Global Real Estate Strategy Director

Grant Thornton (US); Tampa (FL); Hybrid; USD 188,000 - 313,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton is seeking a Senior Director, Real Estate to own the firm’s global real estate strategy and portfolio. This role leads strategy, workplace design, transactions, and financial management of the global lease portfolio, partnering with Workplace Operations on place-based execution.

You will define occupancy strategy, design standards, and governance, while building a global real estate organization to support growth and acquisitions across regions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in real estate, business, architecture/engineering, or related field.
• 15+ years of corporate real estate experience including portfolio strategy and transactions oversight.
• Experience leading a partner-led delivery model (brokerage, design, and construction vendors).
• Strong financial acumen, including capital planning and project economics.
• Proven ability to provide strategic oversight of a global or multi-country portfolio.
• Excellent stakeholder-management and executive-communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the globally aligned real estate strategy, portfolio plan, and occupancy strategy.
• Build and lead a new global real estate organization with required capabilities and regional reach.
• Set workplace design standards and guardrails applied across the portfolio.
• Establish real estate governance, data, and analytics to support capital and occupancy decisions.
• Continuously evaluate and propose automation and AI adoption opportunities within real estate and design & construction.
• Own the transactions strategy and oversee execution through the firm's real estate partner.
• Oversee external design & construction partner relationships for best-in-class outcomes.
• Manage an outsource provider- and partner-first delivery model with accountability.
• Own the global design standards and ensure projects meet scope, schedule, and budget.
• Establish metrics and dashboards tracking efficiency, cost, and satisfaction across the portfolio.

Skills

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Financial acumen

Portfolio strategy

Global portfolio oversight

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in real estate, business, architecture/engineering, or related field

Job description

Grant Thornton is seeking a Senior Director, Real Estate to own the firm’s global real estate strategy and portfolio. This role leads strategy, workplace design, transactions, and financial management of the global lease portfolio, partnering with Workplace Operations on place-based execution.

You will define occupancy strategy, design standards, and governance, while building a global real estate organization to support growth and acquisitions across regions.