Workplace Strategy Manager

CBRE; Pierre (SD); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A global real estate services company is seeking a Workplace Strategy Manager to lead a team advising corporate clients on workplace solutions. The ideal candidate will have a bachelor's degree and 3-5 years of experience in staffing and coaching. This position offers a competitive salary of $135,000-150,000, along with comprehensive benefits including health and dental insurance and a 401(K) plan.

Benefits

401(K)

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of relevant experience preferred.
• Experience in staffing, training, and performance coaching preferred.
• Ability to handle sensitive information and performance expectations.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team providing workplace advice to corporate clients.
• Coordinate daily activities and set work schedules.
• Contribute to strategic plans for optimizing client property portfolios.

Skills

Leadership skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Coaching and mentoring

Knowledge of Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Overview

Workplace Strategy Manager

Job ID 238767

Posted 29-Sep-2025

Service line: GWS Segment

Role type: Full-time

Areas of Interest: Workplace Strategy

Location(s): Mountain View - California - United States of America, Remote - US - Remote - US - United States of America

About the Role:

As a CBRE Workplace Strategy Manager, you manage a team responsible for providing workplace advice to a corporate client within the Technology sector.

If candidate is local to Mountain View, CA this role is required to be onsite a minimum of 3 days a week. If candidate is not local, but resides within the state of California this role will be required to travel to the office twice a month. If candidate resides outside of California this role will be required to travel to the office once a month.

What You’ll Do

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
• Drive partnerships and cross-marketing efforts with internal lines of business. This includes Brokerage, Capital Markets, Project Management, Facilities Management, and other company divisions.
• Contribute to strategic plans for optimizing clients' small to medium property portfolios. Evaluate real estate location data and guide clients on planning.
• Work with clients on adopting flexible ways of working. Optimize work styles and workplace relationships.
• Train occupiers through change management. Educate on new ways of working and aligning business management to adopt change. Coach how to evaluate the effect of the workplace on performance.
• Collaborate across practice areas. This includes shared business development resources, assignment staffing, and marketing approaches.
• Ensure compliance with policies. This includes include fee sharing, licensing requirements, subcontractor liability, and more.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
• Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues that may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc. Extensive organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.

Why CBRE?

When you join CBRE, you become part of a global leader in commercial real estate and investment services that help businesses and people thrive. We are dynamic problem solvers and forward-thinking professionals who create significant impact. Our collaborative culture is built on our shared values — respect, integrity, service, and excellence — and we value the diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and skillsets of our people. At CBRE, you have the opportunity to chart your own course and realize your full potential.

Disclaimer

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Workplace Strategy Manager position is $135,000 annually and the maximum salary for the Workplace Strategy Manager position is $150,000 annually. The compensation offered to a successful candidate will depend on their skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE’s applicable benefit program. This role will provide the following benefits: 401(K), Dental insurance, Health insurance, Life insurance, and Vision insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE has a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [e-mail] or via telephone at [phone] (U.S.) and [phone] (Canada).

CBRE GWS

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.

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