Client Consulting Consultant

CBRE Group, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. in Los Angeles seeks a Manager-level consultant to help shape future-ready operating models and workforce strategies.

You will partner with C-suite and senior leaders to design organizational structures, governance, and role definitions that drive performance and transformation. This role targets professionals with approximately 4–6 years of experience in organization design or related consulting, offering opportunities to impact large-scale corporate real estate organizations

Qualifications

• This role requires roughly 4 to 6 years of experience in organization design, operating model design, organizational effectiveness, or management consulting.
• Experience partnering with C-suite and senior leaders, preferably within Fortune 500 Corporate Real Estate organizations.

Responsibilities

• Lead organization design and operating model projects to support business transformation and growth initiatives.
• Assess current-state structures, spans and layers, role clarity, and governance frameworks.
• Develop future-state designs, reporting structures, and role definitions aligned with strategy.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions to gather requirements and build alignment.
• Analyze data to identify opportunities and support recommendations with insights.
• Develop implementation plans, change impacts, and transition strategies for adoption.
• Partner with HR, Talent Management, Finance, and business leaders to ensure scalable solutions.
• Provide project management and engagement leadership, including milestones and risk management.

Skills

Organization design

Operating model design

Management consulting

Stakeholder facilitation

Job description

About CBRE and the Role

CBRE is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment company. As we expand our Organization Design, Change & Transformation practice, we are seeking a Manager-level consultant who is passionate about helping organizations evolve, transform, and perform at their best. This role partners directly with C-suite executives and senior leaders within Fortune 500 Corporate Real Estate organizations to design future-ready operating models, organizational structures, governance frameworks, and workforce strategies.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a consultant with approximately 4 to 6 years of experience in organization design, operating model design, organizational effectiveness, or management consulting who wants to make a measurable impact while growing within a global market leader outside the “Big 4” consultancies.

What You'll Do:

• Lead organization design and operating model projects that support business transformation, growth initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring efforts, and strategic workforce planning.
• Assess current-state organizational structures, spans and layers, role clarity, decision-making frameworks, workforce composition, and operating model effectiveness.
• Develop future-state organization designs, governance models, reporting structures, and role definitions that align with business strategy and operational objectives.
• Facilitate workshops and stakeholder discussions to gather requirements, evaluate organizational challenges, and build alignment around recommendations.
• Analyze quantitative and qualitative data to identify organizational effectiveness opportunities and support recommendations with fact-based insights.
• Develop implementation plans, change impacts, and transition strategies to support successful adoption of new organizational models.
• Partner with Human Resources, Talent Management, Finance, Corporate Real Estate, and business leaders to ensure organization solutions are scalable and sustainable.
• Provide project management and engagement leadership for organization design initiatives, including work planning, milestone tracking, risk management, stakeholder communications, and deliverable development.
• Create executive-level presentations and reports that communicate findings, recommendations, business cases, and implementation roadmaps.
• Support job architecture, role design, accountability frameworks, and organizational governance initiatives as needed.
• Apply in-depth knowledge of organization design methodologies, operating model frameworks, and organizational effectiveness principles to solve complex business challenges.
• Coach team members and project participants by sharing expertise and leading best practices in organization design and workforce transformation.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with company values. Work to build consensus and influence stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes.
• Impact a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities across multiple functions and business units.
• Work within broad guidelines and policies while exercising independent judgment.
• Explain difficult or sensitive information to senior leaders and stakeholders.