Portfolio Strategy Lead

What this job involves:

As a Portfolio Strategy Lead at JLL, you will be responsible for managing a large portion of the Americas real estate office portfolio including analyzing portfolio, lease, occupancy and financial information that serves as the basis for all real estate strategy development activities. You will serve as a portfolio strategy lead for specific regions (East, West, Central, LATAM) and prepare supply/demand analyses, scenario analysis, develop pro forma financials, gather and evaluate economic, demographic, location, and real estate market data while preparing business cases in support of near and long-term real estate strategy. This entails developing a variety of written communications including strategy whitepapers for the customer while driving strategic recommendations, process improvement, workplace strategy, and occupancy planning activities for a key occupier client. Working in-office Monday-Friday, you will partner with multiple stakeholders and obtain cross-functional inputs to inform strategy decisions while delivering corporate real estate portfolio strategy for a defined portfolio in the Americas real estate portfolio, directly contributing to JLL's mission of enabling clients to optimize their real estate footprint while supporting business requirements through creative approaches and comprehensive strategic analysis.

What your day-to-day will look like:

• Lead corporate real estate portfolio strategy for defined portfolio in Americas real estate portfolio while communicating and implementing creative approaches for client footprint optimization
• Own real estate supply/demand analysis including capacity, demand, headcount forecast for near, mid, and long-term strategy with strong project management capabilities
• Partner closely with Transaction Managers, Occupancy Planners, Design & Construction, Business Partnering, and Finance across the enterprise for comprehensive strategy development
• Work with workplace strategists evaluating desk-sharing opportunities while maintaining familiarity with companies' return-to-office (RTO) initiatives for strategic planning
• Develop frameworks to objectively evaluate real estate strategy options while defining and executing relevant qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Coordinate with JLL Research team to ensure appropriate market trends, demographic and mapping data incorporation as part of strategy development
• Create high-quality written & verbal client communications with whitepaper development while preparing and delivering client presentations with influence and impact
• Conduct financial analysis including making scenario recommendations while demonstrating ingenuity across diverse daily activities and strategic initiatives.

Required Qualifications:

• Project execution experience, leadership, and client management skills with proven ability to handle complex issues, thrive in ambiguity, and deliver assignments timely
• Proven ability to proactively manage multiple assignments and/or initiatives at once with strong project management capabilities and demonstrated experience
• Experience developing frameworks to objectively evaluate real estate strategy options with ability to define and execute qualitative and quantitative analysis
• Skills in coordinating with research teams to incorporate market trends, demographic and mapping data as part of comprehensive strategy development
• Financial analysis expertise including making scenario recommendations with ability to create high-quality written & verbal client communications daily
• Experience preparing and delivering client presentations with influence and impact while demonstrating whitepaper development capabilities for strategic communications
• Bachelor's Degree required with ability to analyze portfolio, lease, occupancy and financial information for real estate strategy development activities

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA/Master's degree preferred with 7-10 years of experience providing corporate real estate advisory services and implementing strategy
• Experience executing near and long-term portfolio strategies, preferably in management consultant role with financial modeling expertise
• Proficient in MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint with Tableau and Smartsheets experience as plus for comprehensive data analysis
• High degree of independence, initiative, responsibility, and accountability with ability to travel and work virtually with colleagues
• Experience working with workplace strategists and evaluating desk-sharing opportunities in corporate real estate environments
• Knowledge of return-to-office (RTO) initiatives and workplace strategy development with understanding of occupancy planning activities for key occupier clients.

Location: On-site

At JLL, we are collectively shaping a brighter way - for our clients, ourselves and our fellow employees. We choose to take the more inspiring, innovative, and optimistic path on our journey toward success. What sets JLL apart is our culture of collaboration, locally and across the globe, which allows us to create transformative solutions for the real estate industry. We support each other's wellbeing and champion inclusivity and belonging across teams.

JLL is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion.