Real Estate Strategy Consultant

Real Estate Strategy Consultant

Company: Deloitte Location: Tampa, Florida, United States Work Model: Onsite Contract: Permanent Seniority: Mid-level

About the Role

Deloitte's Strategy & Transactions team guides clients through critical moments and transformational initiatives. We provide comprehensive end-to-end support and advisory services, including valuation modeling, cost optimization, restructuring, business design, infrastructure and real estate advisory, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and sustainability.

Our Infrastructure & Real Estate practice specifically helps organizations create value across the corporate real estate lifecycle. We advise clients on strategic location selection, real estate footprint optimization, workplace design, and enhancing corporate real estate functions and service delivery models. We partner with Senior Leaders of Corporate Real Estate organizations, CFOs, COOs, CHROs, and other key executives at large, complex companies to help them achieve their real estate portfolio and operational objectives.

What You'll Do

As a Consultant, Real Estate Strategy on the Infrastructure & Real Estate team, you will be responsible for:

• Supporting real estate portfolio optimization strategies, including master planning, campus and headquarters strategy, restructuring, cost optimization, implementation planning, and analytics.
• Assessing and designing Corporate Real Estate (CRE), Facilities Management (FM), and workplace operating models, organizational structures, service delivery models, and business processes across the real estate lifecycle.
• Delivering CRE and FM outsourcing/insourcing consulting services, and technology platform advisory services, including strategy development, requirements gathering, vendor evaluation, contract evaluation, and RFI/RFP process management.
• Enhancing CRE, FM, or workplace business processes and workflows across the corporate real estate life cycle (portfolio management, transaction management, design & construction, space & move management, facilities/amenities management, etc.).
• Designing and implementing workplace strategies, digital workplace technology/smart building/IoT strategies, and workforce mobility/"work from anywhere" programs.
• Developing quantitative and qualitative analyses, presentations, workshop materials, and project management artifacts to support client decision-making and implementation.
• Collaborating across engagement teams to support stakeholder interviews, facilitate workshops, manage priorities, and deliver quality work products in a fast-paced client environment.

Key Skills and Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree.
• 2+ years of relevant consulting experience in a professional services environment focused on corporate real estate, OR 2+ years of experience serving in an internal role at a corporate real estate organization of a large owner-occupier organization.
• Experience with real estate portfolio optimization strategies, including master planning, campus or headquarters strategy, restructuring, cost optimization, implementation planning, and analytics.
• Experience with corporate real estate, facilities management, workplace strategy, or business processes across the corporate real estate lifecycle, including portfolio management, transaction management, design and construction, space and move management, or facilities and amenities management.
• Experience in 2+ of the following domains: corporate real estate operations improvement, operating model design, outsourcing, workplace strategy, digital workplace, portfolio strategy, corporate real estate mergers and acquisitions, smart buildings, sustainability, or service delivery.
• Ability to travel 50%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.

Additional Skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product.
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships.
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor.
• Ability to meet deadlines.

Preferred:

• MBA.
• Experience developing workplace strategy deliverables, including change management plans, communications plans, opportunity assessments, business cases, and implementation plans.
• Experience applying change management concepts in a corporate real estate environment, including stakeholder management planning and communications strategy development.
• Experience with integrated workplace technologies and platforms, including integrated workplace management systems, enterprise asset management platforms, or smart building ecosystems.
• Experience using analytics to evaluate and optimize business processes.

About Deloitte

Deloitte's purpose is to make an impact that matters for our people, clients, and communities. Our inclusive culture empowers our people to be who they are, contribute their unique perspectives, and make a difference individually and collectively. We offer opportunities to build new skills, take on leadership roles, and grow through mentorship. Learn more about our benefits, culture, and professional development opportunities on the Deloitte careers website.