Consulting Portfolio Lead - Healthcare

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Consulting Portfolio Lead

We are seeking an experienced Consulting Portfolio Lead to join our team in a full-time, long-term role with one of JLL's premier healthcare clients in the Bay Area. In this role, you will serve as a Consulting Portfolio Lead, overseeing strategic real estate portfolio consulting and acting as a trusted thought partner to senior leadership on critical portfolio decisions. This position requires building and maintaining strong relationships with senior management and stakeholders across the organization, driving collaborative participation to deliver effective portfolio strategy that achieves key strategic objectives.  

The Consulting Portfolio Lead is highly integrated within the client team, working within a matrixed organization, to deliver a complex set of projects within a healthcare real estate portfolio.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute comprehensive healthcare real estate portfolio strategies and plans, including market assessments to measure location performance, demographic analytics, and strategic positioning goals
• Work directly with the client's Geospatial Analytics Leader to support initiatives, maintaining clear and proactive communication throughout all collaborative efforts
• Support major healthcare portfolio strategic initiatives including site selection and market analysis
• Collaborate with leadership teams to deliver cohesive portfolio strategies before, during, and after strategic decisions
• Service as a strategic advisor for senior leaders in helping them achieve portfolio growth and optimization objectives
• Manage strategic planning communications and executive presentations
• Provide ongoing portfolio performance analysis and recommendations
• Drive utilization and future enhancements of GIS systems and market analytics for healthcare portfolio strategic initiatives
• Monitor implementation timelines and activities, escalating market risks and preparing mitigation tactics

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA, advanced degree, or relevant certifications preferred
• 8-12+ years of experience in real estate strategy, portfolio strategy
• Experience in hospital operations and/or with healthcare is preferred
• Proven track record in healthcare operations and supporting relationships at the senior executive level within healthcare organizations
• Experience with large-scale, multi-market healthcare strategic initiatives
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to manage complex, cross-functional, stakeholder alignment and issue resolution using executive influence skills
• Strong knowledge of healthcare real estate market processes, strategic methods, and regulatory requirements
• Entrepreneurial mindset with excellent time management and prioritization abilities
• Healthcare portfolio consulting experience, working with cross-functional teams
• GIS systems knowledge and spatial analytics experience is required
• Outstanding presentation, facilitation, and communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Solid project management capabilities

​Key Competencies:

• Executive presence: Ability to command respect and build credibility with senior healthcare stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking: Capacity to develop innovative solutions for complex healthcare real estate challenges.
• Data-driven decision making: Proficiency in analyzing complex datasets, GIS mapping, deriving actionable insights, and using data to inform strategy and drive results.
• Adaptability: Flexibility to work in a dynamic healthcare environment and adjust to changing client needs.
• Leadership: Ability to guide teams, mentor colleagues, and drive projects to succ