Americas President, Data Center Solutions - CBRE
Philadelphia, PA
About the Job
Americas President, Data Center Solutions
Job ID
186526
Posted
27-Sep-2024
Service line
GWS Segment
Role type
Full-time
Areas of Interest
Data Centers, Executive Management, Facilities Management
Location(s)
Ashburn - Virginia - United States of America, Atlanta - Georgia - United States of America, Boston - Massachusetts - United States of America, Charlotte - North Carolina - United States of America, Dallas - Texas - United States of America, Denver - Colorado - United States of America, Fort Worth - Texas - United States of America, New York City - New York - United States of America, Philadelphia - Pennsylvania - United States of America, Raleigh - North Carolina - United States of America, San Francisco - California - United States of America, Silver Spring - Maryland - United States of America, Sterling - Virginia - United States of America
The purpose of the role
Provide first line support to theGroup President, with a focus onstrategy,operations, and businessperformance.
+ Act as the executive leader forDCSAmericas, ensuring the delivery of growth, customer,peopleand financialtargets
+ Continuouslyensuring the businessoperatesin line with agreed standards and Governance.
Job Summary
+ Support D, E &I agenda across the business.
+ Support theGroup Presidentin delivering keyobjectives.
+ Provide strategic insight and guidance to the MD’s and Functional Leaders, with an overarching responsibility fordriving operational excellence, managingriskand supporting business leaders in driving exceptional client outcomes.
+ Grow and cultivate CBRE’sproductbase,cultureand behaviors sothe business positively contributes to the growth and financial performance ofGWSand theoverallbusiness.
+ Lead company and statutory Health, Safety and Quality compliance andstandards
+ Act as senior counsel working collaboratively with other business leaders. Ensure alignment with the CBRE GWS business ensuring strategic outcomes are achieved.
+ Work with the Executive Leadership to contribute to the broader growth and development of GWSDCS.
+ Assistin the development of strong leaders with capabilities to own and enable the execution of theDCSstrategy within the business and on accounts.
+ Support the profitable growth ofDCSthrough participation and leadership in new business pursuits whenrequired.
+ Lead the transition of key strategic projects that effect the wider CBRE business.
+ Collaborate with other service lines, divisional leadership,platformand other functional departments when an integrated service delivery model is proposed or in operation. Minimize business interruptions and increase overallDCSaccount performances, through the promotion and utilization ofDCS’ best practices and processes that enable operational excellence.
+ Lead the support functions in driving business improvements, innovation, creating simplicity and transparency and where possible ensure good governance is achieved.
Key Responsibilities
Business Strategy
+ Work with theGroup Presidentto define the needs of the business and customers, embedding these intothe business linestrategy.
+ Support the Group President in creatingabusinessstrategy which meets customer needs and delivers operational excellence and cost efficiencies.
+ Monitor and measure the delivery and effectiveness of thebusinessstrategy,spottingchallenges and rectifyingrisksearly-on.
+ Chair the Critical Fewprogramminimizing risk to the business and delivering change swiftly.
+ Chair the Projects MMM including and not limited to order book/revenue reviews.
+ Be involved in periodic Divisional Review meetings to keep up to date with the business opportunities and challenges.
+ Visit key contracts every month to understand opportunities and challenges that are facing the teams.
+ Work closely with divisions to ensure their business plans meet the need of the overallbusiness
+ Measure,monitorand report on adherence to the legal and corporate requirements,take remedial action wherecompliance is notevident.
+ Create a culture of quality, innovation, and cross-divisional exceptional quality and innovation.
+ Own assigned businessP&L, taking full responsibility for all spend.
+ Attract,developandretainemployees so the functions have talented specialists whoare able toadd maximum value/return on investment to the business followingD,E& I Processes.
+ Beconstantly visible and accessible to the team and is recognized as theoperational businessleader through gravitas and role modelling of company culture and behaviors.
