AVP, Strategic Initiatives

Revantage•Chicago, IL

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

Revantage, a Blackstone Real Estate portfolio company, is a global provider of corporate services. With a corporate purpose of ‘In Pursuit of Better,’ Revantage delivers value-added services and world-class talent for Blackstone Real Estate portfolio companies, spanning diverse asset classes, including residential, logistics, office, hospitality and retail sectors. Headquartered in Chicago, the company’s footprint extends across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Rooted in a commitment to collaboration and inclusivity, Revantage goes beyond traditional corporate services and acts as a trusted partner. Across offerings that include finance, technology, human resources and operations, Revantage proactively anticipates stakeholder needs, recruits exceptional talent and enables its business partners to thrive. The AVP, Strategic Initiatives role provides Strategy and Business Planning: Facilitate strategic planning processes while analyzing market trends, customer needs and conducting scenario planning. Collaborate with functional leaders to develop and optimize business plans and operational strategies that align to company vision, goals and success measures. Enable the execution of business plans by ensuring communication to departments and establishing appropriate tracking and reporting mechanisms. Lead assessments of business and departments, gather feedback on Revantage and business partner needs, and refine strategy accordingly. Strategic Advisory and Execution: Collaborate with Revantage leadership team and Business Partners to design and execute operating model transformation and enhancement initiatives. Own responsibility for delivery and quality of strategic projects to deliver on identified business outcomes. Translate identified operating model improvements (e.g., process changes, technology changes) into business cases, roadmaps and projects/tasks; work with department resources, technology resources to implement changes. Demonstrate discretion and professionalism when working on sensitive business and organizational issues, manage ambiguity and propose workable solutions to challenging problems. Develop storyboards and analytical frameworks, synthesize findings and identify key insights from analysis of data and qualitative insights. Implement change management processes and tools to help facilitate business transformations and process improvements. Identify opportunities to create internal and external collaboration and synergies. Portfolio and Project Management: Support the portfolio management life cycle from demand management, prioritization, project execution to results management and reporting. Enhance project approach, methodology and tools, templates and procedures for portfolio and project management. Drive effective project management discipline and support strategic project initiatives from ideation and business case development through execution. Identify trends, risks and opportunities that could hinder or accelerate the impact or execution of initiatives and recommends solutions to improve performance that could benefit the project, program, or our overall strategic portfolio. Operations and Business Support: Partner with Revantage leadership team to develop presentation materials for Board, Portfolio Company and Town Hall meetings. Support scheduled and ad-hoc reporting needs for Revantage and key stakeholders across each department, including metrics to access department functions and performance. Deliver ad-hoc projects and maximize Revantage leadership team effectiveness by helping balance priorities, communicate effectively, participate in relevant meetings, and connect with business partners and employees. Collaborate with the People & Culture team on hiring initiatives, employee engagement initiatives, and communication.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Business, Engineering, Finance, or Technology or a related field plus 4 years of experience as a Management Analyst or related occupation.
Managing shared services centers and defining SLAs and KPIs
Proficiency in data visualization, automation platforms, and Analytics tools including Tableau, Power BI, Appian, UiPath
Business process reengineering, value mapping, target state operating model, gap analysis
Utilizing optimization tools and change management principles
Performing real estate investment analysis, finance, real estate acquisition and asset management
Proficiency in real estate software including ARGUS and CoStar Real
Preparing executive reports and engaging senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Facilitate strategic planning processes while analyzing market trends, customer needs and conducting scenario planning.
Collaborate with functional leaders to develop and optimize business plans and operational strategies that align to company vision, goals and success measures.
Enable the execution of business plans by ensuring communication to departments and establishing appropriate tracking and reporting mechanisms.
Lead assessments of business and departments, gather feedback on Revantage and business partner needs, and refine strategy accordingly.
Collaborate with Revantage leadership team and Business Partners to design and execute operating model transformation and enhancement initiatives.
Own responsibility for delivery and quality of strategic projects to deliver on identified business outcomes.
Translate identified operating model improvements (e.g., process changes, technology changes) into business cases, roadmaps and projects/tasks; work with department resources, technology resources to implement changes.
Demonstrate discretion and professionalism when working on sensitive business and organizational issues, manage ambiguity and propose workable solutions to challenging problems.
Develop storyboards and analytical frameworks, synthesize findings and identify key insights from analysis of data and qualitative insights.
Implement change management processes and tools to help facilitate business transformations and process improvements.
Identify opportunities to create internal and external collaboration and synergies.
Support the portfolio management life cycle from demand management, prioritization, project execution to results management and reporting.
Enhance project approach, methodology and tools, templates and procedures for portfolio and project management.
Drive effective project management discipline and support strategic project initiatives from ideation and business case development through execution.
Identify trends, risks and opportunities that could hinder or accelerate the impact or execution of initiatives and recommends solutions to improve performance that could benefit the project, program, or our overall strategic portfolio.
Partner with Revantage leadership team to develop presentation materials for Board, Portfolio Company and Town Hall meetings.
Support scheduled and ad-hoc reporting needs for Revantage and key stakeholders across each department, including metrics to access department functions and performance.
Deliver ad-hoc projects and maximize Revantage leadership team effectiveness by helping balance priorities, communicate effectively, participate in relevant meetings, and connect with business partners and employees.
Collaborate with the People & Culture team on hiring initiatives, employee engagement initiatives, and communication.