Portfolio Strategy Lead

Cushman & Wakefield; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 162,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield in Chicago seeks a Portfolio Strategy Lead to guide strategic goals and deliverables for multiple clients with large, diverse real estate portfolios. You will support account teams, solve complex problems, design data-driven frameworks for collecting data, and translate findings into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.

A background in consulting, Big 4 preferred, with 8+ years leading engagements in portfolio optimization and workplace strategy, is highly

Qualifications

• Experience in portfolio optimization and cost optimization for large CRE portfolios.
• Proven ability to lead portfolio strategy related to Mergers & Acquisitions and workplace strategy.
• Extensive consulting experience delivering engagements for Fortune 1000 clients.
• Background in Big 4-style consulting is strongly encouraged.
• Experience influencing senior executive-level relationships.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task and manage complex, high-pressure workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Proactively support the account team to ensure excellence and consistency across engagements.
• Assist in solving complex problems with a broad perspective and innovative solutions.
• Design and deliver data collection/analysis frameworks and translate results into recommendations.
• Support delivery teams across multiple workstreams and manage day-to-day client relationships.
• Present data-driven insights to senior client leadership and facilitate workshops.

Job description

Job TitlePortfolio Strategy LeadJob Description SummaryJob DescriptionThe purpose of this position is to lead the achievement of strategic goals and deliverables for multiple clients within a large, complex, and geographically diverse real estate portfolios.Essential Duties and Responsibilities• Proactively support the account team in client engagements to ensure excellence and consistency.• Assists in solving complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions• Provide service excellence by understanding key client business issues, supplementing standard techniques and tools with innovative approaches, evaluating, and validating analysis and developing/delivering recommendations• Support the delivery team and their work across multiple workstreams, and own the day-to-day relationships necessary for delivery excellence• Technical presenter - Conceptualizes the framework for collecting data, analyzing the data, and translating it into a story• Innovative-inquisitive, challenges status quo, thinks outside the box; researcher motivated to become thought leader• Designs and delivers frameworks to proactively facilitate senior client leadership workshops for strategic development and other decisioning• Subject matter expertise - designs integrated workplace/human experience/portfolio solutions in support of business objectives• Financial acumen - designs the framework for financial modelling and translates the data analyzed into a storyQualifications• Must have experience in areas such as: Portfolio Optimization, Cost Optimization, Portfolio Strategy related to Mergers & Acquisitions, Workplace Strategy, etc• Extensive experience and expertise using structured consulting methodology related to scoping, framing, and delivering consulting engagements that delight FORTUNE1000 clients• Candidates with Big 4-type Consulting background are strongly encouraged to apply• Experience influencing and relationship management at the senior executive level• Possess strong analytical skills and the ability to develop conclusions and recommendations• Ability to multi-task and work both in a team and independently in a high-pressure deadline driven environment• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple and complex matters daily• Capacity to deal with ambiguity as well as address and solve complex problems• Exceptional communication skills - both written and verbal• Possess excellent customer service and interpersonal relationship skillsEducation and Experience• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university.• 8+ years of experience successfully leading and delivering consulting engagements for occupier clients related to Commercial Real Estate StrategyCertificates and/or Licenses• Real estate license (where required by state law) Professional certification, professional designations (e.g. BCCR, CCIM, CPM, MAI) and/or graduate level training in commercial real estate is desirable.Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.The compensation for the position is: $ 161,500.00 - $190,000.00Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email [e-mail]. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”