[Remote] Portfolio Strategy Director

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Cushman & Wakefield is a leading global real estate services firm, and they are seeking a Portfolio Strategy Director to join their Portfolio Advisory Group. This role involves collaborating with clients to support their strategic real estate vision, managing stakeholder reporting, and developing executive-ready business case memos.


Responsibilities

  • In partnership with our Data & Analytics team, oversee regular and ad-hoc portfolio reporting, including trend analysis, critical dates and portfolio opportunities
  • Maintain decision logs, risks/dependencies, and action trackers for steering committees and senior forums
  • Lead end-to-end drafting of real estate business case memos (renewals, consolidations, new sites, dispositions, capital projects). This requires diligent and proactive coordination of intelligence from a wide range of stakeholders and functional partners. The right candidate will have an aggressively proactive attitude and grace with collecting critical information from a wide range of parties efficiently
  • Structure memos using a consistent framework and consistently improving processes to gain time efficiency and standardization, where practical
  • Partner with Finance on financial modeling impacts and budget implications
  • Synthesize inputs from Transactions, Workplace/Occupancy Planning, FM, and Physical Security to align on site strategy and decision making readiness
  • Integrate utilization, business growth forecasts, and security risk overlays into portfolio scenarios
  • Support site selection criteria, pipeline prioritization, scenario planning, and sequencing of moves
  • Own the accuracy and storytelling of portfolio data; define KPIs and data standards
  • Coordinate with leads from Transactions, Design & Construction, Workplace, and Security on implications to program, cost, and timeline
  • Draft crisp leadership updates, FAQs, and stakeholder communications for key decisions and milestones

Skills

  • 7–10 years in corporate real estate strategy, management consulting, portfolio planning, or finance/FP&A supporting real estate decisions
  • Proven track record writing executive business case memos and presenting recommendations to senior leadership
  • Ability to synthesize diverse stakeholder inputs (Transactions, Workplace, FM, Physical Security) into an integrated point of view
  • Comfort with portfolio data tools (e.g., IWMS/lease admin platforms) and disciplined data hygiene & data architecture
  • Excellent project management, prioritization, and meeting facilitation; thrives in ambiguity and fast decision cycles
  • Financial modeling skills is highly preferred but not required
  • Advanced storytelling and comfort in visualization tools like PowerBI or Tableau is highly preferred

Company Overview

  • Cushman & Wakefield is a real estate services firm that offers retail investment, energy management, and property services. It was founded in 1917, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is

  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Cushman & Wakefield has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2025, 6 in 2024, 2 in 2023, 6 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 2 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.

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