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JobResponsibilities

Strategic Analysis & Insights

• Conduct analyses that address ambiguous or evolving problem statements, drawing on prior experience to shape approach.

• Translate incomplete or conflicting information into structured insights and strategic options.

• Test scenarios and conclusions to strengthen confidence in analytical findings.

Client Delivery

• Lead complex, multi-workstream consulting engagements from framing through executive delivery; set theengagementstrategy, workplan architecture, governance rhythm, and qualitystandards.

• Direct end-to-endengagement execution by overseeing integrated workstreams, key milestones, and dependencies; ensure deliveryremainson time, on scope, andclient-ready.

• Defineanalytical and storytelling structure for major deliverables; translate complex inputs into decision-ready outputs that clarify tradeoffs, implications, andactions.

• Provide senior-level direction and escalation support to resolve delivery challenges andmaintainmomentum across workstreams.

• Serve as a primary advisor to senior client stakeholders; guide ambiguity, shape decision processes, and influence alignment toward clear, actionableoutcomes.

• Lead executive presentations andfacilitatestakeholder working sessionsandworkshops to drive decisions, alignment, andownership.

• Coordinate crossfunctionalinternal and external partners to integrate inputs into a single cohesive client narrative and recommendation set.

Team Leadership

• Coach and develop Managers, Senior Associates, and Associates through structured delegation, mentorship, andperformance feedback; raise analytic rigor and executive storytelling across theteam.

• Provide leadership oversight across teams to ensure consistent application ofCushman & Wakefieldconsulting practices and standards;supportonboarding and capability building as needed.

• Act as a role model forinclusive leadership, collaboration, and professional excellence.

Business Development

• Shape proposals, solution designs, and pursuit strategies by defining the client problem framing,approachandmethodology, workplans, and deliverable storyboard.

• Support account growth by identifyingsubsequentopportunities during delivery and connecting client needs to adjacent partners and servicelines.

Practice Management

• Proactivelyidentify, escalate, and resolve risksandissues that threaten scope, timeline, or quality; implement course corrections across workstreams and stakeholders.

• Set,enforce, and modelquality control standardsforlogic, accuracy, structure, and client readiness;establishreview rhythms that reduce rework andincreaseconsistency across deliverables.

• Ownpostengagementpractice housekeeping, including archiving final work products and developingproposalreadycase studies and testimonials.

• Guideengagement resourcing, sequencing, and delivery decisions to balance quality, risk, and client expectations across workstreams.

• Define and refine repeatable methodologies, templates, anddeliveryplaybooks that improve consistency, scalability, andqualityacrossengagements.

• Contribute to practice thought leadershipthrough developmentofpoints of view, insights, and internal knowledge assetsthatstrengthenmarket credibility and equips teams to deliver consistently.

Portfolio & Location Strategy (As applicable)

• Lead portfolio and location strategyengagementsby directing scenario modeling and multi-factor evaluationsacrosscost, laborandmarket dynamics,risk,constraints, and growth considerationsto surfaceclear tradeoffs and recommendations.

• Build executive-ready business cases and decision pathways by definingevaluationcriteria, governance checkpoints, and finaloptionsets-ensuring recommendations are defensible, comparable, and ready for executive action.

Workplace and Transformation Strategy(As applicable)

• Lead enterprise workplace strategy engagements bydefiningthe diagnostic approach, prioritizing hypotheses, and integrating multi-source data(utilization, experience, business needs)and stakeholder inputs into a cohesive future-stateworkplacestrategy.

• Translatefindings into executive decisions byshapingthe narrative,defining theoptionset, andoutlining animplementationroadmap (what changes, why, sequence, and ownership),that isactionable andimplementation-ready.

• Design and lead multi-phase change programs by defining thetransformationstrategy, governancemodel, andexecution roadmap across operating model changes,stakeholderengagement,communications, enablement, andadoption mechanisms.

• Drivealignment andsustainedoutcomes by translating businessobjectivesinto apracticaltransformation plans,monitoringexecution, and adjusting interventions toembed new ways of working.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional certificationrequired

• 7-10 years of relevant experience

• Advancedexpertisein consulting delivery and processes, including critically framing complex problems andtradeoffs, testing competing hypotheses, applying governance and risk management standards, and producinghighquality,executivereadyrecommendations

• Advanced commercial real estate and business acumen, including pricing models, margin levers,utilizationmix, and portfolio health indicators, and how these shapeengagementlevelandportfolioleveltradeoffs

• Advanced understanding of how Workplace & Transformation and Portfolio & Location capabilities integrate to deliver cohesive,enterpriselevelclient solutions

• Advanced analytical capability, including research design, assumption testing, and analytical methods, as well as guiding analyses and translating complex,multisourceinputs into defensible,executivereadynarratives using AI, analytical, and presentation tools

• Advanced experience leadingendtoendengagements, including managing scope, governance, scheduling, staffing, and quality, whilefacilitatingexecutive andcrossfunctionalalignment, guidingtradeoffs, and drivingdecisionmakingwithout formal authority

• Demonstrated people leadership through delegation, coaching, feedback, and quality oversight to support individual performance, team effectiveness, and bench development

• Intermediate business development capability, including translating client needs and value propositions into structured solution narratives, proposals, storyboards, and workplans

• Applied experience developing and refining methods, templates, tools, and QA standards to improve delivery consistency, scalability, and speed

• Advanced change planning capability, including designing and executing integrated engagement, communication, training, and reinforcement plans to support adoption of new ways of working