The Commercial Real Estate (CRE) industry is at an inflection point. The technological disruptions that have already transformed retail, travel, and transportation have been slower to emerge here, but they are coming at full speed. JLL, a globally recognized leader in CRE, recognized these forces early, and is making massive investments in technology to transform both itself and the industry as a whole.
JLL Technologies (JLLT) is the tech arm of JLL, with the dual mandate of growing the company’s technology revenue while also driving market share and margin gains in our existing business. Our mission is to leverage technology to increase the value and liquidity of the world’s buildings, while enhancing the productivity and the happiness of those that occupy them.
The Senior Consultant is a senior level problem solver, who can independently drive meaningful conversations with all levels (executive to project level) of client stakeholders. They can extract the required information and artefacts to guide clients to thoughtful and pragmatic business decisions that will accelerate towards their CRE goals. As the lead consultant on client engagements, the Senior Consultant must have strong technical knowledge and experience, along with program management skills to drive results.
Responsibilities:
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Leading and/or actively engaged in client projects
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Very knowledgeable in CRE technologies and the ability to develop a technology strategy and deploy/deliver/implement those strategies
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Responsible for quality and timely delivery of all stated deliverables agreed in Statement of Work (SoW)
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Effectively manage scope, budget, timeline, risks, and issues
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Maintain project schedule and financial forecast transparently, accurately and within stated JLLT deadlines
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Create tangible deliverables as outlined in the SoW, and/or provide oversight for others performing this work
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Ability to create client specific deliverables efficiently, while leveraging existing templates and best practices without jeopardizing project profitability
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Ability to solve complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information
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Ability to create actionable CRE strategic technology and/or smart building roadmaps and formally present to executive stakeholders
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Understand internal stakeholders and intersections between groups. Ability to build relationships and leverage delivery organizations as initial consulting engagements shift into implementation.
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Contribute to the development of products and services for practice areas that are of commercial value to our clients
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Ability to create new or improve existing client materials for re-use and deliverable excellence
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Support sales process regarding marketing baseline, proof points, case studies, pricing and outlining delivery model, and white papers
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This is an individual contributor with no direct staff but is expected to partner and build cross-functional teams in order to deliver client projects.
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This resource will lead virtual project teams
Requirements:
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Must have 10+ years of overall work experience in the technology sector
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5+ years of experience in strategic technology consulting with a reputable consulting firm
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Strong IT, Smart Buildings, IoT, and CRE background
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Leading project teams
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Proven track record of successful complex projects
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Excellent communication skills, both technical language and business acumen
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Excellent report/business writing skills
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Excellent presentation creation and delivery
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Wide knowledge base across CRE and Smart Buildings with in-depth (expert) knowledge in some areas (more than 1)
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Ability to deconstruct complex ideas/problems and devise a structured and elegant solution
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Ability to build rapport and trusted advisor relationship with all levels within the client
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Consulting methodologies and toolkits
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Strong networking (internal & client) abilities
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