CBRE - Senior Manager - Digital Strategy

About CBRE:

CBRE Group, Inc. is the world's largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with a revenue of $26.1 Billion (as recorded on September 30, 2021) and more than 100,000 employees (excluding affiliate offices). CBRE has been on the Fortune 500 list each year since 2008, ranking #122 in 2021.

It has also been voted 'Industry's top brand' by the Lipsey Company for 21 consecutive years, in addition to being one of Fortune's "Most Admired Companies" for 12 years in a row, including being ranked number one in the real estate sector in 2020, for the second consecutive year.

CBRE's Digital and Technology (D&T) organization is dedicated towards revolutionizing the real estate space with its software products. Our breakthrough products have brought real estate management to the fingertips for our clients.

Job Role:

- As a Senior Manager of Digital Strategy, you will be responsible to create, align and monitor the digital & technology strategy for our Lines of Business. This will include a deep dive of the line of business including customer journey mapping, data deep dive, business process mapping, technology benchmarking, senior stakeholder interactions and customer survey analysis to identify opportunities for the business. In addition, you will also lead a deep dive of the external ecosystem including competitor actions, startup activity, activity in related industries and analysis of evolving commercial real estate trends (Smart Buildings, Metaverse, ESG).

- The ideal candidate is an experienced strategy professional who has a flair for understanding business and a great ability to break down complex problem statements. You must also posess great communication skills to lead conversations with CXO level stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

- Understand and track changes to industry/ company on account of digital trends and digitally enabled business models; develop a point of view on disruptive threats and breakout opportunities on account of digital trends

- Work with lines of businesses to define digital strategies and reimagine existing ways of working

- Achieve a meaningful operational impact by outlining execution plans, developing success metrics and supporting execution

- Analyze data around real estate markets and the operations of real estate assets across multiple data sources; provide leadership with powerful facts and analyses that outline solutions and drive change

- Prepare and present verbal and written reports of digital strategy study findings to CBRE senior leadership

- Develop plans and programs for change management and implementation in the organization

- Drive process re-engineering efforts alongside representatives from other business functions

- Drive select special projects end-to-end - from outlining the type of solution through implementation, interpretation of results and internal capability handoffs

Key Requirements:

- Experience: 6-10 years of professional experience involving data-driven strategy, managing complex assignments, and working within cross-functional teams, including at least 2 years in a lead or supervisory capacity

- B-Tech from a Tier-A college (IITs, BITs, IIIT); MBA preferred

- Prior strategy consulting experience with premier consulting firm is highly preferred

- Passion for understanding business problems and trying to address them by leveraging data

- Interested in technology and the implications it creates in the commercial real estate market

- A solid team player and an independent thinker that is both curious and analytical

- Demonstrated career advancement and increasing levels of managerial responsibility

- Strong verbal, written and presentation skills

- Strong executive presence

- Mastery of commonly used business productivity software (e.g., Tableau, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.)

Personal Attributes:

- Very good communication skills.

- Ability to easily fit into a distributed team.

- Ability to manage timelines of multiple initiatives.