Head of Research, Portugal

What This Job Involves

• Shape, lead and execute a connected, holistic Research and Strategy offer in Portugal.
• Partner with JLL business leadership to develop and embed the research platform, program, and output.
• Actively contribute to business development and strategic growth priorities.
• Be an active regional spokesperson for JLL, through traditional and new media and conference organisations
• Scope and deliver key market and thematic research reports providing a unique house view on market drivers and influencers, ensuring deliverables and themes are aligned with business strategy and wider global research programmes
• Maintain extensive knowledge of the macro and micro factors affecting Portugal, delivering insightful and fresh analysis, covering socio-economic, technological, sustainability and other key drivers of change.
• Provide and present compelling analysis, strategic insights and recommendations to internal stakeholders and clients, partnering closely with business teams in Portugal and more widely across EMEA to build holistic narratives.
• Proactively position research to enable our business and clients to leverage this knowledge for strategic decision-making.
• Develop strong relationships with internal and external clients and facilitate the use of research as a differentiator including being personally client facing and externally focused on new business efforts.
• Connect and collaborate with aligned teams and colleagues across EMEA and globally.

Every day is different, and in all these activities, we’d encourage you to show your ingenuity.

Sound like you? To apply you need to be / have:

• Fluent Portuguese and English (desirable)
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in the commercial real estate industry; a recognised industry figure
• A deep and demonstrable understanding of trends and drivers across the industry, with the ability to act as a subject matter expert
• A strong awareness of technology and its impact on people, space, place and capital
• Proactive and strategic thinking and ability to lead research initiatives, align research with the business, and innovate on research output
• Clear bias towards continued innovation, data and digital
• Strong analytical mindset and skills, including financial analytics experience
• Advanced interpersonal, writing, presentation and communication skills
• A self-starter with a proven track record in effectively setting and executing strategy
• Prior experience of successfully managing in a matrix organisation and complex regional /global projects
• Strong communicator and ability to manage senior stakeholders
• Ability to inspire colleagues across the network, in generating ideas and deliverables
• Proven, wide-ranging experience of leading, managing and executing strategy mandates and client projects
• A strong team player