Senior Consulting Manager

Cushman & Wakefield; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 128,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

HSA/FSA

Retirement plans

Life and disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Senior Consulting Manager to lead strategic engagements aligning workplace strategy with business goals. The role partners with senior leaders to deliver high-impact client solutions and grow the Americas practice.

Ideal candidates bring 15+ years of relevant experience, strong leadership, and proven client management, with readiness to travel up to 30% and work on-site as needed.

Qualifications

• 15 years+ experience in a strategic consulting/real estate/ workplace strategy context.
• Experience leading high performing teams and managing complex client relationships.
• Strong written, verbal and graphical presentation skills.
• High emotional intelligence and risk mitigation abilities.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% and work on-site as required.
• Proficient with SharePoint, Power BI and modern collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects and key client relationships across the Americas region.
• Contribute to thought leadership and client deliverables.
• Develop business opportunities in partnership with other leaders with a sales objective.
• Deliver high-impact solutions aligned with client strategies and workplace initiatives.
• Mentor and lead cross-functional teams through the consulting lifecycle.

Skills

Leadership

Client relationships

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Time management

Travel readiness

Tools

Power BI

SharePoint

Copilot

Miro

AhaSlides

Mentimeter

Microsoft Teams

Adobe Illustrator

InDesign

Outlook

Adobe PDF Writer

Job description

Job TitleSenior Consulting ManagerJob Description SummaryCushman & Wakefield’s Strategic Consulting practice is an industry leader in aligning organizations’ business strategies with their people, real estate, facilities, and workplaces to achieve business objectives and gain competitive advantage. Our innovative strategies help clients make value-based decisions, effect meaningful change and achieve quantifiable results. This practice focuses on Global Occupier Services, the global client account side of the organization, where we solve some of the most complex real estate challenges for the world’s largest blue-chip client occupiers.We currently have a Senior Manager open in the practice to support the Americas region. For this position, Cushman & Wakefield will offer a competitive salary and benefits package, commensurate with regional market expectations and at a level consistent within C&W’s network of peer professionals. This role directly supports client transformation initiatives by aligning workplace strategy with organizational goals.Job DescriptionPRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIESThe Senior Manager position supports the full consulting lifecycle—from business development to strategy formulation and execution as follows:This role reports to the Americas Lead of Strategic Consulting.The individual will manage projects and key client relationships and work with other senior leaders with subject matter expertise in workplace strategy and change management in the Strategic Consulting practice, including contributing to thought leadership and client deliverables.You will be expected and encouraged to proactively build and maintain relationships with our most important clients and prospects, generate new business opportunities in partnership with other C&W leaders, and contribute to the delivery of high-impact solutions with a sales objective of $600,000/year.The position requires professional presentation skills, extensive facilitation experience, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills, along with direct industry experience, are essential.This role offers exposure to high-profile clients and opportunities for professional growth and advancement within the Strategic Consulting team.KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCEMinimum of 15 years’ experience in a similar or complementary role, including key project experience in workplace/real estate strategy decision-making.Experience with leading high performing teams, partnering with sophisticated client teams, and navigating relationships with externals partners.High emotional intelligence and exceptional leadership, problem solving, risk mitigation, and relationship-building skills.Strong written, oral, analytical, and graphic presentation skills.Strong interpersonal communication and relationship-building skills. Situational awareness and ability to identify client concerns and risks and raise them to leadership.Ability to analyze and compile data and produce strategy documents and error-free client reports generated by you and serve as a reviewer of work done by others.Ability to work independently, a self-starter with exceptional time management and organizational skills; able to balance multiple priorities and projects.Ability to collaborate in a team environment, be professional even during adversity, and evoke positive engagement with colleagues, clients, partners, and prospects.Confident in evaluating and experimenting with new tools and technologies (e.g. SharePoint, Copilot, Power BI, Miro, AhaSlides!, Mentimeter).Proficient in MSFT Applications, Teams, Adobe PDF Writer, Outlook, Adobe Illustrator and InDesign a plus.Comfortable working across time zones, business lines, and offices.Ability to travel up to 30% of the time to client sites. Ability to work on-site as required; additional on-site time and travel may be required.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: $ 127,500.00 - $150,000.00Cushman & 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”