Senior Research Analyst

Transwestern is a vertically integrated commercial real estate firm dedicated to serving investors, partners and clients through expertise in investment, development, brokerage and property management. Our experience spans diverse property types, including logistics, multifamily, retail, mixed-use, healthcare, office, data centers, hotel, and life sciences. Across 35 offices nationwide, our team is united by a culture that cultivates agility, mutual trust and high performance.

About the role

The Senior Research Analyst will leverage Transwestern’s vast resources to support and provide innovative insights. The analyst will track all aspects of the real estate markets and be accountable for accurate and proactive maintenance of internal Transwestern data platforms, ensuring operational excellence and best-in-class standards relating to methodology and application.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a detailed knowledge and understanding of the local commercial real estate market.
• Track and analyze economic, demographic, and commercial real estate data to identify unique insights on market activity, conditions, and trends to maintain competitive advantage.
• Build relationships with the local market’s brokerage teams to best understand their research needs and how best to respond with deliverables.
• Develop and leverage relationships with research peers and experts externally in the local real estate community to exchange information and learn about industry trends.
• Manage and maintain accuracy on internal commercial real estate metrics through Curve Analytics, Transwestern’s proprietary data platform. Utilize Curve Analytics to run and report quarterly market statistics.
• Compile statistical data and information specific to an internal or external client request and transform into graphs/tables/charts.
• Support local teams in the preparation of client pitches, presentations, and proposals.
• Perform or assume additional department duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Business, Urban Planning, Economics, or related field.
• 3+ years of real estate research or related business experience.
• Proven basic understanding of commercial real estate and/or capital markets metrics.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Basic familiarity with common data vendors, such as Real Capital Analytics, RealPage, CompStak, ZoomInfo, Revista, Pitchbook, and CoStar.
• Knowledge of ESRI Suite, ArcGIS, PowerBI, and Adobe Creative Cloud helpful, but not required.
• Strong analytical and writing capabilities with a high attention to detail.
• Basic understanding of economics, demographic, and related platforms such as Moody’s, Lightcast, Oxford Economics, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Census Bureau.
• Solid organizational, project management, and multi-tasking skills. Able to prioritize workload, manage projects, and communicate with research team members, as well as internal and external clients.
• Ability to work independently and proactively as well as in a team setting.
• Provide a high level of customer service with a desire to help internal and external clients succeed.
• Ability to resolve complex situations or problems by defining a strategy, often involving cross-functional teams and leading a collaboration effort through resolution.
• Able to serve several audiences while remaining committed to generating the best-in-class research product.
• Must be flexible, highly creative, work well under pressure and within tight schedules, and be enthusiastic about communicating the company's vision and differentiators.
• Superb interpersonal, collaboration, and consensus-building skills.
• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% or more of the time/constantly operate a computer and other office productivity machinery (e.g., calculator, copy machine, computer printer) or, by request, be provided reasonable accommodations to perform the essential functions of the position.

Location: Phoenix, AZ

About Us

Our firm is built on a shared purpose: Empowering good people to do extraordinary things together. We hire smart, passionate, hard-working people who value both collaboration and independence. United by our brand promise, we own the outcome for clients, investors, and partners.