Regional Real Estate Portfolio Lead

at  IFC Systems Corporation

The Regional Real Estate Portfolio Lead will support the GCSCR Senior Manager and Management Team and will collaborate across GCS, facilitating seamless knowledge exchange across all units. This role serves as a vital link between GCSCR and the GCS Front Office. The focus of this position is to formulate and manage responses to Senior Management regarding GCSCR’s work program. The Specialist should possess the ability to transition seamlessly from conceptual visioning to providing detailed responses to leadership queries. The successful candidate will be instrumental in consolidating and communicating our policies for the real estate portfolio.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The position reports to the Manager, GCSIR. The role focuses on all areas of Global Real Estate: Transactions, Project Management, Facilities Management and requires a strong mix of technical experience in corporate real estate, property and/or facilities management and a strong track record in managing a decentralized team. Extensive experience of delivery in emerging markets with experience in similar large corporates or international organizations and their practices, processes and procedures is required.

This role requires you to demonstrate success in supporting and encouraging a positive culture of delivery and innovation. Specific requirements include:

• Collaboration - proven ability to work effectively across cultures, and demonstrable ability to establish “partner” relationships with the clients.
• Proven Real Estate and Project management experience of complex projects in growth markets with technical knowledge related to leasing, building operations, architecture, mechanical and electrical engineering.
• Client focused, results oriented, practical, common-sense approach to problem solving is critical.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in at a global level in a decentralized organization
• Excellent people management skills and ability to coach and mentor staff.
• Strong diplomatic and interpersonal skills
• Business orientation with financial skills including ability to evaluate cost/benefit data/metrics and develop business cases for decision-making and strong proposal writing skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills in English. Strong report/proposal writing skills.
• Sound business judgment and demonstrated ability to deliver results under stressful timetables and environment.
• Proven ability to work in challenging markets and a diverse client base