Portfolio Strategy & GIS Manager

Cushman & Wakefield

10d•$127,500 - $150,000

About The Position

The Portfolio Strategy & GIS Manager combines geospatial analytics, business intelligence, and commercial real estate strategy to support data-driven portfolio decisions. The role develops and maintains mapping, data, analytics, and reporting solutions while supporting portfolio planning, portfolio optimization, location strategy, workplace and occupancy analysis, transaction decisions, and client strategy documents such as Plans of Record (PORs), Practical Plans, and Business Unit Plans. The manager partners with business partners, transaction managers, brokers, account teams, and client stakeholders to understand requirements, portfolio priorities, constraints, and decision criteria. They translate technical, market, portfolio, and business information into maps, analysis, scenarios, recommendations, and reusable solutions for technical and non-technical audiences, including executives and clients. The role also identifies opportunities to improve efficiency through automation, standardization, and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled tools. The position requires demonstrated GIS delivery, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to connect geospatial and business intelligence to practical commercial real estate recommendations. A bachelor's degree in a related field is preferred; equivalent experience may be considered. The stated compensation range is $127,500 to $150,000. Eligible employees may enroll in benefit programs, generally including health, vision, dental, flexible spending, health savings, retirement savings, life and disability insurance, and paid and unpaid time away from work.

Requirements

3–7 years of experience in GIS, geospatial analytics, commercial real estate strategy, portfolio planning, business analytics, consulting, or a related field, with demonstrated strength in geospatial delivery.
Experience developing maps, dashboards, reporting solutions, presentations, and analytical products for business and client stakeholders.
Hands-on ArcGIS expertise, including ArcGIS Online, ESRI products, spatial data management, web maps, dashboards, and geospatial analysis.
Strong Excel and data analytics skills, including structuring, validating, analyzing, and communicating complex portfolio and real estate data.
Experience preparing, integrating, validating, and maintaining spatial and business data from multiple sources.
Strong problem-solving, analytical thinking, spatial reasoning, and data interpretation skills, with the ability to connect findings to real estate strategy and recommended actions.
Experience gathering requirements and working directly with business partners, transaction teams, client stakeholders, or senior account leaders.
Ability to translate business requirements into maps, scenarios, technical solutions, portfolio strategies, and clear client-ready recommendations.
Excellent written, verbal, facilitation, presentation, and client-facing communication skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced Excel and strong data analytics capabilities, as well as PowerPoint and Word.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Databricks, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, or modern cloud-based analytics platforms.
Power Query and Power BI experience.
Experience using Python for analytics, automation, reporting, or workflow development.
Experience supporting commercial real estate, corporate real estate, portfolio planning, location strategy, transaction management, workplace strategy, occupancy management, facilities management, or related functions.
Experience partnering with business leaders and transaction teams to develop practical portfolio recommendations, sequencing, and implementation plans.
Experience developing client strategy documents such as Plans of Record (PORs), Practical Plans, Business Unit Plans, portfolio plans, site strategies, market assessments, scenario analyses, business cases, or executive-level real estate recommendations.
Experience in consulting, professional services, or client-facing environments, including facilitating discussions and presenting recommendations.
Experience using AI-enabled tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT, or similar technologies.
Experience with enterprise reporting, operational analytics, portfolio analytics, workplace analytics, or business performance management.
Google Workspace (Sheets, Docs, Slides).
Experience with Looker, Tableau, or similar analytics platforms.
SQL and relational database technologies.
Experience with commercial real estate, transaction management, workplace, occupancy, facilities, scenario planning, or portfolio management technologies.
Bachelor's degree in Data Analytics, Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, Geography/GIS, Engineering, Mathematics, Real Estate, Finance, Economics, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.

Responsibilities

Develop client-ready maps, dashboards, presentations, and reporting solutions using ArcGIS, Power BI, Looker, Tableau, or similar platforms.
Support development and maintenance of client strategy documents, including Plans of Record (PORs), Practical Plans, Business Unit Plans, portfolio plans, site strategies, business cases, presentations, training, and documentation.
Build and maintain data pipelines, transformation processes, and data models for mapping, analytics, portfolio planning, and reporting.
Integrate data from internal systems, client platforms, commercial real estate technologies, and external sources.
Develop and maintain ArcGIS Online environments, maps, dashboards, and geospatial data products for location intelligence, market analysis, portfolio optimization, workplace planning, transaction strategy, and client decisions.
Identify opportunities to automate repetitive reporting, data preparation, and operational processes.
Leverage AI-enabled tools to improve productivity, accelerate development, and enhance analytics capabilities.
Lead and support working sessions with business partners, transaction managers, brokers, account teams, and clients to understand needs, test scenarios, align assumptions, and clarify priorities.
Synthesize technical, market, portfolio, and business information into concise recommendations for technical and non-technical audiences.
Support portfolio planning, location strategy, occupancy analysis, workplace strategy, and transaction decision-making with maps, scenarios, financial and market inputs, and strategic recommendations.
Transform, validate, and manage data from multiple sources for portfolio intelligence, strategy development, forecasting, scenario analysis, and decision support.
Contribute to continuous improvement of strategy, analytics, reporting, and geospatial capabilities.