Strategic Lead, Spatial Data & Occupancy

Cushman & Wakefield; United States; Remote; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

Flexible spending accounts

Health savings accounts

Retirement savings plans

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Director of Spatial & Occupancy Planning in the United States to lead the spatial data capability and drive governance, standards, and data quality. You will translate data discipline into business value, support client decisions, and work with technology teams to implement modern spatial systems.

The role requires strategic leadership, client-facing collaboration, and the ability to drive scalable processes across regions and service delivery models.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Spatial Data Management, workplace data, occupancy data, or related space management disciplines.
• Strong experience in data governance, data consistency, stewardship, standards development, and quality control.
• Experience partnering with technology teams to support system implementation, platform enablement, or business-to-technology translation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the spatial data capability.
• Define and evolve spatial data standards, governance frameworks, and best practices.
• Create repeatable processes for data quality, stewardship, audit readiness, and consistency.
• Drive alignment across clients, tools, regions, and service delivery models.
• Apply spatial data through a business lens.
• Translate spatial data discipline into practical business value for clients and the practice.
• Improve reporting integrity, implementation quality, scalability, and decision support.
• Use spatial and occupancy data to support predictive, data-driven decisions based on current occupancy models.
• Optimize, implement, and manage advanced spatial systems that measure utilization and align workplace environments to business needs, helping increase operational effectiveness and productivity.
• Help assess where modernization—including emerging AI opportunities—may improve workflows, reporting, or client value.

Skills

Spatial Data Management

Data Governance

Stakeholder Leadership

IWMS/Workspace Tech

Client-facing Skills

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Director of Spatial & Occupancy Planning in the United States to lead the spatial data capability and drive governance, standards, and data quality. You will translate data discipline into business value, support client decisions, and work with technology teams to implement modern spatial systems.

The role requires strategic leadership, client-facing collaboration, and the ability to drive scalable processes across regions and service delivery models.