Director - Real Estate Consulting (Technology)

Director - Real Estate Consulting (Technology)

Investigo are working with a Real Estate Consulting business in London who are recruiting for a permanent Director to join their business to build and grow their Real Estate Technology provision.

The Role

• You will be responsible for originating, developing and running a pipeline of real estate technology related business leads, establishing client requirements, developing proposals, closing contracts and running engagements
• You will advise clients on wide range of projects including real estate diagnostics, target operating models, technology strategies, business cases, functional designs, project and programme management of real estate technology implementations, data strategies, advanced management information approaches and diagnostics.
• Advising Asset/Fund Managers, Sovereign Wealth Funds, real estate functions of public or private sector organisations or service providers on all aspects of real estate technology (Fund/Asset/Property and Facilities management, connected buildings, advanced analytics, disruptive technologies, data transfer, data governance, and technology design and implementation).
• Developing solutions and providing advice on how to address these challenges. Supporting this advice through effective stakeholder management, production of board papers and business cases.
• Working with senior client stakeholders (and wider impacted populations) to lead them through the implementation of their RE technology related transformation initiatives.
• The work may include the full spectrum of a real estate technology project (i.e. Target Operating Models, Target Application Landscapes, functional and non-functional requirements, technology procurement (both OJEU and non-OJEU), design, build, testing and deployment).
• The solutions are likely to include the whole ecosystem used by real estate clients (i.e. Investment Management, Commercial management, Customer Relationship Management, Document Management, Integrated Workplace Management Systems, Workflow, Data Repositories and Business Information/Visualisation systems).
• Increasingly services may include new technologies such as machine learning and blockchain.

The Person

• Exposure to Real Estate operational systems and have been involved in the scoping implementation of connected buildings technologies. In
• Experience within a Big 4, management consulting firm, real estate industry or technology services provider
• Expert knowledge of client management and consulting skills
• Strong relationships and market knowledge within the real estate investment fund/asset management market and knowledge of the Real Estate Technology solutions that support Asset/Fund Managers and the wider public and private sector Real Estate functions is required.
• Knowledge of process design, operating model transformation and data, M&I and technology strategies
• Knowledge of managing real estate technology projects and programmes from a business perspective.
• Effective knowledge of the wider real estate technology market and the software vendors that support this market.
• Significant Experience in leading multi-million GBP client bids and pitches
• Excellent oral, numerical and written skills with the ability to write clear, concise reports.
• Ability to travel as required with the potential to have to run a portfolio of engagements across Europe and the Middle East.

If you feel you meet the criteria please apply or for more information please call George Arnold of Investigo.