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Senior Director, Legal Real Estate

Bring your real estate legal expertise to a role where your leadership directly influences the growth of one of North America's largest value retailers. As a Senior Director, Legal Real Estate, you will lead a team of experienced attorneys responsible for supporting Dollar Tree's aggressive store growth strategy, complex leasing transactions, construction initiatives, and real estate operations.

About Your Role

As a Senior Director, Legal Real Estate, you will be part of a Legal team providing strategic leadership and legal oversight for a broad range of real estate matters supporting Dollar Tree's expanding store portfolio. Reporting to the Vice President, Legal Real Estate, you will direct a team of experienced real estate attorneys responsible for negotiating and managing a high volume of complex retail lease transactions and providing legal counsel across construction, property management, acquisitions, dispositions, and real estate dispute resolution.

You will work closely with Real Estate Leasing, Construction, Property Management, Finance, and other Legal Real Estate leadership teams to ensure legal risks are effectively managed while supporting the company's growth objectives and operational needs.

Your Day-to-Day Responsibilities

Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of experienced in-house real estate attorneys responsible for supporting Dollar Tree's real estate growth initiatives and existing portfolio of stores.
• Foster a collaborative, solutions-oriented culture focused on delivering exceptional client service to internal business partners.

Leasing & Acquisitions

• Contribute to the preparation, review, and execution of a high volume of complex retail leases, acquisition related documents, and related real estate agreements. The Senior Director will be expected to individually negotiate lease and acquisition related transactions in addition to managing its team.
• Provide counsel to internal business partners and the Senior Director’s team on lease negotiation, risk assessment, and dispute avoidance strategies.
• Support strategic initiatives involving complex real estate transactions.

Construction & Property Management Support

• Serve as a legal advisor to Construction and Property Management teams on matters involving new stores, remodels, maintenance programs, and capital projects.
• Provide legal support for construction-related contracts and contractor disputes.
• Advise on lease and other legal issues impacting property management and ongoing
• landlord-tenant relationships.

Strategic Partnership & Continuous Improvement

• Partner closely with the Vice President, Legal Real Estate, internal Real Estate leadership, and external partners to enhance legal processes and service delivery.

Required Qualifications

What We're Looking For

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school.
• Member of the Virginia State Bar or eligible to become licensed in Virginia.
• Minimum of 10-12 years of experience practicing real estate law, either in-house or with a law firm.
• Significant experience negotiating and managing commercial real estate leases and related agreements.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a high volume of complex transactions in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong business judgment and ability to provide practical, solution-oriented legal advice.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Retail real estate experience supporting large multi-site organizations.
• Construction law experience, including development and construction contracting.
• Experience leading, mentoring, or managing attorneys and legal professionals.

Our success is a team effort —

when we reach our goals, you’ll be eligible for a yearly bonus!

Your Perks and Benefits:

We offer a wide variety of rewards to support your health, wealth, and mental well-being. In addition to medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision insurance, we offer:

• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with matching contribution
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Educational Assistance
• Access to PerkSpot, an employee discount platform for goods and services
• And much more!

Who We Are:

At Dollar Tree, we make a difference in the lives of our customers every day by exceeding their expectations and delivering value – it’s what our business is built on. Our associates play an important role in this commitment by embracing change and showing up for their teams and their communities.

We see an exciting path forward as our company continues to grow and transform – and we know that this path starts with you.

Join our team today and discover The Value of You.

_Dollar Tree is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to complying with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.

_ _This job specification should not be construed to imply that these requirements are the exclusive standards of the position. This is not to be considered a complete list of job duties, which appear in the job description for this position, and which may be amended from time to time at the discretion of Dollar Tree. Incumbents will follow any other instructions and perform any other related duties as may be required by their supervisor.

_ _Please note, this job description is not a contract of employment and may be modified to meet evolving business needs. Employment at Dollar Tree, meaning that either the employee or the company may terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice.

_ Full time

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