Associate Director - Real Estate Economics Service, APAC

Oxford Economics; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global advisory firm in Singapore is seeking a Senior Real Estate Forecasting Analyst to deliver country and city-level forecasts across the Asia Pacific region. The role requires over ten years of experience in real estate research, strong communication skills, and an entrepreneurial mindset. The ideal candidate will also collaborate with various teams to enhance the global real estate economics product, focusing on client engagement through presentations and events. This hybrid position emphasizes a keen understanding of real estate trends and analytical skills.

Qualifications

• More than ten years’ experience delivering real estate forecasts and research.
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal.
• Willingness to travel across the region at least once a quarter.

Responsibilities

• Communicate Asia Pacific real estate views to clients.
• Deliver Asia Pacific real estate forecasts at country and city level.
• Produce written deliverables summarizing house views.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work autonomously

Entrepreneurial mindset

Knowledge in real estate, economics or data science

Willingness to travel

Education

Degree in real estate, economics or data science

Job description

Oxford Economics is a leading global provider of economic and real estate forecasts, research, and consulting solutions.
You will be a leading member of the team responsible for producing real estate forecasts and research as well as presenting Oxford Economics’ global view to clients across the Asia Pacific region.
As a senior member of the team, you will be responsible for delivering country and city-level real estate forecasts and analysis focusing on the Asia Pacific region. In addition, you will independently develop research ideas, take responsibility for authoring content, and present our views to clients.
You will combine a keen understanding of the real estate sector with attention to detail, forecasting and research skills, and excellent communication skills. You’ll also bring an entrepreneurial mindset, partnering with our business development team to bring our real estate research to clients and prospects across the region, including through events, presentations, trips, and media appearances. Your work would combine forecasting and data analysis, written output, and relationship building with clients and prospects.

Key Responsibilities

• Communicate our Asia Pacific real estate views to clients (writing, analytics, presenting)
• Represent the real estate economic service to clients and prospects across Asia Pacific, including through trips, events, presentations, media appearances, and others, in partnership with the business development team
• Deliver Asia Pacific real estate forecasts (at country and city level) covering markets like Australia, Japan, South Korea, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, and others.
• Produce written deliverables that summarize our house views and advance market thinking for Asia Pacific real estate
• Collaborate with the broader real estate economics team in producing globally-relevant research
• Contribute to the generation and execution of new ideas and improvements to our global real estate economics product

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• More than ten years’ experience delivering real estate forecasts and research
• Excellent communications skills, both written and verbal
• An entrepreneurial mindset and ability to work autonomously
• Willingess to travel across the region (at least once a quarter)
• Excellent academic credentials with a degree in real estate, economics or data science preferred

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

Oxford Economics is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by local government laws.

About Oxford Economics

Oxford Economics was founded in 1981 as a commercial venture with Oxford University’s business college to provide economic forecasting and modelling to UK companies and financial institutions expanding abroad. Since then, we have become one of the world’s foremost independent global advisory firms, providing reports, forecasts and analytical tools on more than 200 countries, 250 industrial sectors, and 7,000 cities and regions. Our best-of-class global economic and industry models and analytical tools give us an unparalleled ability to forecast external market trends and assess their economic, social and business impact.
Headquartered in Oxford, England, with regional centres in London, New York, and Singapore, Oxford Economics has offices across the globe in more than 15 cities. We employ more than 400 professional economists, industry experts and business editors—one of the largest teams of macroeconomists and thought leadership specialists. Our global team is highly skilled in a full range of research techniques and thought leadership capabilities, from econometric modelling, scenario framing, and economic impact analysis to market surveys, case studies, expert panels, and web analytics.

Department

Macro Forecasting & Analysis

Employment Type

Full Time

Location

Singapore

Workplace type

Hybrid