Senior Manager

Job Title

Senior Manager

Job Description Summary

We currently have a Senior Manager open in the practice to support the Americas region. This role directly supports client transformation initiatives by aligning workplace strategy with organizational goals. This role reports to the Americas Lead of Strategic Consulting.
The individual will manage projects and key client relationships and work with other senior leaders with subject matter expertise in workplace strategy and change management in the Strategic Consulting practice, including contributing to thought leadership and client deliverables.

Job Description

The Senior Manager position supports the full consulting lifecycle—from business development to strategy formulation and execution as follows:

• This role reports to the Americas Lead of Strategic Consulting.
• The individual will manage projects and key client relationships and work with other senior leaders with subject matter expertise in workplace strategy and change management in the Strategic Consulting practice, including contributing to thought leadership and client deliverables.  
• You will be expected and encouraged to proactively build and maintain relationships with our most important clients and prospects, generate new business opportunities in partnership with other C&W leaders, and contribute to the delivery of high-impact solutions with a sales objective of $600,000/year.
• The position requires professional presentation skills, extensive facilitation experience, analytical, written, and verbal communication skills, along with direct industry experience, are essential.
• This role offers exposure to high-profile clients and opportunities for professional growth and advancement within the Strategic Consulting team. 

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE 

• Minimum of 15 years’ experience in a similar or complementary role, including key project experience in workplace/real estate strategy decision-making. 

• Experience with leading high performing teams, partnering with sophisticated client teams, and navigating relationships with externals partners.
• High emotional intelligence and exceptional leadership, problem solving, risk mitigation, and relationship-building skills. 

• Strong written, oral, analytical, and graphic presentation skills. 

• Strong interpersonal communication and relationship-building skills. Situational awareness and ability to identify client concerns and risks and raise them to leadership.

• Ability to analyze and compile data and produce strategy documents and error-free client reports generated by you and serve as a reviewer of work done by others.

• Ability to work independently, a self-starter with exceptional time management and organizational skills; able to balance multiple priorities and projects. 

• Ability to collaborate in a team environment, be professional even during adversity, and evoke positive engagement with colleagues, clients, partners, and prospects. 

• Confident in evaluating and experimenting with new tools and technologies (e.g. SharePoint, Copilot, Power BI, Miro, AhaSlides!, Mentimeter). 

• Proficient in MSFT Applications, Teams, Adobe PDF Writer, Outlook, Adobe Illustrator and InDesign a plus. 

• Comfortable working across time zones, business lines, and offices. 

• Ability to travel up to 30% of the time to client sites. Ability to work on-site as required; additional on-site time and travel may be required. 

WHO WE ARE 

Cushman & Wakefield’s Strategic Consulting organization is a dynamic, global team of multi-functional thought leaders in the space of workplace strategy, change management, portfolio & location strategy, and asset strategy. C&W’s consulting organization helps clients transform their real estate portfolios and drive business outcomes. The Strategic Consulting team is an organization of creative, strategic, and intuitive thinkers who collaborate on solve some of the firm’s most dynamic client challenges. 

LOCATION  

This role operates within a flexible hybrid work model, blending remote and on-site collaboration as determined by Strategic Consulting leadership, C&W account leaders, and client needs. Travel may be required to facilitate effective teamwork and client engagement. When working remotely, active participation in virtual meetings with on-camera presence is expected to foster strong connections with both clients and colleagues.

EDUCATION 

• Professional degree in Real Estate, Business, Architecture, Interior Design, Environmental Design, Communications, English, Psychology or related field. 

• Change management certification or designation desired; Prosci Certification a plus. 

• Additional experience and interests in organizational change management, organizational design, design, marketing, psychology, research will be considered favorably in the selection process. 

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.

The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.

The compensation for the position is: $ 136,000.00 - $160,000.00

Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.

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