You will be based in our Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Seoul or Taipei office as part of our global real estate department. You will work with other team members, with a focus on locations in the Asia Pacific region.

The Real Estate Department provides strategic and hands-on expertise and support to McKinsey in managing their global real estate portfolio.

You will work in close collaboration with local stakeholders, a project manager and/or workplace expert to ensure the successful execution of strategies and projects through your portfolio. You will be part of the team responsible for selecting, negotiating terms with and engaging external advisors such as architects, project managers, brokers and construction specialists.

You will be responsible for ensuring that each location's real estate solution aligns to the overall global strategy that you will also help shape.

In this role, you will be responsible for the development and implementation of real estate strategies for McKinsey office locations across Asia Pacific region and provide expertise, advice and leadership on all aspects of the real estate life cycle, from active portfolio management through transaction management, workplace strategy and design, vendor selection to implementation.

You will be responsible for proactively managing McKinsey's lease contracts within your portfolio to find opportunities to optimize real estate commitments and to manage occupancy costs. You will regularly review and analyze the portfolio against metrics, market knowledge and location needs in order to design and execute a real estate strategy for each location in line with the global real estate strategy. You will be part of the team creating the workplace strategy and guiding local stakeholders through design and any construction/build out process (including setting/managing the construction budget) to move in.

In addition to building strategies for the locations within your portfolio, you will contribute to the development and implementation of global real estate strategic initiatives. You will work closely with local stakeholders including senior leadership in relocations, new locations, renewals, renovations and subleasing. You will be responsible for working with the local stakeholders to define the requirements, then lead the building selection process (if relevant), negotiate/execute contracts (leases, vendors and other).

Leveraging tools and dashboards prepared by our data specialists, you will track and analyze occupancy metrics, spend and project future occupancy costs to drive insight into the portfolio and explore opportunities to optimize our approach.