Strategist - Workplace - Senior

Gensler; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthy lifestyle

Medical & dental benefits

RRSP contributions + bonuses

Job summary

Gensler in Toronto is seeking a talented Workplace Strategist to lead data-driven projects across workplace research, scenario development, and portfolio strategy. You will leverage client data to evaluate current conditions and develop solutions aligned with client objectives, from pilot tests to global rollouts.

You will define research, synthesize insights, and create future-state concepts while guiding teams and ensuring strategic direction by Project/Strategy Directors.

Qualifications

• Understand how workplace design, policies, technologies and operations can impact organizational outcomes.
• Experience with workplace research methodologies and both qualitative and quantitative data.
• Clear communicator and presenter of ideas, findings and point of view.
• Collaborator across disciplines to complement experience.
• Creative thinker with solution-oriented mindset.
• Proactive and thoughtful to client feedback.

Responsibilities

• Lead and/or facilitate projects, with guidance from Directors.
• Develop analytical methodologies for portfolio or enterprise decisions.
• Derive insights from large data sets to inform space and performance goals.
• Design and support sessions with clients and teams.
• Articulate scenarios to meet client objectives using data and precedents.
• Guide narrative development through presentations and reports.

Skills

Data analysis

Data visualisation

Management

Survey data

Education

Architecture / Design degree

Job description

Description

Workplace Strategy at Gensler is focused on enabling transformation – our creative and collaborative approach, supported by data and intelligence, enables impactful change and evolution of our clients’ organization, culture, and environment. Our practice in Toronto is growing and we are looking for a talented workplace strategist to lead data-driven projects across our broad range of services including workplace research, workplace scenario development, real estate portfolio strategy and change management. We’re focused on developing holistic strategies for a wide range of influential organisations, such as major corporations, healthcare providers, cultural institutions, real estate developers, and universities. We are looking for established practitioners with an entrepreneurial spirit who will help us develop and strengthen our client relationships and evolve our practice.

Your Role

As a Strategist, you will lead teams working with a wide range of clients to develop and deliver insights and workplace recommendations (concerning workplace design, policies, technologies and operations) through your technical expertise. You will leverage client data from a range of sources to evaluate current workplace conditions and develop solutions that support our clients’ objectives. Your work will span a wide range of scales, from pilot projects that test new ideas to strategies rolled out across the globe. You’ll define and conduct research efforts, synthesize data and feedback into meaningful insights, and develop innovative future state concepts and solutions. You may also propose and build solutions for clients’ ongoing data analysis and management.

What You Will Do

• Lead and/or facilitate projects, be responsible for work product with guidance from the Project/Strategy Directors


• Develop and implement analytical methodologies for solving business problems to make portfolio or enterprise level decisions


• Develop insights from large scale data sets to determine impact on business goals, organisational culture, or performance criteria for spatial design


• Design and support working sessions with internal teams, clients, and other stakeholders


• Articulate and represent scenarios (with plans, data, feedback, relevant precedents, etc.) to illustrate a range of relevant solutions, based on the research, that meet client objectives


• Guide the development of project narratives told through presentations, reports, websites, etc.


• Provide day-to-day direction to team members, and maintain the strategic direction and expectations set for the project by the Project/Strategy Director


• Work closely with the Project/Strategy Managers to ensure project success (Strategy Managers manage day-to-day operations for projects including staffing, fee tracking and forecasting, and orchestration of client meetings)

With Clients you’ll

• Lead and/or facilitate client meetings and presentations with Project/Strategy Directors


• Focus on learning their business, culture and desired outcomes


• Share relevant precedents for context and inspiration


• Assist in building client relationships as a trusted advisor

As a business developer and thought leader you’ll

• Support the development of proposals that clearly articulate process, scope, and compensation


• Develop pitch materials with internal teams and participate in presentations

Your Qualifications

Who You Are – You’re passionate about the built environment and its impact on individuals and organizations.

• understand how workplace design, policies, technologies and operations can impact organizational outcomes


• are experienced with workplace research methodologies and activities, and can with work with both qualitative and quantitative data


• are a clear communicator and presenter of ideas, findings and/or point of view


• are an enthusiastic collaborator and are able to work successfully with a range of other disciplines who complement your experience


• are a critical and creative thinker


• have a solution-oriented mindset


• respond proactively and thoughtfully to feedback from clients and colleagues


• can graphically visualize information and ideas, able to effectively use charts, and graphics to represent and communicate findings and complex ideas

Your background and experience

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience (as described above) post-graduation


• Undergraduate or master’s degree in architecture, interior design, environmental design, urban design, real estate, design strategy, organisational development, organisational psychology, or similar fields


• Expertise in data analysis, visualisation, and management


• Experience in working with workplace performance data and survey data


• Fluency in French is a plus

Perks

• We encourage our employees to lead a healthy and balanced life.


• Our comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, vision, wellness programs, paid holidays and paid time off.


• We also offer contributions to the RRSP and twice annual bonus opportunities.

About Strategy At Gensler

Gensler’s Strategy Practice is focused on exploring and defining how space, technology, services, and policy can create great experiences and support an organisations’ best work. We use in-depth user research and data to explore and develop strategies that enable our clients to meet their business and organisational objectives. With our design teams here in New York and around the world, we conceptualize and implement creative solutions that support our client’s needs. In parallel, we help our clients manage change to ensure new ideas take root, and to build capability that sustains.

Life at Gensler

At Gensler, we are as committed to enjoying life as we are to delivering best-in-class design. From curated art exhibits to internal design competitions, our offices reflect our people’s diverse interests.

NOTICE TO APPLICANTS

We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affentheive Action employer of choice. All aspects of employment decisions will be based on merit, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of any status protected under appliccable regulatory laws.

Individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable regulatory laws.

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The base salary range will be estimated between $100,000 - $115,000. Gensler’s total compensation package is multi-layered and includes a base salary, two annual bonuses paid in December and June.