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Job Title : Portfolio Strategy Lead
Job Description Summary : As a member of Cushman & Wakefield's Portfolio Advisory Group, the Portfolio Strategist will be dedicated to one or more of Cushman & Wakefield's most dynamic client accounts. In this role, you will collaborate closely with peers and the account team to support a client's strategic real estate vision.
As the Portfolio Strategy Lead, you will maintain a thorough understanding of a client's global real estate portfolio and oversee optimization efforts, including the ongoing management of a comprehensive Plan of Record. With support from complimentary account team members, you will oversee financial cost-saving initiatives and progress towards client's enterprise goals.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Ability to think strategically and creatively, to articulate client challenges and demonstrate how the real estate portfolio strategy can address enterprise business objectives.
- Gather data across a broad range of sources, perform careful analysis, synthesize trends into takeaways and prepare thoughtful reporting for executive review.
- Responsible for providing analytical support, research, and BI report development that supports real estate strategy workstreams across a client's real estate portfolio.
- Strong eye for executive infographics, distilling complex data sets to action-oriented insights.
- Support client's internal deal approval protocols; this includes developing a storyline and deliverables that result in stakeholder consensus and approval.
- Support client's internal capital and budget planning processes, as required.
- Coordinate with account team and client stakeholders to ensure tracking and reporting of client(s) deliverables.
- Perform outreach to account leaders to diagnose challenges and problem areas, then drive & facilitate the delivery and presentation of insights & analytics related to those challenges.
- Track programmatic delivery to accounts and the outcomes of that delivery with the account teams.
- Collaborate with global team members in the development of innovative analytics, tools, and processes.
- Perform industry research and analysis, helping to benchmark client activities to industry best practice.
- Comfort program managing analytical projects which may include business intelligence and geospatial reporting.
- Ensure portfolio-wide SLA's & KPI's are achieved and aligned with contractual agreements.
- Support ad-hoc strategic projects as client needs arise.
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor's degree required in related field.
- 5-10+ years of experience in a real estate portfolio strategy or strategic consulting position.
- Comfort in broad real estate asset types is preferred.
- Experience in Microsoft Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx and/or ESRI is a great value-add but not required.
- Prior experience in commercial real estate is required.
- Demonstrated leadership, self-management, and problem resolution skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work in a team environment.
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.
The compensation for the position is: $127,500.00 - $150,000.00. 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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