+ Encourages a culture of co-operation and teamwork ensuring that staff are recognized and rewarded asappropriate throughlocal mechanisms such as the Exceptional Awards.
+ RepresentsCBRE in a professional and credible manner to customers and the public.
+ Leads and develops high-level customer relationships with both existing and potential customers through fully understanding their needs and demandswhere independent support isrequired. (Exec Sponsorship)
Education
+ Higher educational qualifications to A levelor degree of relevant discipline
+ 10 years industry or relevant business leadership experience.
Desirable
+ Master’s degree or MBA
+ Membership of a Professional Institute
Skills
+ Able to work in a multi-layered matrix organisation, prioritising, delegating and effectively communicating with key stakeholders to achieve goals.
+ Develop strategies and leads business teams through a high-level understanding of data analysis, technology enablers, process flow analysis, industry practices and market conditions.
+ Ability tomaintaina high-level strategic view,whilst managing effective day to day delivery.
+ Able to inspire confidence and trust as the business operational lead.
+ Able to deal with individuals at all levels, both internally and externally.
+ High levelof networking and relationship building skills.
+ High levelof written and verbal communication skills
+ High levelof organisational skills
+ Ability to understand commercial and financialmetrics
+ Ability tomultitask
+ Leadership
+ Strong influencing skills
Knowledge
+ In depth industry knowledge indatacentermanagement includingone or more of the following:FM, RE,M&E, critical, facilities management, projectsandbuildingservices
+ Industry knowledge of property management
Experience
+ Significant experienceat senior management or executive level in a matrix organization, including responsibility for product,cultureandpeople
+ Dealing with a range of people from site staff to Board level
+ Budgeting andP&Lmanagement in a matrixorganization
+ Proven sales/business development experience from a related industry
+ Experience of operating at Board or Executive level
Aptitude
+ Highlydeveloped interpersonal and communication skills
+ An excellent relationship builder
+ Ability to inspireconfidence
+ High degree of integrity and sincerity
+ Highly motivated
+ Highly organized with attention to detail
+ Ability to understand complexsituations
+ Resultsfocused
+ Operate as a corporatecitizen
+ Analytic and decisive decision maker
Circumstances
+ Able to travel globally on an ad-hoc basis as customer and business needs demand.
+ Able to work outside core hours to get the jobdone
Core Competencies
+ Empowered leadership
+ Strategic thinking and planning
+ Understanding customer needs
+ Responsiveness
+ Competence todeliver
+ Innovation
+ Continuous improvement
+ Reliability
+ Commercial excellence
+ Manages self and developsothers
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
_We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief,_ _disability_ _or age._
CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Data Center Solutions Americas President position is $225,000 annually and the maximum salary for the Data Center Solutions Americas President position is $340,000 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE’s applicable benefit program. This role will provide the following benefits: 401(K), Dental insurance, Health insurance, Life insurance, and Vision insurance.
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.
CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)
Job ID
186526
Posted
27-Sep-2024
Service line
GWS Segment
Role type
Full-time
Areas of Interest
Data Centers, Executive Management, Facilities Management
Location(s)
Ashburn - Virginia - United States of America, Atlanta - Georgia - United States of America, Boston - Massachusetts - United States of America, Charlotte - North Carolina - United States of America, Dallas - Texas - United States of America, Denver - Colorado - United States of America, Fort Worth - Texas - United States of America, New York City - New York - United States of America, Philadelphia - Pennsylvania - United States of America, Raleigh - North Carolina - United States of America, San Francisco - California - United States of America, Silver Spring - Maryland - United States of America, Sterling - Virginia - United States of America
The purpose of the role
Provide first line support to theGroup President, with a focus onstrategy,operations, and businessperformance.
+ Act as the executive leader forDCSAmericas, ensuring the delivery of growth, customer,peopleand financialtargets
+ Continuouslyensuring the businessoperatesin line with agreed standards and Governance.
Job Summary
+ Support D, E &I agenda across the business.
