Corporate Real Estate Strategy Specialist

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 73,467 - 151,112; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) savings plan with company match

Paid parental leave

Flexible paid time off

Job summary

A leading global tech company in San Jose is looking for an Associate to work in Real Estate Location Strategy. The ideal candidate will analyze global real estate markets, contribute to standardization, and collaborate across teams to ensure effective strategy implementation. This role requires a Bachelor's degree and strong analytical and critical thinking skills. The position offers a competitive salary range of $73,467 – $151,112 annually along with comprehensive benefits including health insurance and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in strategy consulting or corporate strategy team preferred.
• Experience in real estate/property analysis or ICT industries is a plus.
• Ability to build partnerships across stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Analyze global real estate markets to optimize location strategy.
• Contribute to standardization efforts in real estate operations.
• Implement global real estate strategies and communicate with stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical skills

Modeling

Critical thinking

Collaboration

Quick learning

Education

Bachelor's degree or above

Job description

Responsibilities

About the Team: The Real Estate Location Strategy team aims to define and deploy strategies that support our global expansion and regional business growth. Our consultants and analysts are responsible for comprehensive research and analysis of Global Real Estate markets, whilst leading our real estate business strategy development and roll‑out.

• Identify and analyze global real estate markets across talent, industry, competition, regulatory and other developments to optimise location footprints and achieve business objectives.
• Contribute to global and regional standardization efforts in location and real estate aspects to achieve greater efficiency, consistency, and quality in operations.
• Orchestrate initiatives such as portfolio management, supply and demand, and office experience enhancement with key stakeholders; drive information synthesis, insight development and action plan development to support global and regional strategies.
• Communicate strategies and action plans to all stakeholders across real estate as well as other teams, and coordinate end‑to‑end implementation of the global real estate/location strategy.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above.
• 2+ years of working experience at a global strategy consulting firm or in‑house corporate strategy team is preferred (nice to have experience in real estate/property analysis, or exposure to ICT industries).
• Strong analytical, modeling and critical thinking to consider different perspectives and find sound solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and build partnerships across a wide range of stakeholders.
• Quick learning and logical thinking abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong academic credentials.
• Proven record of strategy planning in the field of real estate/property analysis.
• Ability to zoom‑out to see the bigger picture as well as zoom‑in to understand the finer details interchangeably.
• Exhibit enthusiasm and willingness to "roll up their sleeves" to get the job done.

About Us

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok, Lemon8, CapCut and Pico as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join ByteDance

Inspiring creativity is at the core of ByteDance's mission. Our innovative products are built to help people authentically express themselves, discover and connect – and our global, diverse teams make that possible. Together, we create value for our communities, inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we work towards every day.

As ByteDancers, we strive to do great things with great people. We lead with curiosity, humility, and a desire to make impact in a rapidly growing tech company. By constantly iterating and fostering an "Always Day 1" mindset, we achieve meaningful breakthroughs for ourselves, our Company, and our users. When we create and grow together, the possibilities are limitless. Join us.

Diversity & Inclusion

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At ByteDance, our mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

Reasonable Accommodation

ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request.

Job Information

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $73,467 – $151,112 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short‑term and long‑term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure). The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates: Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
3. Exercising sound judgment.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Administrative
• Technology, Information and Internet