Strategist

Your Role

At Gensler, clients are at the core of our business and we are dedicated in building deep trusted partnerships with them. We are looking for a talented individual who possess outstanding analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills.You will be experienced in handling the client process, with excellent presentation and relationship building skills, and the ability to understand and interpret client needs and requirements, primarily responsible for delivering user research focus groups, real estate strategy, change management, programming, space planning, design standards, and consultation coordination.

Please note, this role is not remote. We look forward to working with our new Strategist in our incredible London office.

What You Will Do

As a Strategist, you will tap into your boundless analytical and strategic knowledge to work on unique professional environments, providing consultation support for completion and execution of change management projects. Your responsibilities will include:

• Develop processes and methodologies with which to understand and analyse both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of space planning, occupancy and workplace performance for a variety of client organisations
• Manage Face-to-Face facilitation workshops, staff surveys and conducting research from multiple stakeholders. Presenting the findings to clients and leadership change champions
• Translate findings into client-specific strategies that address strategic business goals, specifically in the areas of real estate and facilities, workplace, and organisational development
• Manage project implementation and project teams
• Lead client meetings and facilitate small to large group meetings
• Develop written and graphic presentations of data and findings for clients
• Actively participate in business development and client relationship development
• Develop proposals, including scope and compensation
• Manage projects, including directing the work of Junior colleagues with support from Senior staff
• Grow existing client relationships
• Research, organise and compile market sector and industry expertise

Your Qualifications

Ideal candidate should be a self-starter, quick learner and have an entrepreneurial spirit, with the ability to work on multiple topics/problems simultaneously. Comfort in synthesising complex information into simple, easy to understand slides and ability to communicate to local leadership/stakeholder is a must.

A self-motivated team player with a positive, communicative and collaborative approach, you will work in partnership with colleagues across Gensler and client’s offices across the globe, leading conversations with stakeholders at all levels. You will have the knowledge and ability to provide guidance to both Gensler and client’s team, advising, mentoring and supporting where necessary.

• Master’s degree in design-related field (i.e. interior design, architecture), strategy, organisational psychology or similar.
• Excellent research and analytical skills (including numerical/data analysis): how to find and collect data, process it, use it for forecasting and projections, draw relevant conclusions, and communicate these in meaningful ways
• Strong track record in leading conversations to explain the benefits of new ways of working, and how this impacts the individual and the business
• Design strategy services experience including: space planning, real estate scenario planning, space standards, architectural programming, user research, site and lease evaluation, growth projections, test fit analysis, and industry benchmarking
• A proven track record innovating at a high level: drawing insights from users and cultural trends, creating generative frameworks, expressing compelling solutions and communicating at a level to inform executive decision-making
• An acute understanding of the value of design to build businesses and transform organisations
• Proven skills in information and presentation design
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to multi-task
• Excellent project management skills, with experience leading small teams
• Outstanding verbal, written and graphic communication skills
• Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Power Point, Word, In Design and Access

This job description reflects the core activities of the role although there will be changes in the emphasis of duties as required from time to time.

Please apply for this Strategist role and submit your CV for review.

Life at Gensler

We encourage every person at Gensler to lead a healthy and balanced life. Our comprehensive benefits include medical and dental insurance, season ticket loans, pension, profit sharing and twice annual bonus opportunities. As part of the firm’s commitment to professional development, Gensler offers reimbursement for certain professional qualifications and associated renewals and exam fees. In addition, we reimburse tuition for certain eligible programmes or classes. We view our professional development programmes as strategic investments in our future.