Manager, Americas Advisory Strategy

Cushman & Wakefield • Chicago, IL

5d

About The Position

The Manager, Americas Advisory Strategy provides operational support to the President of Americas Markets and Vice President, Americas Markets Strategy. This individual plays a critical role in ensuring seamless coordination across all aspects of the business — from executing on key initiatives, managing priorities and communications to executing key meetings and events. The ideal candidate is a polished, initiative-taking professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment. They bring exceptional organizational skills, business acumen, and the ability to anticipate needs while maintaining a high degree of confidentiality and professionalism.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred.
• 7+ years of professional experience in operations, consulting, or program management, ideally with exposure to brokerage business.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Technical aptitude and ability to learn new tools such as Engage and CRM platforms
• Experience managing dashboards, data-driven reports, and operational tracking tools.
• Excellent project management, prioritization, and time management skills.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to anticipate needs and identify potential issues before they arise.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing executive-level correspondence and presentations.
• High emotional intelligence, professional presence, and the ability to build trust with senior leaders and clients.
• Proven ability to maintain confidentiality, exercise discretion, and sound judgment.
• Calm and resourceful under pressure, with an initiative-taking, solution-oriented mindset.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Execution & Initiative Management Drive execution of Americas Markets strategy: Translate strategic priorities into actionable plans and ensure initiatives are delivered on time and within scope.
• Develop project plans & timelines; participate in ongoing project planning activities to include schedule development, resource allocation, issue prioritization, risk management, communication planning
• Manage relationships with variety of stakeholders to influence and negotiate timelines and deliverables. Clearly communicates any changes to situation or scope
• Provide vision and direction to team; Own collateral/communications
• Own integrated KPI reporting and performance tracking: Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting tools to monitor progress against strategic goals and KPIs.
• Risk identification & mitigation: Proactively surface barriers to execution and lead resolution strategies across stakeholders.
• Operations & Coordination Maintain distribution lists, dashboards, and reporting tools to ensure accurate, real-time information sharing.
• Support vendor management, contract renewals, and budget tracking in partnership with Operations, Finance and TDS.
• Partner with Marketing on major events, including managing distribution lists, coordinating vendors, and assisting with budget administration.
• Communications, Collaboration & Events Partner with Americas Markets leadership team, including Operations, to outline markets communication plan and own execution of the strategy.
• Own the end‑to-end lifecycle for key leadership meetings and events—plan agendas, coordinate inputs, develop and refine materials, track deliverables, and ensure timely distribution and post‑meeting follow‑ups.
• Partner with marketing to draft and edit correspondence, memos, and announcements to ensure consistent, professional communication across the platform for town halls and internal and external events.
• Coordinate cross-functional participation in town halls, team meetings, and quarterly updates. Support guest speakers and drive premeets.
• Manage logistics for internal and client-facing events.
• Collaborate with partners in Marketing, Research, Operations, and Finance to ensure operational alignment and execution excellence.
• Build strong relationships across platforms to facilitate communication, problem-solving, and decision-making.

Benefits

• Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work.
• In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager