Job Title
Assistant Vice PresidentWe are seeking a dynamic & detail oriented senior research professional to oversee daily operations of our India market research team. Ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring high-quality data collection, analysis, reporting, and insights delivery that supports strategic business decisions and investment opportunities. This role requires a hands-on leader with a good understanding of real estate markets, strong analytical skills, and experience managing research processes and teams.
About The Role:
Team Management
- Supervise, mentor, and coordinate the work of a team of real estate analysts and researchers.
- Assign daily tasks, set priorities, and monitor performance to ensure timely and accurate output.
- Provide regular feedback, training, and development opportunities to team members.
- QC reports / periodicals authored by junior research members
Research Operations
- Oversee the collection, validation, and analysis of real estate data including leases, sale, rents, construction status, and economic indicators.
- Ensure process adherence to standardized methodologies for data gathering and reporting.
- Maintain quality control across research deliverables including reports, dashboards, and presentations.
Market Intelligence & Reporting
- Produce regular market research reports covering trends, forecasts, and competitive analysis across asset classes (residential, commercial, industrial, etc.).
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders (investment, development, acquisitions, and strategy teams) to provide actionable insights.
- Monitor key trends, regulatory changes, and economic factors affecting real estate markets.
Process Improvement
- Identify and implement improvements in research tools, workflows, and data sources.
- Introduce automation or advanced analytics techniques to enhance team productivity and insight generation.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as a point of contact for external data providers, consultants, and industry bodies.
- Present research findings to internal leadership or external clients when needed.
About You
- Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Economics, Urban Planning, Finance, or a related field (Master’s degree preferred).
- 12+ years of experience in real estate research or analytics, with at least 2-3 years in a team leadership role.
- Strong knowledge of real estate markets, data sources, and research methodologies.
- Proficiency in MS Excel, PowerPoint, and other research tools (e.g., REIS, PropEquity, Real Capital Analytics etc.)
- Experience with GIS, data visualization, or statistical software (e.g., Tableau, Power BI, R, or Python) will be an advantage.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
Why join Cushman & Wakefield?
As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;
- Being part of a growing global company;
- Career development and a promote from within culture;
- An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion
We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.
We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.
That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.
We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.
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