Real Estate Strategy and Planning Senior Analyst

Salesforce•San Francisco, CA

3d•$94,000 - $155,200

About The Position

The Senior Analyst on Salesforce’s Real Estate Strategy and Planning team supports the evolution of the company’s global office portfolio by turning portfolio, workforce, occupancy, and market data into insights for metro and country portfolio strategies. The role builds dashboards, scenarios, and interactive materials using AI tools and modern analytics platforms to help leaders make informed real estate decisions. It partners with Strategic Finance, Transactions, Business Partners, and other Real Estate and Workplace Services teams. The position provides broad exposure to global portfolio strategy, executive decision-making, and the use of AI in corporate real estate planning.

Requirements

3–5 years of experience in real estate strategy, analytics, consulting, FP&A, or a related field.
Strong analytical and data skills, including advanced Excel and hands-on use of BI and AI tools to automate analysis and build dashboards.
Experience supporting scenario analysis and business modeling for strategic decisions.
Strong PowerPoint and storytelling skills, with the ability to turn data into a clear point of view for senior audiences.
High attention to detail, organization, and data accuracy while managing competing priorities.
Proactive self-starter who adapts to shifting priorities and works well across teams.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Real Estate, Data Analytics, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

Corporate real estate or workplace planning experience, including leases, occupancy, space, and headcount planning.
Experience with third-party real estate and occupancy data platforms, such as CoStar, Serraview, utilization tools, and badge analytics tools.
SQL or other data tools, and experience building interactive or AI-powered tools.
Experience with multi-country or global portfolios.
Familiarity with Salesforce products such as Tableau and Slack.

Responsibilities

Analyze portfolio, lease, headcount, hiring forecast, occupancy, and utilization data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
Build fact bases for key metros, including footprint, demand forecasts, utilization, lease expirations, and market conditions, and help develop options to consolidate, expand, relocate, or hold.
Support country-level portfolio strategies with footprint benchmarks, cost and occupancy profiles, and long-range planning inputs.
Model real estate supply and demand, track critical dates and space requirements, and flag gaps or surplus early.
Build and run portfolio scenarios, providing data inputs to Strategic Finance for financial modeling and to Transactions for deal planning.
Build and maintain dashboards and interactive tools covering portfolio KPIs such as cost per seat, cost per square foot, utilization, and occupancy, ensuring metrics fit the reporting objective.
Use AI tools and platforms to automate data analysis, surface occupancy and utilization trends, and speed up scenario and presentation work.
Use third-party real estate and occupancy data platforms to gather market, benchmark, and competitive insights.
Turn analysis into clear, executive-ready presentations, summaries, and interactive materials, and support project approval requests with proper documentation.
Respond quickly and accurately to ad hoc analysis requests from leadership and partners.