EY-Parthenon - Strategy and Execution - Corporate Real Estate - Transactions - Director

About the role

EY-Parthenon's Corporate Real Estate (CRE) practice advises clients on strategic, operational, and analytical matters related to their most complex CRE issues and challenges. As a Director, you will work at the forefront of high-profile corporate real estate engagements, spending your days on strategic and/or operational issues while working with practice leadership and client management to deliver innovative solutions. You will leverage EY's global network to support account teams, service lines, and solutions across all sectors, tackling some of the largest and most complex corporate real estate and workplace challenges facing clients.

Key responsibilities

• Develop innovative approaches to completing scopes of work
• Participate in team problem solving efforts and offer ideas to solve client issues
• Inspire teamwork and responsibility with engagement team members and use current technology/tools to enhance the effectiveness of deliverables and services
• Develop presentation materials, briefings, scorecards, and implementation documents
• Maintain responsibility for completion and accuracy of work products
• Assess operating models, organizational structures, and business processes to streamline corporate real estate and facilities management service delivery
• Actively expand consulting skills and professional development through training courses, mentoring, and daily interaction with clients
• Manage the creation of proposals, presentations and other client-facing materials and deliverables
• Communicate EY's point of view on relevant and current CRE topics and trends
• Analyze and draw insights from complex data sets
• Conduct relevant research, data analysis, and create reports
• Work in a fast-paced, exciting environment with strong business acumen to drive value to clients
• Foster and refresh ongoing client relationships
• Mentor and counsel junior staff
• Work independently and manage multiple task assignments

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Accounting, Engineering, Architecture, Business, Finance, or other business-related field and a minimum of 5 years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and a minimum of 3 years of related work experience
• Credible, related work experience supporting business development and driving delivery of strategic projects for a large client or set of clients in the field of corporate real estate, management consulting, workplace consulting, or technology consulting
• Knowledge and experience in at least three of the core corporate real estate consulting disciplines: operating model design, organizational design, service delivery, portfolio strategy, workplace strategy, occupancy strategy, location strategy, sustainability strategy, technology strategy, digital workplace strategy, and M&A/Divestiture support
• Experience supporting project management activities, such as resource planning, schedule development, engagement pricing, and budget management
• Excellent analytical skills and the confidence to translate complex data into meaningful insights
• Experience leading and managing in complex business environments
• Excellent negotiation and influencing skills, and the ability to develop long-lasting relationships both internally and externally
• Exceptional writing and presentation skills
• High proficiency with the MS Office Suite of Products
• Must either reside in or be in a commutable distance to your office location
• Ability and willingness to travel and work in excess of standard hours when necessary; travel may be required beyond your work location based on client and project needs

Preferred qualifications

• Prior professional services or management consulting experience
• Graduate degree in a relevant field/discipline
• Established networking skills
• Professional accreditation in real estate, design, engineering, construction, project management and process improvements, such as PE, PMP, CCIM, QCPR, MCR, SLCR, CPM and Lean Six Sigma
• Knowledge of how to leverage firm-approved AI tools in a business setting, including Microsoft Copilot

Skills

• Client-service oriented work ethic, driven by a desire to act
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building capabilities
• Outstanding listening, written and oral communication skills
• Exceptional ability to present and articulate ideas through storytelling
• Passion for strategic and creative problem solving
• Intellectual curiosity and comfort with ambiguity
• Comfort working across multi-disciplinary, collaborative, and distributed teams
• Strong attention to detail
• Highly motivated and analytical
• Logical thinker with a passion for real estate
• Strong team player with the ability to adapt to changing requirements or deadlines

Pay

• Base salary range: $220,000 to $235,000 per year (individual salaries determined through factors including education, experience, knowledge, skills and geography)

Benefits

• Medical and dental coverage
• Pension and 401(k) plans
• Flexible vacation policy - you decide how much vacation time you need based on your personal circumstances
• Paid time off for EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence

Schedule

• Team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model: most people in external, client serving roles work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project or year