Associate Director of Research

Overview

As a CBRE Associate Research Director, you will oversee the work of the NJ research team, to collect market intelligence and deliver actionable, valuable insights to local business leadership, sales professionals and clients. We are looking for an outgoing, articulate and dynamic research leader who can be a partner in improving the platform, interacting with clients, and helping local sales professionals win business and drive revenue growth.

This role will be based in our Saddle Brook, NJ office and will require onsite presence.

• Regularly engage with market leaders and key brokers to gather feedback on research support at the point of sale and identify areas of improvement.
• Participate in key pitch kickoff meetings and mobilize team resources based on the specific needs of pitches and pursuits, occasionally present to clients.
• Engage confidently with clients and work collaboratively with sales team to craft and deliver compelling market narrative during pitches and client presentations.
• Lead local data efforts by maintaining and updating a proprietary database with real estate market data while ensuring data integrity.
• Coordinate the delivery and updates of standard Field Research outputs such as quarterly Figures reports, market stacks and skylines, market overviews.
• Drive local thought leadership by analyzing and identifying real estate and economic trends and insights.
• Responsible for hiring, budgeting, task delegation, project deadlines, and other team management responsibilities.
• Provide formal supervision to individual employees within single functional or operational area.
• Plan and monitor appropriate staffing levels and utilization of labor, including overtime. Prepare and deliver performance appraisal for staff while mentoring team members to further develop proficiencies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.