Real Estate Strategic Initiatives Senior Manager
$143,400–$216,900 year
HybridChicago, Illinois, United States or San Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Drive ambiguous projects achieving stated strategic objectives while managing multiple workstreams and global cross-functional resourcing. Leverage project management tools to streamline planning, track budgets, and monitor vendor costs for capital-intensive initiatives. Execute scenario planning to inform critical decisions, develop executive presentations, and create comprehensive communication plans for stakeholder alignment. Support change management strategies to maximize employee adoption and address root causes of project issues. Lead initiatives at the intersection of AI, innovation, and workplace strategy, translating emerging business needs into actionable plans. Collaborate with REWS and functions including Finance, Procurement, and Legal to implement process improvements. Report to the Sr. Director of Real Estate Strategic Initiatives. Hybrid schedule of three days in office.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years experience within the end to end Real Estate project management, consulting experience, in strategic/innovation program management
- Outstanding problem-solving and decision-making skills with a strong general business discernment and ability to distill sophisticated issues, develop solutions, and implement effective strategies
- Experience leading internal approval processes and managing approval timelines
- Experience with project management software (e.g. Smartsheets/Asana/AirTable/Slack/Linear), and comfort working in AI-enabled collaboration tools (e.g. Slack, generative AI tools) to synthesize information and drive efficiency
- Flexible and comfortable pivoting quickly, ability to handle multiple high-visibility projects simultaneously
- Demonstrated experience of supporting and driving major initiatives across a diverse, geographically dispersed, multicultural environment while fostering effective relationships
- Experience in partnering with all Real Estate functions and key business partners in Employee Success, Finance, Procurement, Legal, Business Technology and Global Safety & Security across all levels of the organization
- Ability to operate in a high impact, fast-paced environment with ambiguity
- Ability to think strategically and act in a detailed, hands-on manner
- Experience working in a results-driven, solutions-oriented, and fast-paced environment with competing priorities
- Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills
- Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail
- Proactive, self-starter and high degree of motivation
- Highly responsive and service-oriented demeanor
- Location: San Francisco, CA or Chicago, IL
- Hybrid: 3 days in office
Desired Qualifications
- PMP, Six Sigma, Change Management (Prosci) or similar project, process, and change management experience
- Curiosity about AI and emerging technology trends, and how they apply to workplace strategy
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