Real Estate Data & AI Strategy Lead

Koch; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Koch-connected LIFT role drives the data and AI strategy, turning fragmented information into decision-ready intelligence and guiding AI experimentation to measurable value. It is the bridge between service-line leaders and Koch Tech/JLL Tech.

You will define a prioritized data roadmap, govern Databricks and BI tooling, and coordinate cross-functional work to close data gaps while advancing responsible AI practices.

Qualifications

• Experience leading data/analytics strategy and turning business problems into prioritized, value-based roadmaps.
• Experience with modern data platforms (Databricks or equivalent).
• Experience leveraging Power BI, Tableau, or similar business intelligence tools.
• Experience with data architecture concepts including data lakes, data warehouses, ETL/ELT, APIs, and modern data integration patterns.
• Experience translating between business leaders and technical teams across organizational boundaries, without formal authority

Responsibilities

• Translate service-line needs into a prioritized data and AI roadmap grounded in economic thinking — value first, technology as the enabler, not the starting point
• Partner with Transaction Management, Lease Administration, Occupancy Planning & Management, Facilities Management, Experience Services, Capital and Finance leaders to frame functional and high-level technical requirements and set realistic expectations
• Serve as the business-side owner of prioritization across service-line demand and Koch Tech / JLL Tech capacity to sequence, negotiate, and make trade-offs explicit against a single, visible intake and backlog
• Set the strategy and prioritization for LIFT’s Databricks data lake and analytics/BI direction, while platform build and administration transition to Koch Tech
• Build on current experimentation and emerging points of view, separating useful AI opportunities from hype and moving the highest-value, feasible use cases into controlled pilots
• Coordinate delivery through technical resources in Koch Tech and JLL Tech for high-impact pipelines and integrations
• Leverage LIFT’s core data domains (property information, financials, occupancy/utilization, operations, and HR-adjacent data) as assets to grow and mature to match business demand
• Define ownership, quality standards, source-of-truth decisions, and responsible AI controls
• Effectively partner with stakeholders to close material gaps in domains LIFT depends on but does not fully own.

Skills

Data strategy leadership

Databricks

BI tools (Power BI/Tableau)

Data architecture concepts

Business-technical liaison

Tools

Databricks

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

The Koch-connected LIFT role drives the data and AI strategy, turning fragmented information into decision-ready intelligence and guiding AI experimentation to measurable value. It is the bridge between service-line leaders and Koch Tech/JLL Tech.

You will define a prioritized data roadmap, govern Databricks and BI tooling, and coordinate cross-functional work to close data gaps while advancing responsible AI practices.