Manager, Hotels and Hospitality Research – Americas

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JLL’s Capital Markets research team is seeking an individual with relevant hospitality / real estate experience to join our firm as Manager, Hotels and Hospitality Research for the Americas region.

The research role will be responsible for tracking performance fundamentals and investment market trends for the hotel sector across the U.S. and Americas. The job will furthermore serve as a key partner to business leads on strategic efforts across top clients and large-scale transactions.

The role will work in collaboration with a cross-functional team of researchers, each specializing in different commercial real estate property sectors and investment areas. The role will report to the Head of Capital Markets Research, Americas, and various executive-level leaders within JLL Capital Markets will serve as the other key stakeholders.

What this job involves

• Lead hotels and hospitality research efforts for JLL's Capital Markets business in the U.S. and Americas, collaborating across investment sales, debt advisory, valuations and M&A teams to analyze hotel market trends and capital flows
• Leverage data (both proprietary data and intelligence and third-party data sources) to assist capital markets platform with opportunity identification, pitch support, business strategy and revenue generation
• Develop and maintain market-leading hotel capital markets overview that will be presented to clients and internal stakeholders; identify industry trends and current topics to produce thoughtful analysis for clients within short timeframes
• Mine transactions pipeline reports; provide updates on volumes and activity to capital markets leadership, summarize information on JLL’s transactions pipeline
• Produce and maintain property sector talking points on transactions activity and pricing trends for firm’s senior executives
• Serve as go-to person for ad hoc research requests related to the hotel sector
• Assemble data from key research resources and data vendors (such as CoStar, STR, Real Capital Analytics, Green Street, Preqin, NCREIF, WTTC, Bloomberg, etc.)
• Integrate closely with JLL’s capital markets research team on cross-sector pitches, strategic client meetings and pursuits
• Maintain database of U.S. and Americas hotel transactions, vetting and augmenting data points; collaborate with research teams globally to roll up transactions activity
• Coordinate with regional hotels and hospitality research counterparts based in EMEA and Asia Pacific on regular basis on aligned hotel investment market narrative
• Represent hotels research across JLL’s broader research platform, collaborate with other property sector research leads on cross-sector trends and investment themes
• Assist in maintaining best practices libraries of qualifications and case studies related to large-scale transactions across the sector
• Collaborate with capital markets PR team to prepare pertinent data and/or talking points, etc. for media inquiries

Desired skills and experience for this job

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, real estate, or related field desired
• Five to seven years in commercial real estate analysis, business analysis, or related field
• Experience in hotels and hospitality and/or tourism sectors strongly preferred
• Working knowledge of commercial real estate dynamics is preferred
• Strong organizational, analytical skills, attention to detail and problem-solving ability
• Ability to express thoughts and articulate ideas clearly, concisely, and effectively; presentation skills and ability to establish a credible profile internally and externally
• A focus on responsiveness and resourcefulness, and ability to efficiently multi-task, prioritize and manage work in a dynamic environment with senior stakeholders
• Command of Microsoft Office products (particularly Excel and PowerPoint)
• A desire to work within a diverse, collaborative and driven professional environment

Estimated total compensation for this position:

125,000.00 – 135,000.00 USD per year

The total compensation range is an estimate and not guaranteed. An employment offer