Senior Strategic Planner

Company: JLL
Location: Portland
Posted on: August 7, 2022

Job Description:

About JLL -

We're JLL-a leading professional services and investment management firm specializing in real estate. We have operations in over 80 countries and a workforce of over 98,000 individuals around the world who help real estate owners, occupiers and investors achieve their business ambitions. As a global Fortune 500 company, we also have an inherent responsibility to drive sustainability and corporate social responsibility. That's why we're committed to our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world. We're using the most advanced technology to create rewarding opportunities, amazing spaces and sustainable real estate solutions for our clients, our people and our communities.

Our core values of teamwork, ethics and excellence are also fundamental to everything we do and we're honored to be recognized with awards for our success by organizations both globally and locally.

Creating a diverse and inclusive culture where we all feel welcomed, valued and empowered to achieve our full potential is important to who we are today and where we're headed in the future. And we know that unique backgrounds, experiences and perspectives help us think bigger, spark innovation and succeed together.

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all of the requirements below. We're interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

The Sr. Strategic Planner (Americas) will provide in-house support for the planning, management, and workplace analysis across various portfolio and space initiatives, in support of the Workplace Strategy & Planning team. On this dedicated JLL client account, you will provide refined recommendations for strategic initiatives based on detailed knowledge of business /team objectives, employee insights, opportunities, supply/demand, and quantitative/qualitative data as it pertains to a holistic portfolio ecosystem.

This requires constant cross-functional collaboration with senior team members in a highly matrixed environment on every aspect of the program definition process; from brainstorming to developing the implementation plan.

Key Role Objective

* Understand the importance of business intelligence data and how it ties into workplace strategy, the portfolio ecosystem and decision making
* "Storytelling" - effectively transform and communicate various streams of workplace data into insightful, understandable recommendations
* Use available data resources to compile reports, request, and QA dashboards/databases
* Using your knowledge of Corporate Real Estate and Workplace strategy to build recommendations that are agile and support the future ways of work
* Continual support of turning vision into strategy by serving as the strategic thought partner with the JLL leadership and Portfolio team.
* Provide high-level building and renovation strategies based on supply/demand, employee experience, financial, and business knowledge

Responsibilities

* Develop a deep understanding of the workplace needs of employees and help build strategic planning principles to better support various, diverse business groups
* Work with cross-functional teams to collect, research and organize data with the ability to report findings through storytelling
* Identify critical data sources and gather relevant information, recommend new ways of collecting, reviewing and synthetizing data
* Build and present adaptable presentations to various stakeholders at different levels within the organization (including executive leadership)
* Review and ensure that all analyses delivered are accurate and meet critical deadlines
* Contribute new ideas and assist senior team members in the research and development of data and documentation. Including new ways to present and story tell with data
* Look for and make recommendations to apply new industry insights, tools, and technology to help continue to foster and evolve the future of work
* Build, improve upon and maintain the framework and process for assessing strategic portfolio data standards and insights
* Solve problems and explore solutions to current processes and systems. Coordinate cross-functionally to implement.
* Understand and communicate the impact of new business initiatives (workplace and real estate focused).
* Build trusted relationships across all business lines and act as liaison to ensure alignment between client and JLL

Requirements

* 5-7+ years strategic workplace experience
* Self-Starter, able to work in ambiguity and thrives on building relationships
* Drive process forward in a highly-collaborative environment
* Knowledge where employee experience and workplace (space/place) come together
* Ability to build, lead and own strategic initiatives from end to end
* Build and present recommendations that is tailored to specific audiences.
* Knowledge of corporate real estate, financials, and basic leasing is a plus

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Required Skills:

Communication, Corporate Real Estate, Planning Activities, Strategic Planning, Taking Initiative, Workplace Strategy

Job Tags:

Creativity, Datasets, Ideation, Occupancy Planning

Benefits:

Our benefits are a good reason to come to JLL.

We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people in our industry, and then empowering them with the resources and support to enhance their health, financial and personal well-being. Our underlying benefits philosophy is this: be fair to our people, and provide opportunities for those who take advantage of our programs and resources to lower their health costs and increase their personal and financial security.

Benefits to eligible employees, include:

* 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
* Medical, Dental & Vision Care
* 6 weeks of paid parental leave at 100% of salary
* Paid Time Off and Company Holidays
* Flexible Work Arrangements may be available
* Executive Benefits

What you can expect from us

We succeed together and believe the best inspire the best, so we invest in supporting each other, learning together and celebrating our success.

Our Total Rewards program reflects our commitment to helping you achieve your career ambitions, recognizing your contributions, investing in your well-being and providing competitive benefits and pay.

We can't wait to see where your ambitions take you at JLL. Apply today!

JLL Privacy Notice

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For more information about how JLL processes your personal data, please view our Candidate Privacy Statement.

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This position may require you to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. If required, you'll be asked to provide proof that you're fully vaccinated upon your start date. You're considered fully vaccinated two weeks after you receive the second dose of a two-dose vaccine series (e.g., Pfizer or Moderna) or two weeks after a single-dose vaccine (e.g., Johnson & Johnson/Janssen). Failure to provide proof of vaccination may result in termination.

Jones Lang LaSalle ("JLL") is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process - including the online application and/or overall selection process - you may email us at AccomodationRequest@am.jll.com. This email is only to request an accommodation. Please direct any other general recruiting inquiries to our Contact Us page > I want to work for JLL.

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