Job Title Sr. Director, Transaction Management Job Description Summary As a member of Cushman & Wakefield's Portfolio Advisory Group, the Sr. Transaction Management Director will be dedicated to one or more of Cushman & Wakefield's most dynamic client accounts. In this role, you will collaborate closely with peers and the account team to support a client's strategic real estate vision. As the Sr. Transaction Management Director, you will be responsible for the day-to-day transaction management of various large strategic initiatives and enterprise transactions that cut across various asset classes on behalf of the client. In this role, the Director will be extremely proactive in identifying opportunities for the client to optimize their portfolio as well as oversee aggressive negotiations to deliver great outcomes on behalf of the client. The candidate will prepare best in class reporting and be comfortable with ideating solutions. In this role, the Director will have oversight of account team support including, but not limited to, transaction mangers, transaction coordinators, and/or transaction analysts. Job Description Major Responsibilities: People and Account Management: Assist with all aspects of relationship management with the Client and required reporting; Partner with Client Corporate Real Estate Team and local Business Unit leads to understand their requirements and build transactional strategies to support same; Lead and/or facilitate client presentations; Participate in client/C&W business reviews and key client meetings; Manage Direct Reports through coaching and mentoring to ensure a highly engaged team; Transaction Management: Assist with the implementation of portfolio plans that align with client's real estate goals and objectives; Initiate new transactions, dispositions and renewals. Manage brokerage resources through the course of transactions; Lead, direct and provide strategic guidance to said brokers and the client on transactions. Executes complex large transactions with high-level knowledge; Partner with clients' Senior level operational groups to identify real estate needs and areas of opportunity; Negotiations and management of transactions in a global consistent manner; Oversee legal review of all client leased documents; Maintain and monitor process reporting to the Client using a variety of tools; Perform market and financial analysis and ensure accurate data for each transaction using various systems; Engage and collaborate with Project Managers, Facility Managers, Environmental and other consultants, as required, in support of particular transactions; Management of process documents; Revenue projections & tracking; Complete transaction 'post mortems' and/or client survey's to facilitate continuous improvement; Strategic Planning: Lead the development of strategic plans and provide strategic real estate advice to clients; Proactive identification of potential pull forward strategies Identify potential occupancy cost savings strategies; Develop occupancy expansion/contraction strategies; Produce and/or support business case development; Oversee reports, data, and financial analyses toward the completion of a strategic plan Client Reporting: Coordinate and implement reporting requirements including developing standardized reports and templates; Collect and enter portfolio data ensuring completeness and accuracy; Provide instruction, guidelines and technical support to field agents, service partners, and the Client to maximize the utility all reporting tools; Prepare Close Out reports and value add calculations for all transactions Process Documents: Modify and format existing generic process documents and playbooks to meet the Client's requirements; Identify and implement process improvements and innovations