Senior Director

at CBRE in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Senior Director

Job ID

176266

Posted

17-Jul-2024

Service line

Advisory Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Executive Management

Location(s)

Chicago – Illinois – United States of America

About the Role:

As a CBRE Senior Director, you will manage a team of transaction management professionals responsible for providing real estate services for the client to ensure that the best interests of the client and of CBRE are met.

This job is part of the Brokerage job function. They are responsible for the buying, selling, and letting of residential, office, and commercial properties on behalf of clients for occupation.

What You’ll Do:

+ Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.

+ Coordinate and manage the team’s daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.

+ Grow market share in all core services and maintain and extend competitive advantage.

+ Collaborate with Regional Group Presidents and Sr. Management to execute enterprise strategic initiatives.

+ Make sure business operations are efficient and cost-effective.

+ Ensure broker operating platforms have an advantage over other companies. This includes the areas of recruiting, retaining, and enhancing the productivity of brokerage professionals.

+ Achieve insight into market performance against growth and other operational objectives.

+ Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Persuade managers and others to act. Negotiate with external partners/vendors/customers of divergent interests.

+ Apply robust knowledge of several disciplines, the business, and key drivers; significantly improve and change existing methods, processes, and standards within the job discipline.

+ Identify and solve multi-dimensional, complex, operational, and organizational problems leveraging the appropriate resources within or outside the department.

+ Significantly improve and change existing methods, processes, and standards within job discipline.

What You’ll Need:

+ Bachelor’s Degree preferred with 8-12 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered. Real Estate salesperson license required.

+ Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.

+ Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems

+ Leadership skills to set, manage and achieve targets with a direct impact on multiple department results within a function.

+ In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.

+ Expert organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.

+ Sophisticated math skills. Ability to calculate mildly complex figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at recruitingaccomodations@cbre.com or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).

NOTE: Some, but not all, of our positions may have an additional requirement to comply with COVID-19 health and safety protocols, including COVID-19 vaccination proof and/or rigorous testing. If you have questions about the requirement(s) for this position, please inform your Recruiter.

CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)