Geo Strategist, Middle East

Amazon; Dubai; On-site; AED 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company is seeking a Geo Strategist to align real estate strategies with business needs in the Middle East North Africa region. This leadership role requires strong program management skills, a customer-centric approach, and the ability to collaborate with diverse teams. The ideal candidate will excel in a fast-paced environment and demonstrate a proven track record in developing and implementing real estate strategies. This position is based in Dubai, facilitating efficient support for GREF’s operations.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in program or project management.
• Significant experience in real estate strategy and space planning.
• Ability to use data and metrics to drive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead the implementation of strategic initiatives to support business needs.
• Maintain clear communication with stakeholders and business units.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to validate real estate and portfolio needs.

Skills

Program management

Real estate strategy

Stakeholder engagement

Data analysis

Customer experience focus

Job description

Overview

Work hard have fun make history. That’s what we do every day at Amazon. Global Real Estate and Facilities (GREF) in the Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region manages an extensive corporate office portfolio encompassing approximately 10 million rentable square feet (RSF) spread over 43 countries, 86 cities and 139 buildings. Currently GREF’s EMEA operations are organized into nine distinct areas to efficiently serve its diverse customer base including various business teams, leaders and vendors who utilize Amazon’s corporate offices. Looking ahead to 2025, GREF plans to restructure its services to align more closely with major Amazon organizations such as AWS, Stores, Devices and FGBS. This strategic realignment will consolidate the existing nine areas into five geographical regions (Geos), mirroring the operational and reporting structures of Amazon’s key business units.

Amazons GREF team is seeking a Geo Strategist, a leader who will be expected to align real estate strategy to business needs in partnership with key GREF stakeholders and maintain a customer centric approach. The role will partner with all Amazon teams and functions such as PP, PR, TRAD (Talent Research & Development) along with internal GREF teams such as Global Business Partnering, Space and Occupancy planning and Design and Construction to support the implementation of workplace design space and strategic needs for the Geo in order to support business requirements. This role will support GEO 5: Middle East North Africa, which will oversee 9 countries, 12 cities, 22 buildings and 0.6 MM RSF. This position requires the candidate to be based within this specific geo to facilitate direct and efficient support for GREF’s operations in the region.

The optimal candidate is an experienced and engaging professional who will excel within an entrepreneurial culture providing vision, leadership and communication and not afraid to dive deep into details and take ownership. They should also understand the nuance of being approachable and consultative, providing direction/recommendations and fostering transparent relationships. The candidate must be able to balance frugality with creativity in offering solutions and approach problem‑solving with an emphasis on root cause. An ideal candidate is able to navigate high level of ambiguity and demonstrate a bias for action, taking calculated risks in a fast‑paced environment.

Key job responsibilities

• Develop and lead the implementation of strategic initiatives to support business requirements
• Write documents and provide writing support in line with Amazon standards
• Support in person and remote meetings with internal GREF stakeholders and customers
• Collaborate with global business partnering and business leaders to understand their real estate and portfolio needs, ensuring these requirements are accurately captured and addressed
• Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders including but not limited to Amazon Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Finance Leaders and PXT to validate headcount data (i.e. forecasted demand)
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with business units, providing updates and addressing any concerns or questions related to real estate and portfolio matters
• Work in a matrix reporting structure encompassing both dotted and hard reporting lines
• Cross‑functionally engage and coordinate with Regional Portfolio Strategist
• Significant experience of program or project management
• Significant experience developing real estate strategies working in space planning, occupancy planning, program management or customer experience
• Experience using data and metrics to determine and drive improvements
• Experience owning program strategy end‑to‑end delivery and communicating results to senior leadership
• Customer‑experience focused; consistently exceeding expectations and prioritizing customer needs
• Exhibit excellence in reporting; capable of synthesizing complex information into clear actionable insights
• Communicates effectively with stakeholders at all levels, providing regular updates and maintaining transparency
• While independent and self‑driven values collaboration, working effectively with cross‑functional teams to achieve common goals
• Problem‑solving mindset: actively seeking opportunities to identify and address areas for improvement

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