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Assistant Project Manager - Space Planning & Leasing Administration

Northstar Project & Real Estate Services · Cambridge, MA · Yesterday
On-siteInformation TechnologyFull-time

Key Responsibilities

  • Support space planning and allocation, helping develop and maintain stacking and blocking plans, test fits, and floor programming across office, lab/R&D, manufacturing, and warehouse environments.
  • Affiliate with occupancy assignments, headcount forecasting, and seat-to-employee ratios in coordination with HR and business unit leaders.
  • Maintain space inventory and floor plan records in Eptura/iOffice, track occupancy and utilization metrics, and support regular reporting and dashboards for leadership.
  • Coordinate internal moves, adds, and changes (MAC), partnering with Facilities, IT, and furniture vendors to help execute relocations with minimal disruption.
  • Support development of move schedules, sequencing plans, and day-of logistics.
  • Help maintain a centralized lease database and support abstraction of key terms from executed leases, amendments, and ancillary agreements, including rent, escalations, options, key dates, and clauses.
  • Support critical date tracking for renewals, expirations, terminations, option windows, and notice deadlines, issuing timely alerts to stakeholders.
  • Maintain organized digital and physical lease files, ensuring document completeness and version control.
  • Help track compliance with lease obligations, including insurance certificates, estoppels, SNDAs, and maintenance and use clauses.
  • Communicate with landlords and property managers on lease-related matters.
  • Aid in lease negotiations, renewals, and new transactions with data, analysis, and documentation.
  • Support the maintenance of the lease administration system (Visual Lease) and the documentation of standard operating procedures.
  • Schedule and coordinate meetings across internal teams, client stakeholders, and vendors.
  • Cook up and maintain dashboards for space, occupancy, and lease reporting.
  • Develop presentation decks for leadership and client updates.
  • Track invoices and support purchase order approvals to help ensure ongoing work is not delayed.
  • Aid in vendor onboarding through Accounts Payable.
  • Work closely with clients and internal team members to help define project goals, objectives, and priorities.
  • Support the team assembly process for design consultants, contractors, and suppliers, including RFP preparation, bid alignment, and analysis.
  • Aid in the development and maintenance of project schedules and budgets, including tracking commitments, expenditures, and forecasts.
  • Support project team and client update meetings, developing and maintaining meeting minutes to record key decisions and action items.
  • Participate in site inspections throughout construction to support conformance with design documents and schedule.

Required Skills/Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Real Estate, Facilities Management, Architecture, or a related field preferred.
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience in space planning, lease administration, corporate real estate, facilities, or project coordination.
  • Experience with space/occupancy planning platforms (Eptura/iOffice) and lease administration systems (Visual Lease) is a plus.
  • Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple deadlines, calendars, and stakeholders simultaneously.
  • Comfort using AI tools to support research, drafting, dashboard organization, and reporting.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required; experience with CAD, Procore, or Bluebeam is a plus.

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