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Realogy is seeking a Director of Strategic Partnerships & Planning to lead efforts in building a new business line under the Upward brand. This role focuses on partner management, financial planning, and effective communication strategies, with an opportunity to significantly influence operational success and strategy execution.
Director, Strategic Partnerships & Planning
This role reports into an executive leader at Anywhere Integrated Services. Our team is focused on designing and building out Anywhere's new business line under a new brand, Upward Title & Closing. This business line will consist of joint ventures between Anywhere Integrated Services' wholly owned title and closing companies and participating Anywhere Brands real estate affiliates.
This role will be responsible for supporting Upward’s go to market roadmap; and leading the collaboration with partners and leadership to build a high-impact business plan for each new company. We are looking for a passionate and experienced strategist who will help to own both external partnerships and financial modeling for our suite of companies.
Successful individuals in this role can plan on earning a competitive base salary and variable compensation.
Key Responsibilities:
•Partner Management – Support ownerships of broker-owner relationships, input, and questions from Anywhere franchisees during the 3-6 month implementation phase. Own relationships with partners post-launch and develop a programmatic approach for ongoing partner success.
•Company Financial Planning: Support the build of high-impact roadmap and viable joint venture entities, including: identifying viable geographies for additional affiliate outreach, working with finance to build pro-formas, and collaborating with internal stakeholders and external partners on office footprint, staffing, and implementation decisions
•Leadership & Communications – Serve a key communicator and program owner during the 3-5 month implementation phase. Set a precedent for thoughtful listening and iteration. Ensure launch progress and key decisions are clearly and enthusiastically communicated to internal stakeholders, including leaders in operations, legal, finance, marketing, and Anywhere brand partners.
•Thoughtful Implementation - Collaborate with internal teams to own and iterate on the workplan and ensure all launch processes are efficient and impact-oriented. Think outside the box on how things should (or could) be done.
Minimum Requirements:
•5+ years of experience in strategic or partnership management functions; no real estate or industry experience required.
•Experience in working closely with external partners (clients, partners, etc) to build and communicate business strategies and plans. Expertise in pitching a plus.
•High degree of confidence working with financial models and partnering with finance stakeholders
•Expert in program management and ownership, including data-driven iteration on the value proposition, processes, and communications of a complex program/offering.
•Proven experience in leadership level communications and presentations; experience in managing external partners a plus.
•Stellar communication and presentation skills
•Superb time management skills and a strong sense of ownership for outcomes
•Ability to work independently, including analyzing and proposing changes in strategy, tools, and structure
•Diverse candidates, thinking, and backgrounds encouraged!
Anywhere is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to our employees including: