Director, Corporate Strategy

About The Role

CBRE’s Strategy and Business Intelligence team is a small group of elite professionals whose mandate is to deeply study key questions that impact our business and help us make evidence-based decisions. While this capability already exists at some prominent global companies in other industries, it is a first for the commercial real estate sector and is helping CBRE further extend its competitive advantage. The Director, Strategy role will work directly with the senior members of the Strategy team, be supported as needed by Analyst roles within the team, and interface with senior leadership across the CBRE Group of businesses.

What You'll Do

• Project management and execution of highly strategic, impactful and time bound internal consulting projects that involve:
• Execution of company and industry research as well as delivering insights on new trends and developments shaping the future of global commercial real estate industry
• Run financial/statistical models and data analysis as well as visualization of internal data, (e.g., Finance, Research, line of business operational data)
• External data, (e.g., Industry reports, public filings)
• Alternative data, (e.g., geolocation data)
• Initiating and executing high visibility initiatives such as Competitive Intelligence tracking, measurement of performance against strategic priorities, and other projects that directly impact and influence resource deployment
• Working closely with the Group’s leadership team as well as stakeholders in other Segments/Lines of Business and Corporate Functions
• Preparing and delivering presentations that deliver key insights and explain the process/approach/model to get to those insights in easy-to-understand language
• Lead and/or participate in time-bound sprint projects that help the Company frame the right questions on a variety of subjects (e.g., Strategy, Operations, Innovation, M&A Organization, etc.), driving insight through rigorous analysis and logic and building consensus around the direction
• Help the Group create and maintain effective internal and external partnerships
• Other responsibilities may be assigned as necessary within a lean group setting to continuously outperform and exceed expectations

What Makes This Opportunity Great

• Opportunity to work closely with our company’s C-Suite as well as Senior Leadership
• Opportunity to partner with the Group’s senior members on projects and initiatives that will have a direct impact on the company’s operations and its future
• Unique culture that values diverse backgrounds and perspectives while emphasizing teamwork and a strong sense of ownership
• Be exposed to, and learn about, all facets of commercial real estate and associated services