Executive Real Estate Portfolio Strategist

Cushman & Wakefield; Creve Coeur (MO); On-site; USD 149,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield's Portfolio Advisory Group seeks a Portfolio Strategy Director to lead portfolio strategy, executive decision support, and cross-functional alignment for complex CRE initiatives. You will translate business demand, real estate options, and financial considerations into executive-ready memos, scenarios, and governance artifacts that drive confident decisions.

This role emphasizes collaboration with finance, Transactions, Workplace Planning, Design & Construction, and security

Responsibilities

• Lead portfolio strategy activities that connect business growth forecasts, utilization insights, real estate alternatives, financial considerations, and operational requirements into actionable recommendations.
• Develop real estate scenarios that clarify options, tradeoffs, risks, dependencies, sequencing, and recommended paths forward for client and account leadership.
• Translate business strategy and stakeholder needs into real estate requirements and initiatives, including what space is needed, where options exist, and how decisions support broader portfolio objectives.
• Lead development of executive-ready business case memos for renewals, consolidations, new sites, dispositions, relocations, and capital projects.
• Structure business cases using consistent frameworks, templates, and decision-support standards that improve clarity, comparability, and speed to decision.
• Partner with Finance and other stakeholders to interpret financial impacts, pressure-test assumptions, and translate investment tradeoffs into executive-ready recommendations.
• Package complex inputs into concise narratives, FAQs, and leadership updates that support executive decision-making.
• Coordinate inputs from Transactions, Workplace/Occupancy Planning, Facilities Management, Finance, Design & Construction, and Physical Security to support integrated portfolio recommendations.
• Facilitate alignment among client, account, and functional stakeholders to support decision-making readiness and implementation planning.
• Synthesize diverse stakeholder perspectives into a cohesive point of view that clearly explains the decision, rationale, options considered, and recommended next steps.
• Drive proactive information gathering across functional partners to ensure business cases and recommendations are complete, timely, and supported by the right inputs.
• Oversee recurring and ad hoc portfolio reporting in partnership with Data & Analytics, including trend analysis, critical dates, portfolio opportunities, and decision-support insights.
• Maintain governance tools including decision logs, action trackers, and risk/dependency registers to support executive planning and accountability.
• Ensure reporting outputs provide clear visibility into portfolio performance, emerging issues, and required decisions.
• Improve business case, reporting, and governance processes to increase consistency, efficiency, scalability, and stakeholder confidence.
• Standardize decision frameworks, reporting routines, templates, and stakeholder communications that support repeatable advisory delivery.
• Identify and implement opportunities to use technology, automation, and AI-enabled tools to improve research, reporting, information synthesis, and strategic decision-support activities.

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield's Portfolio Advisory Group seeks a Portfolio Strategy Director to lead portfolio strategy, executive decision support, and cross-functional alignment for complex CRE initiatives. You will translate business demand, real estate options, and financial considerations into executive-ready memos, scenarios, and governance artifacts that drive confident decisions.

This role emphasizes collaboration with finance, Transactions, Workplace Planning, Design & Construction, and security