Client Consulting Director

CBRE; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking a Strategy Lead to oversee the portfolio strategy program, align across regions, manage timelines, and uphold global standards. You will work at the intersection of Strategy, Planning, Transactions, PAM, and Projects to drive CBRE delivery.

The role emphasizes building frameworks, delivering program targets, integrating AI and new systems, and ensuring quality across site strategies. Candidates should excel in stakeholder management and data governance in a fast-paced,

Qualifications

• Strategic planning across portfolios.
• Program governance and cross-functional coordination.
• Process design, improvement and implementation.
• Transaction management experience.
• Strong financial acumen.
• Comfortable with AI and technology adoption.
• Thrives in fast-paced, uncertain environments with complex stakeholders.
• Ability to lead distributed teams across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Represent Strategy function within Real Estate Leadership Team and drive integration across the verticals.
• Deliver against account OKRs.
• Manage annual portfolio strategy calendar and deliverable schedule, managing client expectations regarding program scope, timelines, and deliverable content.
• Maintain and evolve the portfolio tiering framework and trigger assessments.
• Ensure standardized methodology, quality standards and template consistency, from kick off to approvals.
• Improve data governance and automation.
• Manage program and data tracking tools.
• Track progress across all stages of the project lifecycle (kick off to approvals), resource allocation / capacity across regions.
• Facilitate cross-regional coordination and best practice sharing, defining handoff points and reducing duplication.
• Manage stakeholder communications and approval processes.
• Oversee and drive continuous process improvements across the program lifecycle.
• Evolve strategy team meeting cadence structure to facilitate strategy development process.
• Drive AI / technology integration for program efficiency and oversee transition to new systems as they come online.
• Translate and embed evolving client priorities into site strategy methodology and recommendations.
• Identify and address team capability gaps relative to evolving program demands.
• Represent strategy program at QBR and leadership forums. Feed into LPR submissions.
• Quality assures individual site strategy deliverables.
• Strategy ideation and development for more complex hub and lite strategies.

Skills

Strategic planning

Program governance

Process design

Transaction management

Financial acumen

AI familiarity

Fast-paced environment

Distributed leadership

Job description

About us:

Overse the overall portfolio strategy program, ensuring systematic delivery of all strategy papers and maintaining program standards. Coordinates across regions, manages timelines, and ensures consistent global processes and quality standards are maintained throughout the portfolio. Works at the intersection of multiple functional teams (Strategy, Planning, Transactions, PAM, Projects) whilst leading the CBRE delivery team.

What you'll do:

The Strategy function was formally established in 2026 without precedent, established governance structures, or defined interfaces with adjacent teams. A significant portion of the role involves building / evolving these frameworks while simultaneously delivering against program targets.

Skill Set required:

• Strategic planning
• Program management and governance
• Process design, improvement and implementation
• Transaction management experience
• Financial acumen
• Comfortable with AI (or willingness to learn)
• Comfortable in fast-paced environment, with uncertainty, complex stakeholder landscape and competing priorities
• Distributed team leadership across time zones

Key Responsibilities:

• Represent Strategy function within Real Estate Leadership Team and drive integration across the verticals
• Deliver against account OKRs
• Manage annual portfolio strategy calendar and deliverable schedule, managing client expectations regarding program scope, timelines, and deliverable content
• Maintain and evolve the portfolio tiering framework and trigger assessments
• Ensure standardized methodology, quality standards and template consistency, from kick off to approvals
• Improve data governance and automation
• Manage program and data tracking tools
• Track progress across all stages of the project lifecycle (kick off to approvals), resource allocation / capacity across regions
• Facilitate cross-regional coordination and best practice sharing, defining handoff points and reducing duplication
• Manage stakeholder communications and approval processes
• Oversee and drive continuous process improvements across the program lifecycle
• Evolve strategy team meeting cadence structure to facilitate strategy development process
• Drive AI / technology integration for program efficiency and quality and oversee transition to new systems as they come online
• Translate and embed evolving client priorities into site strategy methodology and recommendations
• Identify and address team capability gaps relative to evolving program demands
• Represent strategy program at QBR and leadership forums. Feed into LPR submissions
• Quality assures individual site strategy deliverables
• Strategy ideation and development for more complex hub and lite strategies