Manager, Research

JLL•Houston, TX

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Research Manager will support the Houston market and establish themselves as a thought leader, helping build and maintain a competitive advantage in the marketplace through market expertise and providing analysis and strategic insight. This role involves engaging with market leaders while ensuring collaboration and support for client initiatives and business objectives. The Research Manager will leverage data from JLL and other sources to analyze market conditions and effectively tell a clear and compelling story about the local market that will enable JLL and its clients to be more effective, competitive and successful in the real estate marketplace. The role will manage and analyze Houston commercial real estate sectors with a focus on trend analysis, market presentation, strategic business development support and research content creation. You will work closely with external research colleagues, brokerage professionals and clients in the local market, as well as with research colleagues throughout the nation within JLL’s Americas Research group. JLL Research consists of 500+ full-time professionals globally and is the largest research group in the real estate industry and among the best of any world-wide professional services firm. Our mission is "To create clear competitive advantage for our clients through the strategic use of accurate data, market insights and innovative thinking from around the world." We tell the real estate story, define the market and inspire action.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, urban planning or related field desired
Five or more years in commercial real estate research or related field
Command of local market and business with good understanding of macro trends and historical perspective
Dynamic presentation skills and experience presenting insightful content to clients
Strong quantitative skillset with ability to identify new insights and trends through data analytics
Proactive and strategic thinking to enable innovative research output
Collaborative attitude and willingness to work both independently and as part of a dynamic team
Ability to multi-task, be resilient and effectively manage time and workload
Ability to lead research initiatives in alignment with business and marketing objectives
A desire to work within a diverse, collaborative and driven professional environment
Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.

Nice To Haves

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet all the requirements. We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

Responsibilities

Manage production of all office and medical office market research reports and contributions to national reports, providing a unique house view on market drivers and influences
Analyze and report on the local and regional economy with respect to employment statistics, major company activity, industry trends and demographic shifts that affect the real estate market
Maintain extensive knowledge of the macro and micro factors affecting the marketplace and proactively position research to leverage this knowledge for the business and for clients
Maximize your skills and analysis to tell a compelling story about the local market to establish JLL as the clear thought leader for understanding trends in commercial real estate, economics and demographic drivers
Collaborate with the Research Director and senior market leadership to execute on research priorities
Manage the statistical and analytical quality of office and medical office data for the market
Communicate data excellence and insights via traditional reporting products and the use of advanced data visualization tools, including JLL’s new and proprietary technologies
Develop and share best practice standards from Houston across the Texas and Americas Research groups
Develop strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and facilitate the use of research as a differentiator, including being personally client facing
Work with sales enablement and marketing teams to position research to contribute to business development efforts
Develop thought leadership on key topics, issues affecting the market, economy and region and contribute to national research reports on market and industry trends