Jobs at Cushman & Wakefield

Leads enterprise sales strategy and full-cycle business development for Integrated Facilities Management solutions serving pharmaceutical, biotech, and medical device clients. Builds executive relationships, develops tailored solutions for regulated facilities, negotiates contracts, and collaborates with engineering, quality, and operations teams. Requires extensive life sciences facilities management sales experience, strategic leadership, and knowledge of GMP, compliance, and complex facility operations.

Leads strategic sourcing and procurement activities, including supplier research, consolidation, RFP development, bid evaluation, contract drafting, compliance reviews, supplier audits, and QBRs. Manages sourcing events and contract workflows using e-sourcing and contract management systems. Analyzes spend, contract cycles, and supplier performance to identify opportunities, while presenting recommendations and coordinating stakeholders, suppliers, legal, risk, and client teams.

Leads new business growth for Local Facilities Management services within an assigned market. Responsibilities include building sales pipelines, prospecting, leading proposals and negotiations, achieving revenue and margin targets, developing account strategies, maintaining CRM forecasts, monitoring market conditions, and representing the company at client and industry events. Partners with Facilities Management leadership to scope engagements and transition closed deals to onboarding.

Manages the Capital Markets Financial Analysis Hub, overseeing financial analysis and underwriting deliverables for commercial real estate investment sales. Responsibilities include quality control, analyst supervision and development, workflow standardization, process improvement, business intelligence reporting, automation initiatives, broker collaboration, and change management. The role provides strategic insights to brokers and supports efficient, accurate transaction execution across industrial, retail, and office property markets.

Leads company-wide category strategy and preferred supplier programs, managing supplier relationships, procurement alignment, demand planning, spend analytics, commercial arrangements, negotiations, and supplier performance. Partners cross-functionally with Finance, Operations, Technology, HR, Legal, and Project Management to drive value, compliance, adoption, and continuous improvement across facilities service categories.

Leads multifamily business development across the Midwest, identifying opportunities, building relationships with owners and investors, managing the prospect pipeline, and winning new property management business. Responsibilities include underwriting, proposal and RFP support, client presentations, market analysis, industry networking, acquisition support, and coordinating onboarding with internal operations teams. The role is based in Chicago with hybrid work and up to 20% travel.

Leads marketing projects for commercial real estate investment offerings, serving as the primary contact for brokerage teams and clients. Responsibilities include gathering project details, managing schedules and workflows, coordinating designers and stakeholders, overseeing collateral revisions, incorporating feedback, maintaining project tracking tools, and ensuring timely delivery of marketing assets.

Leads IT procurement category strategy across software, hardware, cloud, telecom, data, and IT services. Manages sourcing, RFPs, negotiations, contracts, renewals, supplier relationships, spend analysis, risk mitigation, and savings initiatives. Partners with Technology, Legal, Finance, Risk, Security, and senior business leaders to improve procurement processes, supplier performance, compliance, and value delivery. Coaches junior team members and travels occasionally.

Provides strategic legal counsel to an assigned Canada/US region or business within a matrixed legal department. Advises leaders on complex contracts, legal and regulatory risk, governance, litigation support, M&A due diligence, training, and compliance escalation. The role serves as a business liaison and strategic advisor while routine contracting, litigation management, and transaction leadership remain with centralized legal teams.

Supports advisory transformation engagements by researching and testing emerging technologies, especially AI, and applying them to client and internal challenges. The role analyzes current processes, identifies technology opportunities, develops prototypes, prepares reports and stakeholder materials, recommends KPIs, and supports change management and adoption measurement. It also contributes to project planning, facilitates working sessions, communicates progress, and translates emerging technology capabilities into practical solutions.

Owns the finance strategy, roadmap, governance, functional design, and continuous improvement of OneStream consolidation and planning applications. Leads global budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, consolidation, data validation, financial controls, predictive forecasting, and integration requirements. Partners with Finance and IT leaders, manages vendor relationships, and leads a global team. Drives machine learning, automation, Power BI, Alteryx, and Python adoption to improve financial planning and reporting.

Develop and coordinate employee communications and materials for workplace change initiatives, including relocations, renovations, consolidations, and organizational integrations. Responsibilities include gathering information, managing stakeholder reviews, maintaining version control and trackers, preparing presentations and resources, supporting engagement and training activities, assisting with surveys and reporting, and advising on communication timing, audiences, content, and channels.

Leads a team of Marketing Specialists, providing coaching, performance management, workload allocation, and professional development. Oversees strategic property marketing programs for brokerage teams and investor clients, ensuring high-quality integrated campaigns and client service. Partners with design, content, web/video, and digital marketing teams; manages workflows, project risks, processes, and resource planning. Drives operational excellence, continuous improvement, technology adoption, and strategic marketing guidance in a client-facing commercial real estate environment.

Administer Infor EAM and CMMS processes for facility maintenance, including asset data, work orders, preventive maintenance plans, spare-parts inventory, requisitions, purchase orders, and materials management. Analyze and publish performance metrics, improve data accuracy and costs, support scheduling, train users, and coordinate with management and corporate EAM analysts on system functionality and process improvements.

Leads strategic consulting engagements for large, complex commercial real estate portfolios. Responsibilities include portfolio optimization, workplace strategy, cost optimization, data analysis, financial modeling, executive relationship management, client workshops, and delivery across multiple workstreams. The role develops innovative recommendations, translates analysis into compelling narratives, and supports senior client decision-making for Fortune 1000 occupier clients.

Performs institutional real estate valuations and consulting for quarterly and annual fair value reporting. Prepares appraisal reports, cash flow projections, present value analyses, comparable sales analyses, cost analyses, and final value reconciliations. Conducts market research, analyzes revenue and expenses, manages multiple assignments, maintains consistent portfolio methodologies, and presents market insights to clients and senior executives. Requires domestic travel, state licensing, advanced Excel and Argus Enterprise expertise, and strong analytical and communication skills.

Leads portfolio governance, PMO operations, performance management, reporting, analytics, financial oversight, workforce strategy, risk management, and organizational transformation across client account portfolios. Partners with executives and clients to improve delivery, profitability, resource utilization, compliance, and satisfaction. Oversees PMO teams, develops governance standards, drives continuous improvement and technology adoption, and manages enterprise portfolio performance and strategic initiatives.

Owns tenant experience and engagement across a portfolio of properties through the COVE platform. Responsibilities include platform administration, digital communications, wellness initiatives, event programming, community-building, hospitality standards, client support, and engagement analytics. The role develops campaigns, content calendars, reports, and strategic recommendations to improve tenant participation, satisfaction, retention, and workplace experience while training onsite teams and managing provider partnerships.

Supports and improves material handling automation systems, including PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, SCADA, conveyors, sortation equipment, and industrial networks. Troubleshoots complex control and electrical issues, escalates downtime incidents, monitors performance metrics, coordinates vendors and technology installations, and contributes to capital projects. The role also provides technical guidance to maintenance and operations teams, supports equipment reliability, communicates project impacts, and helps develop technicians.

Drives transformation initiatives across Investor Services by defining strategic roadmaps, identifying optimization opportunities, redesigning processes, and implementing automation, AI, and shared-services solutions. Leads cross-functional projects, manages and develops analysts, evaluates business value, advises leadership, analyzes organizational issues, and communicates recommendations through data-driven presentations. Ensures projects are delivered effectively, on time, and within budget while influencing stakeholders across the organization.