Consultant, Global People Strategy & Operations

Cushman & Wakefield • Chicago, IL

84d • $110,500 - $130,000

About The Position

The Consultant, Global People Strategy & Operations is a full time internal consultant who plays a key role supporting the leadership team of the People function (People Executive Committee) at Cushman & Wakefield. As a direct report to the CPO’s chief of staff, the Consultant is the fuel to support enterprise-wide collaboration, coordination, and execution of on-time delivery of People Team programming across stakeholder groups in partnership with the People ExCo.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree; advanced degree in analytical/business-related field preferred, but not required.
• 3 years of experience in a consulting firm or comparable highly-analytical strategic function with internal or external clients.
• Experience in a global and highly-matrixed organization including experience working with teams across countries and time zones.
• Exceptional planning, organizational and program management capabilities; ability to manage multiple priorities at once and influence others – including senior executives – to meet deadlines.
• Strong business mindset and analytical skills. Demonstrated ability to turn data into a story; experience analyzing people data in combination with additional data sources a plus.
• Strong financial acumen; commercial understanding of real estate a plus.
• Desire and ability to approach work through cross-functional collaboration, troubleshooting, and getting your hands dirty.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, process-driven, polished, and driven to succeed.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the Commercial Real Estate industry.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate programmatic coordination across the People teams functions/programs, including project management, implementation planning, change management, stakeholder communications, and cadenced reporting.
• Scope and drive execution of analytics work to distill strategic insights and recommendations into executive-level presentations through storytelling with data.
• Manage multiple development and execution workstreams simultaneously, including development of materials for presentation to senior leaders (including quarterly board meetings).
• Lead change management initiatives to support successful implementation of strategies.
• Work with talent analytics team to conduct proactive analysis of labor, talent, turnover, performance and financial data and arrive at insights to support business and talent allocation choices.
• Partner cross-functionally throughout the organization (e.g. with TDS, Finance, etc.) as required to support the broader needs of the People Team.
• Act as a strategic thought partner and trusted advisor and ensure the continuity of operations across the People function.
• Proactively take on additional responsibilities and projects as needed to continuously improve C&W’s performance.

Benefits

• Health, vision, and dental insurance.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Health savings accounts.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Life and disability insurance programs.
• Paid and unpaid time away from work.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees