Research Manager

About The Role

You’re a strategic thinker with a passion for transforming data into powerful stories that influence decisions. You excel at uncovering market trends before they hit the mainstream and thrive on providing insights that give teams a competitive edge. With a blend of analytical rigor and deep market understanding, you’re the go-to expert who equips brokers, clients, and leaders with intelligence they can trust. You’re driven by curiosity, energized by innovation, and motivated to position Colliers as the premier advisor for occupiers, investors, and owners.

In this onsite role based out of our Royal Oak, MI office, you will:

• Create quarterly and annual market reports, economic outlooks, and thought leadership content that elevate Colliers’ brand in the marketplace.
• Provide strategic, client-facing research support for broker pursuits and client deliverables, directly influencing business development outcomes.
• Oversee the accuracy and integrity of property databases, market statistics, and economic indicators, ensuring Colliers maintains its reputation for reliability and authority.
• Act as a trusted market advisor by interpreting complex data into clear insights that inform client decision-making and corporate real estate strategies.
• Strengthen Colliers’ brand visibility by cultivating relationships with local media, trade associations, public agencies, and academic institutions.
• Partner with valuation, capital markets, and leasing professionals to support financial modeling, lease analysis, and transaction research.
• Collaborate with marketing, GIS, and IT teams to enhance data visualization tools, streamline workflows, and deliver innovative research solutions.
• Participate in local sales/leasing meetings and represent the local market in regional and national research calls, contributing insights, sharing best practices, and influencing research standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, real estate, or related field.
• 5+ years of applied research or analytics experience in commercial real estate, with a proven track record of project ownership and/or team leadership.
• Experience in a supervisory/leadership role is preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize shifting demands and deliver high-quality work under tight deadlines.
• Expertise with CoStar, MSCI-RCA, Tableau/Power BI, and CRM systems for client segmentation and business intelligence.
• Experience in GIS mapping or spatial analytics preferred.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to distill complex data into actionable insights.
• Client-facing communication and storytelling expertise, with the ability to influence decision-making.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. The employer will not sponsor applicants for work visas.