Our Corporate Solutions Group, is currently seeking an Occupancy Planning Manager to work on developing a strategic plan for space usage and location of programs and business groups. This role will report in to the head of Workplace Planning, and partner closely with client facing Workplace Planning Managers, and Portfolio Manager who is responsible for the overall supply-demand analysis, to successfully develop a strategic occupancy plan that accommodates the growing and diverse needs of our clients. 

What does this job involve?

Being in the forefront

As a Occupancy Planning Manager, you’ll be managing corporate-wide planning standards, company image control, and special, ad-hoc planning analyses, and also serves as manager to the entire team of occupancy planners, planning assistants and CAD administrators. This role will develop a 3-5 year roadmap for team locations that best meets their requirements. Use data, analytical insights and strong problem solving skills to develop and present multiple space scenarios to internal Facilities stakeholders. More importantly, the Occupancy Planning Manager will need to partner closely with the client facing Workplace Planning Mangers (three) to anticipate and understand the requests coming from different client groups, assess the space options available and develop options that account for competing priorities and requests; this requires strong relationship management skills along with dealing with very sensitive information.

Having the know-how

You’ll need to have a great knowledge in Corporate Real Estate. In this role, you will work with the Campus Development team and proactively drive the sizing and location of programs (client needs, amenities, campus needs) and make sure appropriate considerations and provision are made in advance. You will serve as liaison and will facilitates necessary communication between planning staff, and other Jones Lang LaSalle team members as well as account real estate staff as well as manages support vendors (architects, engineers, furniture, etc.) that may be required from time-to-time in order to deliver the services outlined (important to have “partner” mindset). Also, you will lead, develop, and manage the yearly Campus Re-stack process by leveraging demand needs and portfolio data analytics.

Being a trailblazer and breaking new ground

To be successful in this role, you will need to provide strategic space scenarios and negotiate solutions with team members, stakeholders to ensure a balanced planning and occupancy strategies that meet business needs while minimizing risks; guarantee that Jones Lang LaSalle’s continually evolving “best practices” are incorporated into the work product of the entire team; and make sure a strong collaboration with other JLL service lines. Moreover, you will be charged with assisting and participating in the development & integration of space management tools & processes to improve efficiency.