Director of Research

Transwestern is a vertically integrated commercial real estate firm dedicated to serving investors partnersand clients through expertisein investment development brokerageand property management. Our experience spans diverse property types including logistics multifamily retail mixed-use healthcare office data centers hotel and life sciences. Across 35 offices nationwide our team is united by a culture that cultivates agility mutual trustand high performance.

Transwestern Services turns strategy into reality with consistency and accountability collaborating to provide dynamic tailored solutions. Whether representing a tenant advising an investor or repositioning an asset we operate with tenacity and own the outcome every time. Our 2200-strong team works across service lines ready to activate our full platform to deliver a customized cohesive experience for clients.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Research Director will be responsible for leveraging Transwesterns vast resources to support and provide innovative insights to leadership internal and external clients. The role will interpret both internal and external client needs procure solutions and influence decisions presenting informative findings across various property types and investment strategies. The director will ensure operational excellence and best-in-class standards relating to methodology and application.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

• Continuously maintain a detailed knowledge and understanding of the local commercial real estate market.

• Serve as a market expert with the ability to communicate this expertise through both presentation and writing.

• Analyze economic demographic and commercial real estate data to identify unique insights on market activity conditions and trends to maintain competitive advantage.

• Perform strategic real estate market analysis including evaluation of competitors locations acquisitions strategy sales volumes and other relevant information.

• Author local thought leadership pieces on trending topics that drive business for internal and external clients.

• Collaborate with the local marketing and graphic design teams to provide research insights that support business development for our clients.

• Build relationships with the local markets brokerage teams to best understand their research needs and how best to respond with deliverables.

• Provide state of the market presentations to clients as needed.

• Develop and leverage relationships with research peers and experts externally in the local real estate community to exchange information and learn about industry trends.

• Manage and maintain accuracy on internal commercial real estate metrics through Curve Analytics Transwesterns proprietary data platform.

• Utilize Curve Analytics to run and report quarterly market statistics.

• Perform or assume additional department duties as assigned.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors degree in Real Estate Business Urban Planning Economics or related field.

• Advanced education preferred.

• Professional designations preferred.

• 8 years minimum experience in commercial real estate research and/or analytics.

• Proven understanding of commercial real estate and/or capital markets metrics.

• Expert in Microsoft Outlook Excel PowerPoint and Word.

• Deep familiarity with common data vendors such as Real Capital Analytics RealPage ZoomInfo Revista Pitchbook and CoStar.

• Proficiency in ESRI Suite ArcGIS PowerBI and Adobe Creative Cloud helpful but not required.

• Strong analytical and writing capabilities with a high attention to detail.

• Deep understanding of economics demographic and related platforms such as Moodys Lightcast Oxford Economics Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Economic Analysis and the Census Bureau.

• Solid organizational project management and multi-tasking skills. Able to prioritize workload manage projects and communicate with research team members as well as internal and external clients.

• Ability to work independently and proactively as well as in a team setting.

• Provide a high-level of customer service with a desire to help internal and external clients succeed.

• Ability to resolve complex situations or problems by defining a strategy often involving cross-functional teams and leading a collaboration effort through resolution.

• Able to serve several audiences while remaining committed to generating the best-in-class research product.

• Must be flexible highly creative work well under pressure and within tight schedules and be enthusiastic about communicating the companys vision and differentiators.

• Superb interpersonal collaboration and consensus-building skills.

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ABOUT US

Our firm is built on a shared purpose: Empowering good people to do extraordinary things together. We hire smart passionate hard-working people who value both collaboration and independence. United by our brand promise we own the outcome for clients investors and partners. Learn more .

All candidates selected for an offer of employment are subject to pre-employment background checks which may include criminal history education verification motor vehicle records credit history and professional license addition your employment with Transwestern is subject to successfully passing a drug screen check prior to you starting with the firm.