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Digital & Technology Director

AT CBRE
CBRE

Digital & Technology Director

Allentown, PA

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a significant contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, demonstrating the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.

About the role

This position incubates and establishes Data Governance function to support CBRE business segments, corporate functions and the Digital & Technology partners. The responsibility includes

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What you'll do

Participate in the strategy, planning, and execution for Enterprise Data Governance at CBRE, focusing on Global Workplace Solutions business segment. Ensure the company has urgency, sensitivity and thought leadership for competitive capabilities around data. Defines medium and long-term data strategy and operational framework needed to meet enterprise, business and regulatory priorities.

Proven leadership experience in a large, sophisticated, global organization, including the ability to effectively work and communicate across organizational lines. Ensure business partner understanding, alignment and dedication to the objectives of the data governance and management program(s).

Demonstrated experience in building relationships and leading high-performing teams with top talents around the world. Build a high performance, global environment and implement a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by encouraging an inclusive work environment, presenting vision/ values/ business strategy and leading succession and development planning for the team.

Collaborate with partners across business segments/ business lines, regions and accounts to develop consistent data governance capabilities at all levels, influencing decisions relating to policy, practices, supporting technology, and talent development.

Establish leading data management practices and shared services relating to data quality, data provisioning, metadata, lineage, reference data, issue management and organizational change.

Implement data governance as commodity services that could be used by various clients in different industries. Understand clients' appetite and risk culture in day-to-day support activities and decision-making.

Establish data standards, policies and controls. Design and implement the framework, including associated processes, vital to sustain a data control environment. Supervising compliance with data policies and standards

Define data domains and implement business oversight via crucial data governance organizations and RACI (i.e. central data governance function, Data Ownership and Stewardship Program, etc.).

Establish a data quality framework vital to enable data quality reporting, issue identification, remediation and tracking, ultimately ensuring trust and confidence in data across domains.

Guide the client accounts to embrace the strategic data products including existing account migrations and new account transitions. Lead data to support CBRE and its clients' business

What you'll need

Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university and a minimum of eight to twelve years of related experience and/or training, including proven track record at the management level.

10 or more years of management positions in sophisticated organizations required. Proven success with projects, leaders in technology use and development, organizational change, budget and reason development and staff development.

5 or more years of related experience in related industry; commercial real estate management preferred.

Candidates must have experience working in large organizations with geographically dispersed teams and complex technical environments

Why CBRE?

We value a culture of respect, integrity, service and perfection crafts our approach to every opportunity! We are guided by the needs of the cities we inhabit, the communities we build, and the world we thrive in.

Competitive pay and benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, PTO, 401k, and more that start 1st of the month. Internal advancement available after 6 month mark.

  • FORTUNE Most Admired Company #1 in real estate for third consecutive year; Ten years in a row on the list.
  • Forbes Named one of the best large employers in America and one of the World's Best Employers

**Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company's success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at recruitingaccommodations@cbre.com or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).

NOTE: Some, but not all, of our positions may have an additional requirement to comply with COVID-19 health and safety protocols, including COVID-19 vaccination proof and/or rigorous testing. If you have questions about the requirement(s) for this position, please inform your Recruiter.

Client-provided location(s): Allentown, PA, USA; Fort Washington, PA, USA; Summit, NJ, USA
Job ID: CBRE-190026
Employment Type: Full Time