Global Real Estate- Chief of Staff, Executive Director

The Global Real Estate (GRE) team consists of more than 600 employees, executing 6,000 capital projects per year globally totaling nearly $8 billion a year in design, construction and capital investment.

As the Chief of Staff on the Global Real Estate team, you will serve as a trusted advisor, strategic partner, and force multiplier to the Global Head.

You will help drive focus, rigor, and execution across the GRE leadership agenda-ensuring priorities are clear, decisions are well-informed, and the organization operates with speed and alignment.

The role blends executive-level calendar and decision support, strategic planning and tracking, senior communications, and real-time issue management.

Success requires exceptional judgment, strong executive presence, the ability to synthesize complex information quickly, and comfort operating in a highly dynamic, global environment.

Job Responsibilities


* Serve as the central point of coordination for the Global Head of Real Estate, enabling rapid information flow, decision-making, and alignment with enterprise leaders and business partners.


* Drive annual priority setting and execution cadence across GRE, tracking progress, surfacing risks, and resolving interdependencies.


* Conduct regular check-ins with GRE leaders on major initiatives, consolidating insights, risks, and roadblocks into clear executive views.


* Build and manage agendas, materials, and logistics for GRE leadership meetings, offsites, and strategy sessions.


* Prepare concise, high-impact briefing materials, updates, and talking points for 1:1s with senior executives, the Operating Committee, and the Board.


* Partner with Executive Assistants to optimize calendars, travel, and meeting sequencing around top priorities and decisions.


* Ensure meetings are purposeful and well run, with clear goals, pre-reads, documented outcomes, and accountable follow-through.

Track action items and decisions to closure.


* Streamline approval, reporting, and escalation processes, flagging time-sensitive or high-impact items early.


* Respond to urgent or complex issues, ensuring leadership is informed with context, options, and recommended actions.


* Coordinate leadership communications, town halls, and critical messaging in partnership with Communications and functional teams.

Required Qualifications, Capabilities and Skills


* 10+ years of experience in chief of staff, strategy, management consulting, business management, communications or a closely related executive support role.


* Proven experience supporting senior executives and leadership teams in complex, matrixed organizations.


* Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex topics into clear, compelling executive-level materials.


* Strong organizational and prioritization skills; ability to manage multiple workstreams with speed, accuracy, and discretion.


* Demonstrated judgme...