Run the 42Floors New York Office
We’re opening up our New York office this summer and we’re looking for the perfect person to run it.

Getting it right is the number one strategic priority in the company. You’ll have all the resources you need in terms of money, hiring budget, and support. Your goal will be to scale it into a 50-person, multi-million dollar revenue sales operation as quickly as humanly possible. You’ll manage your own P&L, and have both hiring and firing authority. If this is the job you’ve been waiting for, we want to hear from you.

Let me tell you a little bit of what we’re looking for.

I basically see two types of people that could fill this job, either of which, or some combination of, could be successful.

One type is someone obsessed with commercial real estate, specifically office leasing. Maybe you’ve been a broker before, your family is in the business or you’ve simply been obsessed with it your entire career. You believe that every tenant deserves incredible service and fair representation. You already know many of the players in the market and are excited to partner with them. Both brokers and landlords see you as a known quantity that they can trust. And perhaps your biggest asset is your team work. You want to mentor and inspire junior people on the team. The result of your hard work will be a company culture of hard working, service-oriented hustlers that love coming into work every day. We’re aware that this may be your first experience in a startup, and we’ll make sure that you have plenty of support to get all of the administrative pieces of setting up and running an office done right.

In contrast, the second type of person might not know anything about commercial real estate, but could also be very successful. You’ve probably held senior positions at several startups and experienced hyper growth first hand. What excites you most is that you get to start with just you, and grow from there. You’re in touch with what tenants want because often those tenants are entrepreneurs, and you know tons of entrepreneurs. You have some interest in commercial real estate, but you are more interested in the opportunity to build something really big and special. And you are a quick enough learner so you’ll do your homework and learn the pieces of commercial real estate that you don’t currently know (just like all of us did). Clearly, priority number one will be recruiting someone from the industry to work with you, and we’ll help you with that.

The way we have it set up in San Francisco is that Chris and Justin work together. Justin was an office leasing broker at Cushman Wakefield, but had always wanted to do a startup. Chris came in as a business operations startup guy having been an early hire at RentJuice which got acquired by Zillow. He had a personal interest in commercial real estate but had never extensively worked in it. The partnership of these two in our San Francisco office has worked marvelously. Now we’re trying to build the same sort of dynamic in New York.

As I mentioned, the New York office is going to grow quickly. We have hundreds of tenants a week right now searching for office space on 42Floors. We have a robust tenant-rep referral program working with all of the top brokerages, and now it needs to be run locally. You’ll need to hire customer service reps, account managers, and business development associates. Within six months time we’d love for every 1 out of every 3 small tenants in New York City to start their search on 42Floors.com and, through your efforts, be connected to an outstanding broker that can help them with their search.

The entire experience should be seamless – the lead qualified, the handoff completed, and the tour scheduled. We want to measure and track every aspect of customer happiness. You should be obsessed with the perfect customer service, just as we are.

If you're interested, contact me directly at jason at 42floors