Global Real Estate Strategy Leader

Grant Thornton (US)

Chicago (IL)

Hybrid

USD 188,000 - 313,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

Grant Thornton is seeking a Senior Director, Real Estate to lead the firm’s global real estate strategy, portfolio, and occupancy plans from Chicago. The role directs design standards, governance, and analytics, partnering with Workplace Operations for execution.

The position requires 15+ years in corporate real estate, strong financial acumen, and experience with partner-led delivery. In-office presence is expected at least three days per week under a hybrid model.

Qualifications

15+ years of corporate real estate experience, incl. portfolio strategy and transactions oversight.
Experience leading a partner-led delivery model (brokerage, design, construction).
Strong financial acumen, including capital planning and project economics.
Excellent stakeholder-management and executive-communication skills.

Responsibilities

Define and own the global real estate strategy, portfolio plan, and occupancy strategy.
Build and lead a global real estate organization with regional reach.
Set workplace design standards and guardrails applied across the portfolio.
Establish metrics and analytics to support capital and occupancy decisions.
Continuously evaluate and propose automation and AI adoption opportunities.