Corporate Real Estate Strategy Expert

About Us

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Diversity & Inclusion

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Responsibilities

About the Team: The Global Location Strategy team aims to define and deploy strategies that support our global expansion and regional business growth. Our consultants and analysts are responsible for comprehensive research and analysis of Global Real Estate markets, whilst leading our real estate business strategy development and roll-out.

Responsibilities

- Real Estate Strategy Operations: Understand the company's development strategy and business needs, provide strategic support for real estate development, and conduct location strategy analysis and spatial planning for the company's buildings across the globe.

- Research and Analysis: Conduct research and analysis from the macro level of national and regional dimensions to the micro level of urban planning, including multidimensional effective information collection and qualitative and quantitative analysis of policy trends, location advantages, industry development, talent structure, industry benchmarking, and site planning.

- According to the company's development strategy and business needs, combined with changes in global macroeconomic and geopolitical situations and industry trends, regularly communicate and provide effective feedback on the research progress and results of spatial location (including with business lines and functional teams), thereby refining strategies to ensure implementation while tracking execution effectiveness.

- Utilise a combined qualitative and quantitative methodology, along with inputs from various internal sources, to continuously advance the standardised construction of spatial location-related processes within the company.

- Coordinate the overall management and advancement of key projects related to the company's real estate and location, supporting the overall strategic operations of the department.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

- Master's degree is required.

- At least 1 year of real estate location strategy related work experience in technology companies.

- Had experience of starting a business with an entrepreneurial mindset, understanding substantive needs and translating them into value that is helpful to business.

- Had experience in different industries and multiple countries, which can bring in different perspectives to contribute the business.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Deep understanding of global and regional real estate markets, including regulatory frameworks, cost structures, and economic drivers.

- Proven record of strategy planning in the field of real estate and property analysis.

- Ability to zoom-out to see the bigger picture as well as zoom-in to understand the finer details interchangeably.