Projects Lead - Real Estate

About Curefoods

Curefoods is one of India’s fastest-growing cloud kitchen and food brands platforms, bringing together a diverse portfolio of popular restaurants and delivery-first brands. With a mission to make great food accessible, Curefoods operates across multiple cities, leveraging technology, culinary innovation, and operational excellence. The company partners with leading chefs and food entrepreneurs to scale their concepts, while also building its own successful brands. Curefoods is redefining the way people experience food by combining convenience, quality, and variety under one umbrella. Core Responsibilities

• Site Sourcing & Market Analysis: Identify and secure commercial spaces, strip centers, and standalone buildings for cloud kitchens/restaurants. Monitor market trends and property inventories.

• Budget & Financial Governance: Drive budget planning, governance, internal approvals, and financial execution with stakeholders.

• Cross-Functional Closure: Coordinate with Business Finance, Legal, Operations, Design, and Project teams to drive locations through to final lease closure.

• Project Management & Tracking: Monitor launch milestones, identify risks early, and take corrective actions to ensure on-time openings.

• Governance & Reporting: Standardize launch documentation for legal compliance. Build dashboards to report on site progress and business metrics.

• Strategic Growth: Lead initiatives to improve expansion efficiency, scale operations, and manage regular stakeholder reviews.

• Portfolio Management: Oversee current lease renewals, rent escalations, landlord relations, and the relocation or closing of underperforming sites. Must-Have Skills

• 8+ years of commercial real estate or corporate expansion experience.

• Proven autonomy to work independently alongside strong interpersonal and communication skills.

• Sharp analytical abilities for budget planning, project tracking, and complex data organization.

• Multi-project management experience with the agility to adapt to shifting priorities.

• Strong troubleshooting and Root Cause Analysis (RCA) skills to quickly resolve timeline delays or bottlenecks.