Director, Strategy & Analytics

Director, Strategy & Analytics

• Job Description Summary

Cushman & Wakefield provides strategic direction for leased and owned commercial real estate portfolio decisions for a Fortune 500 Financial Services company. The recommendations provided enable confident, fact-based decisions for transaction, design, and construction execution. The role will lead a regional team that offers innovative solutions to achieve continual productivity gains that drive enterprise value. The Director will assist our clients in aggregating and analyzing data to drive portfolio optimization scenarios and decisions that better align with business needs and objectives. The role will ensure we deliver leading commercial real estate strategies to enable employee productivity and minimize business disruption while easily responding to changing business needs. Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Director of Strategic Planning who is highly proactive with strong written and oral communication skills and industry experience who values collaboration, integrity, and our clients ultimate satisfaction with the services we provide.

• Job Description

Manage a regional team of strategy professionals, ensuring all contracted deliverables are met and objectives reached

Analyze corporate clients real estate portfolios and develop strategies and plans to achieve long-term operational and financial goals

Monitor and support compliance with governance policies and procedures, identifying and mitigating risks as they arise

Collaborate with the C&W platform, C&W service line functions, and with stakeholders within the clients organization to develop the right solutions and to drive approval and implementation

Lead and facilitate meetings / presentations to obtain direction, alignment, and buy-in

Assist in efforts to leverage insights, collaboration and delivery to ensure that we at Cushman are the industry leader in strategy and innovation

Provide ad hoc benchmarking metrics, e.g. against financial companies, regarding cost, space usage, strategy and services on a regular basis

Research, bring forward, and be a thought leader in evolving global workplace trends

Oversee all research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and organize data into logical communication and messages as part of client presentation materials

Build effective client relationships to help the team meet or exceed key performance indicators

Develop 3 to 5-year strategic plan for all sites in portfolio and review annually with client; ensure plan is captured in the capital planning process

Develop Site or Metro Strategies for critical or challenged sites

Support client annual planning, budget development, and decisions

Responsible for quality control review of deliverables produced by Market Planning, as well as peers in Occupancy Planning and Project Management

Ensure accuracy of management information systems across numerous platforms

Monitor and report on performance against key performance indicators and service level agreements

Consolidate findings into actionable insights for client presentations

Ability to synthesize data to transform and communicate findings to stakeholders at all levels

Possess collaborative, inclusive, engaging, inquisitive, and creative demeanor

Knowledge and Experience :

Bachelors degree in Business or Real Estate; Masters degree preferred

7 to 10 yrs progressive real estate portfolio strategy experience required

Experience managing remote teams

Applicable understanding of commercial real estate practices required

Strong background and proven experience with portfolio strategy / planning

Proficiency in finance and accounting concepts, as well as financial modeling, are essential for success in this position

Ability to handle large amounts of data, identify key information, and provide insightful recommendations to all levels within the organization with minimal direction

Ability to analyze qualitative and quantitative information

Superior understanding of business concepts and the ability to creatively apply these to varying client needs

Ability to influence and manage clients using superior anticipation of needs, relationship building, communication, presentation and leadership skills

Quality engagement of clients, partners and prospects; maintain professional, positive, well-documented client communications

Exceptional attention to detail, organizational, time management and prioritization skills

Self-starting entrepreneurial approach with a sense of urgency

Travel up to 25%

Cushman & Wakefield provides equal employment opportunity. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated. Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidates experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

Cushman & Wakefield provides equal employment opportunity. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated. Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative? Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.

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