstream consequence of them.

We have high ambitions for this role. If you are looking for a position where you will work on consequential decisions and engage with senior leadership across every corner of the globe, please do not hesitate to apply – we guarantee excitement, challenges, great colleagues, and a unique global opportunity in a company that has the privilege of enabling global trade.

Being fluent in English, both written and spoken is a prerequisite.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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Work type:
Full time

Locations:
Denmark, Copenhagen, 1098