Manager / Senior Manager, Lease Administration & Real Estate Legal Operations

Manager / Senior Manager, Lease Administration & Real Estate Legal Operations Cover letter required for consideration. Please highlight your relevant and transferable skills that make you a strong fit for this role. About Carvana At Carvana, we’re changing the way people buy and sell cars. With an ambitious vision and a fundamentally different approach designed to be fun, fast, and fair, Carvana became the fastest-growing automotive retailer in history. We expanded nationally, went public on the New York Stock Exchange, sold our 1 millionth car, and reached the Fortune 500, all in just eight years. Today, with 4 million retail customers and counting, Carvana is both the fastest-growing and the most profitable public automotive retailer, and we’re just getting started. We continue to raise the bar for our customers as we tackle the enormous opportunity still ahead in the largest consumer vertical. Working here means being part of a team that embraces change, celebrates creative problem solving, and always strives to be better. At Carvana, you’ll have the opportunity to take on meaningful challenges, learn quickly, and help shape the future of automotive retail. If you’re driven to grow and make an impact as part of a collaborative team, you’ll fit right in. Learn more about what it’s like to work here from the people that already do. This is a fully on-site position, Monday through Friday, at our corporate HQ in Tempe, Arizona. What You’ll Do Portfolio Management Leadership Own and lead all lease administration and property management operations for Carvana’s national real estate portfolio, ensuring workflows are executed with precision, contractual obligations are tracked proactively, and the function operates at an institutional standard. Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team responsible for day-to-day property management execution; set clear performance expectations, provide consistent coaching and feedback, and drive accountability across direct reports and third-party vendors (including PropertyWorks and similar service partners). Serve as the senior relationship owner for landlord communications, escalated counterparty matters, and high-stakes portfolio obligations — representing Carvana as a credible, high-judgment partner in all external interactions. Design and own systems and workflows for COI management, quarterly reporting, CAM reconciliations, rent, tax, and utility payment management, insurance compliance, and all other recurring portfolio management obligations — building for scale and for success, not just maintenance. Oversee portfolio database integrity; audit data input for all new sites and ensure the company’s portfolio management platform reflects accurate, current, and complete information at all times. Develop portfolio intelligence — synthesizing data across real estate, analytics, legal, and operations to give leadership clear, actionable visibility into portfolio risk, upcoming obligations, and growth planning inputs. Partner directly with Carvana’s Real Estate and Licensing teams to ensure smooth and successful execution of project launches. Align and coordinate cross-functional dependencies when real estate is added to the portfolio to mitigate operational or launch impediments. Lease & Real Estate Legal Operations Lead review, coordination, or obtaining legal support as needed for landlord-tenant matters, lease renewals or terminations, amendments, and related workflow. Manage easement, encroachment, and right-of-way issues; oversee site improvement approvals for lease compliance, permitting, and landlord consent; and act as the team’s point of contact on condemnation and eminent domain matters, coordinating with counsel and appraisers as needed.. Escalate strategically on matters that genuinely require it, and build the judgment to know the difference. Conduct comprehensive lease reviews and abstracts; interpret lease provisions with confidence; identify key obligations, rights, and ris…