Position Overview & Specifications
WHAT YOU'LL DO
BCG’s real estate portfolio spans over 90 cities in over 50 countries with over 140 office footprints across BCG
Consulting, Alternative Business Models and Specialty Functions. We experience significant real estate activity as
we grow, continuously evolving and innovating our portfolio and migrating our award-winning workplace strategy
to support new ways of working.
Global Real Estate (GRE) is BCG’s growing in-house Corporate Real Estate function which supports the
organization and our office network with all strategic and tactical real estate aspects around BCG’s occupied office
portfolio of ~4.5M RSF. Our team’s capabilities integrate Workplace Experience, Smart Office Innovation, Portfolio
Strategy, Business Intelligence and Analysis, and Project Delivery which encompasses the Leasing through the
Capital Project build outs. Our global team of currently 35 staff works as a highly collaborative, strategic, and
solution-oriented team. The team is based out of Boston, London, Munich, New Delhi and Singapore.
The EMESA Leader will be fully responsible for managing the EMESA real estate portfolio strategy and project
pipeline including the capturing of new business demands and rolling-out GRE’s thought-leading workplace
strategy, digital solutions, and planning principles across the region. You will be responsible for a team of Real
Estate Program Managers which lead the end-to-end delivery of all regional projects. BCG’s EMESA region
includes our South America presence where projects are also supported by GRE’s North America team for
enhanced time zone alignment.
The EMESA Leader will work closely with regional and local business leadership as well as the Global Head of
Delivery on the active project pipeline to develop a rolling 3-year portfolio- and capital plan. You will also interface
daily with GRE’s global Centers of Excellence in Workplace Experience, Digital Innovation, Portfolio Strategy and
Analysis to inform the evolution of these capabilities and to adopt our planning principles in each project.
YOU'RE GOOD AT
YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)
YOU'LL WORK WITH
The successful candidate will report to the Global Real Estate Delivery Director based in Boston.
You will then be part of an industry leading global team of real estate specialists, our teamwork is characterized
by mutual support, strong trust, and a good dose of humor. Integrity is our highest priority. Your line managers,
peers and the entire team will assist you in familiarizing yourself with the company and developing professionally.
And you will also always be able to draw upon the experience of your other coworkers. Through the team’s various
interfaces, you’ll gain interesting insights into all areas of the Group (Consulting Team, BCG subsidiaries and the
Business Services Team including IT, Finance, Risk, HR etc.).
BCG’s real estate portfolio spans over 90 cities in over 50 countries with over 140 office footprints across BCG
Consulting, Alternative Business Models and Specialty Functions. We experience significant real estate activity as
we grow, continuously evolving and innovating our portfolio and migrating our award-winning workplace strategy
to support new ways of working.
Global Real Estate (GRE) is BCG’s growing in-house Corporate Real Estate function which supports the
organization and our office network with all strategic and tactical real estate aspects around BCG’s occupied office
portfolio of ~4.5M RSF. Our team’s capabilities integrate Workplace Experience, Smart Office Innovation, Portfolio
Strategy, Business Intelligence and Analysis, and Project Delivery which encompasses the Leasing through the
Capital Project build outs. Our global team of currently 35 staff works as a highly collaborative, strategic, and
solution-oriented team. The team is based out of Boston, London, Munich, New Delhi and Singapore.
The EMESA Leader will be fully responsible for managing the EMESA real estate portfolio strategy and project
pipeline including the capturing of new business demands and rolling-out GRE’s thought-leading workplace
strategy, digital solutions, and planning principles across the region. You will be responsible for a team of Real
Estate Program Managers which lead the end-to-end delivery of all regional projects. BCG’s EMESA region
includes our South America presence where projects are also supported by GRE’s North America team for
enhanced time zone alignment.
The EMESA Leader will work closely with regional and local business leadership as well as the Global Head of
Delivery on the active project pipeline to develop a rolling 3-year portfolio- and capital plan. You will also interface
daily with GRE’s global Centers of Excellence in Workplace Experience, Digital Innovation, Portfolio Strategy and
Analysis to inform the evolution of these capabilities and to adopt our planning principles in each project.
YOU'RE GOOD AT
- You are an excellent communicator. The role requires frequent interactions with all levels of BCG stakeholders, including leadership.
- You are an expert in regional lease and construction practices and have an acute eye for leading design
- Over your career you developed a deep understanding of state-of-the art workplace strategies and the power of a human-centered workplace
- You are driven by taking a holistic view on the end-to-end real estate lifecycle with a passion to understand dependencies between the various disciplines and solving for complexity
- You are familiar with building, hiring, and managing a strong vendor base to drive objectives such as cross-project best practice sharing, consistency in service delivery, risk reduction and cost optimization
- Analyzing and measuring data is part of your working routine to set clear performance indicators and measures of success across all areas of responsibility – your team, portfolio and vendor base
- You are experienced in structuring, preparing and leading leadership presentations to pro-actively drive consensus and solutions
- You anticipate challenges and roadblocks before they occur
YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS)
A minimum of a bachelor’s degree; Master’s degree preferred in one of the following fields: Architecture Business, Interior Design, Project Management, or related field- Minimum of 12 years of relevant work experience in the commercial real estate sector including transactions and capital project delivery
- Extensive EMEA regional working experience, ideally some global experience e.g., in South America
- Demonstrated ability to solve flexible leasing strategies with traditional leasing, shared office provider solutions and turnkey market experience
- Experience working with integrated real estate systems and dashboard data
- Management of vendors to execute the leasing, design and project delivery
- Strong negotiation skills and experience leading and influencing stakeholders
- Ability to apply strong problem solving and business judgment skills to complex situations
- Well versed in applying sustainability standards in the building selection and build out
- Advanced skills in PowerPoint, Excel, Miro and SharePoint
- Fluent in English with French, Spanish or German as a plus
YOU'LL WORK WITH
The successful candidate will report to the Global Real Estate Delivery Director based in Boston.
You will then be part of an industry leading global team of real estate specialists, our teamwork is characterized
by mutual support, strong trust, and a good dose of humor. Integrity is our highest priority. Your line managers,
peers and the entire team will assist you in familiarizing yourself with the company and developing professionally.
And you will also always be able to draw upon the experience of your other coworkers. Through the team’s various
interfaces, you’ll gain interesting insights into all areas of the Group (Consulting Team, BCG subsidiaries and the
Business Services Team including IT, Finance, Risk, HR etc.).