Senior Manager, Portfolio Management

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Manager, Portfolio Management to join Carvana's Real Estate Legal team at our corporate headquarters in Tempe, Arizona. This is a strategic leadership role at the intersection of real estate operations, legal execution, and cross-functional deal coordination - and a central pillar of how Carvana's in-house real estate legal team scales its capabilities as the company continues to grow toward 3 million units and beyond. Reporting directly to Carvana's Real Estate Associate General Counsel, this role owns the end-to-end property management and lease administration function for Carvana and ADESA's national real estate portfolio while also leading legal workflow execution across a broad and consequential range of transactions, landlord-tenant matters, and portfolio obligations. The right candidate is a legally fluent, independently operating real estate leader who can partner upstream with Carvana's acquisition deal team on new sites, interface credibly with outside counsel, landlords and brokers where necessary and drive high-quality portfolio administration work product without requiring continuous attorney direction. This is not a support role. It is a leadership role for a highly capable, autonomous professional who brings the operational focus, real estate acuity, and independent judgment to function as the connective tissue between Carvana's deal team, legal team, facilities team and others who depend on a credible and responsive resource for property and portfolio-level insights and decisions. The Associate General Counsel provides strategic direction and attorney-level oversight on complex matters. Yet day-to-day execution, team leadership, and portfolio management workflow ownership are squarely held by this role.Those seeking intensive training, guidance and oversight need not apply The ideal candidate has a strong background in commercial property management, lease administration, or corporate real estate legal operations - and brings meaningful, reliable legal fluency. While not requiring attorney credentials, the ability to read a lease and flag what matters, draft a notice that is structurally sound and well reasoned, run an estoppel or SNDA process independently with Legal support, and know precisely when something needs an attorney's eyes are essential skills. This is a fully on-site position, Monday through Friday, at our corporate HQ in Tempe, Arizona.

Responsibilities

• 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 success

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Senior Manager, Portfolio Management Real Estate Legal & Portfolio Management 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. Working here means being part of a team that embraces change, celebrates creative problem solving, and always strives to be better. If you're driven to grow and make an impact as part of a collaborative team, you'll fit right in.

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