Senior Occupancy Planner

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Position Overview

JLL is seeking a Senior Occupancy Planner to drive strategic and tactical occupancy planning for our clients' portfolios, managing space supply, capacity, and demand at building, campus, or regional levels.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Analysis

• Drive development of occupancy plans and sequencing of group-level and individual moves

• Leverage deep understanding of client space supply and demand to develop scenario and occupancy plans for designated regional portfolios

• Ensure planning alignment with corporate guidelines and maximize space utilization in all scenarios

• Recommend, educate, and enforce space policies/standards, procedures and protocols

Relationship Management

• Foster critical relationships across multiple stakeholders including:

• Corporate Real Estate teams to review and resolve planning forecast requirements

• Business Unit leadership to collect headcount forecasts and resolve discrepancies

• Corporate Finance groups to gather top-down headcount and growth projections

• Project management teams to review planning strategies driving construction projects

• Move coordination and facility management teams for move approvals and migration planning

Reporting & Data Management

• Prepare and update project status reports on actual versus projected seat demand at building level

• Report on current supply and capacity, forecasting inventory changes as required

• Track and report actual seat demand at group level

• Consolidate data and floor plans into PowerPoint presentations for client communication

Move Management Coordination

• Work closely with Move Managers and Move Coordinators on:

• Obtaining compliance approval for neighborhood adjustments

• Supporting floorplan and neighborhood changes to appropriate system managers

• Facilitating group location changes to Digital Wayfinding Manager

Required Qualifications

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Real Estate, Architecture, Design, Construction Management, or related field

• Minimum 5-7 years of experience in corporate environment

• Previous experience in space/occupancy planning at strategic level preferred

Technical Proficiencies

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, vlookup, cell calculations)

• AutoCAD proficiency for basic test-fits and square foot calculations

• Microsoft Office Suite proficiency

• CAFM/IWMS software experience highly valuable

• Familiarity with space utilization methods and presentation of utilization data

Core Competencies (Aligned with JLL Behaviors)

• Inspire | We are humble, inclusive and energize people to follow our lead

• • Inspire others to succeed and grow by translating business line vision to team priorities and striving for excellence

  • Be empathetic, listen and show genuine care by keeping abreast of team's needs and concerns while showing genuine care for well-being and success

  • Foster inclusion across diverse teams and cultures by actively seeking varied viewpoints, addressing biases, and ensuring equal opportunities

• Win Together | We work across JLL to deliver the best solutions to our clients, community and planet

• • Think enterprise-wide and solve client problems together by actively promoting cross-functional collaboration and aligning team efforts with broader One JLL goals

  • Build trust, challenge respectfully, debate and commit by fostering an environment where team members feel safe to challenge and engage in healthy debates

  • Master the matrix to combine local expertise with a global outlook by partnering effectively within matrix structures and facilitating best practice sharing