Job Description

What You'll Do
You will be responsible for creating and managing high performance work environments. Our workspace is the manifestation of our brand and should be managed to the highest standard possible to reflect our culture and aspirations.
In this role, you will be:
responsible for the development and implementation of real estate strategies for Macquarie office locations across Asia. These should align to our global strategy but also account for local factors and drivers.
Build strong relationships with corporate teams, client facing professionals and leadership in order to effectively understand requirements and execute initiatives.
Demonstrate strong collaborative skills to shape cross functional teams (incl external service providers) to develop solutions.
provide expertise, advice and leadership on strategy, transaction and fitout aspects of the real estate life cycle, from active portfolio management through transaction management, workplace strategy and design, vendor selection to implementation.
Support local business unit leadership and the Global Real Estates partners (Workplace, FM, Security, EHS, Project Management) to ensure our assets meet the business's operational requirements
Prepare documents for corporate approval submission, including the financial analysis, the narrative approval memo and lease documents
Managing requests for building alterations and improvements from FM and Project Management Teams. Liaising as necessary with Legal, third-party consultants, and landlord's to properly document consents and obtain permitting/planning consents
Responsible for proactively managing Macquarie's lease contracts within your portfolio to find opportunities to optimize real estate commitments and to manage occupancy costs. Regularly review and analyse the portfolio against metrics, market knowledge and location need to design and execute a real estate strategy for each location in line with the global real estate strategy principles.
Be part of the team creating the workplace strategy and guiding local stakeholders through design and any construction/build out process (including setting/managing the construction budget) to move in.
You will work closely with local stakeholders including senior leadership in relocations, new locations, renewals, renovations and subleasing. You will be responsible for working with the local stakeholders to define the requirements, then lead the building selection process (if relevant), negotiate/execute contracts (leases, vendors and other) and managing the outsourced projects team.
You will contribute to the development and implementation of global real estate strategic initiatives.
Leveraging tools and dashboards prepared by our data specialists, you will track and analyse occupancy metrics, spend and project future occupancy costs to drive insight into the portfolio and explore opportunities to optimize our approach.
Ensure all prudent governance has been followed in order to comply with our policies and ensure risk is managed effectively
Qualifications & experiences
University degree ideally in business/property
Strong experience in a professional services environment with direct and hands-on real estate fitout and transactional expertise is essential to be able to carry out the duties of this role successfully
Strong experience in leading the development and implementation of real estate strategies across Asia
Excellent relationship-building skills; able to demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues of all tenures including senior leadership
Extensive People Management experience and talent development, leading and inspiring diverse perspectives throughout a regional portfolio.
Terrific interpersonal skills and an enthusiastic personality, to aid in forging bonds of trust with your internal customers, contributing to our Future of Work/Workplace Evolution strategy, and ensuring strategic advisory services that enable Dow Jones employees to deliver the best work of their careers.
Significant experience working in a corporate setting, with a strong curiosity to understand a company with a broad variety of business units with differing office space and hybrid workplace needs.
Must have strong international leasing and fit out contract negotiation skills
Excellent project management skills: ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously
Strong ability to act in an agile manner and change direction swiftly
Able to demonstrate the ability to self-motivate and act independently
Strong integrity, accountability and fairness in dealing with people and confidential information
Excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to deliver clear messages and complex concepts effectively
Strong problem-solving and critical thinking skills
About the Corporate Operations Group
The Corporate Operations Group brings together specialist support services in Digital Transformation & Data, Technology, Operations, Human Resources, Business Services, Business Improvement & Strategy, and the Macquarie Group Foundation. We deliver service excellence to ensure Macquarie is open for business, deliver on transformational change, invest in our people and have deep relationships with our customers.
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The diversity of our people is one of our greatest strengths. An inclusive and equitable environment enables us to deliver innovative and sustainable outcomes for our people, clients, shareholders and communities. From day one, you'll be encouraged to be yourself and supported to perform at your best. If our purpose of 'empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future' is as inspiring to you as it is to us, please apply. With the right technology, support and resources, our people can work in a range of flexible ways.
We are committed to providing a working environment that embraces and values diversity, equity and inclusion. We encourage candidates to speak with a member of our recruitment team if you require adjustments to our recruitment process to support you, and the type of working arrangements that would help you thrive.
About Macquarie
A career at Macquarie means you'll have the opportunity to develop and utilise new skills, explore interesting fields and do challenging work that will impact the lives of people around the world--whether it's accelerating the green energy transition, helping sustain global food supplies, financing social housing projects or investing in essential infrastructure. At Macquarie, we're empowering people to innovate and invest for a better future.
Our size and international presence means your work can take you anywhere--across business groups, disciplines, sectors and borders. With 18,000+ employees and offices in 33 markets around the world, we're a truly global organisation.
You'll be supported by a diverse team where the unique perspectives, ideas and experiences that all of our people bring are valued. You'll be empowered to address unmet needs in our communities whilst advising and investing alongside our clients and partners. Working with us, you'll have the opportunity to make a difference.
Macquarie is a global financial group providing clients with asset management, retail and business banking, wealth management, leasing and asset financing, market access, commodity trading, renewables development, specialist advisory, capital raising and principal investment.
Job no: COG-966891
Work type: Permanent - Full time
Location: Singapore
Category: Mid-senior, Other
Group: Corporate Operations Group
Division: Business Services
Recruiter: Sofia Johansson
Opening Date: 16/8/2022