+ Support theGroup Presidentin delivering keyobjectives.
+ Provide strategic insight and guidance to the MD’s and Functional Leaders, with an overarching responsibility fordriving operational excellence, managingriskand supporting business leaders in driving exceptional client outcomes.
+ Grow and cultivate CBRE’sproductbase,cultureand behaviors sothe business positively contributes to the growth and financial performance ofGWSand theoverallbusiness.
+ Lead company and statutory Health, Safety and Quality compliance andstandards
+ Act as senior counsel working collaboratively with other business leaders. Ensure alignment with the CBRE GWS business ensuring strategic outcomes are achieved.
+ Work with the Executive Leadership to contribute to the broader growth and development of GWSDCS.
+ Assistin the development of strong leaders with capabilities to own and enable the execution of theDCSstrategy within the business and on accounts.
+ Support the profitable growth ofDCSthrough participation and leadership in new business pursuits whenrequired.
+ Lead the transition of key strategic projects that effect the wider CBRE business.
+ Collaborate with other service lines, divisional leadership,platformand other functional departments when an integrated service delivery model is proposed or in operation. Minimize business interruptions and increase overallDCSaccount performances, through the promotion and utilization ofDCS’ best practices and processes that enable operational excellence.
+ Lead the support functions in driving business improvements, innovation, creating simplicity and transparency and where possible ensure good governance is achieved.
Key Responsibilities
Business Strategy
+ Work with theGroup Presidentto define the needs of the business and customers, embedding these intothe business linestrategy.
+ Support the Group President in creatingabusinessstrategy which meets customer needs and delivers operational excellence and cost efficiencies.
+ Monitor and measure the delivery and effectiveness of thebusinessstrategy,spottingchallenges and rectifyingrisksearly-on.
+ Chair the Critical Fewprogramminimizing risk to the business and delivering change swiftly.
+ Chair the Projects MMM including and not limited to order book/revenue reviews.
+ Be involved in periodic Divisional Review meetings to keep up to date with the business opportunities and challenges.
+ Visit key contracts every month to understand opportunities and challenges that are facing the teams.
+ Work closely with divisions to ensure their business plans meet the need of the overallbusiness
+ Measure,monitorand report on adherence to the legal and corporate requirements,take remedial action wherecompliance is notevident.
+ Create a culture of quality, innovation, and cross-divisional exceptional quality and innovation.
+ Own assigned businessP&L, taking full responsibility for all spend.
+ Attract,developandretainemployees so the functions have talented specialists whoare able toadd maximum value/return on investment to the business followingD,E& I Processes.
+ Beconstantly visible and accessible to the team and is recognized as theoperational businessleader through gravitas and role modelling of company culture and behaviors.
+ Encourages a culture of co-operation and teamwork ensuring that staff are recognized and rewarded asappropriate throughlocal mechanisms such as the Exceptional Awards.
+ RepresentsCBRE in a professional and credible manner to customers and the public.
+ Leads and develops high-level customer relationships with both existing and potential customers through fully understanding their needs and demandswhere independent support isrequired. (Exec Sponsorship)
Education
+ Higher educational qualifications to A levelor degree of relevant discipline
+ 10 years industry or relevant business leadership experience.
Desirable
+ Master’s degree or MBA
+ Membership of a Professional Institute
Skills
+ Able to work in a multi-layered matrix organisation, prioritising, delegating and effectively communicating with key stakeholders to achieve goals.
+ Develop strategies and leads business teams through a high-level understanding of data analysis, technology enablers, process flow analysis, industry practices and market conditions.
+ Ability tomaintaina high-level strategic view,whilst managing effective day to day delivery.
+ Able to inspire confidence and trust as the business operational lead.
+ Able to deal with individuals at all levels, both internally and externally.
+ High levelof networking and relationship building skills.
+ High levelof written and verbal communication skills
+ High levelof organisational skills
+ Ability to understand commercial and financialmetrics
+ Ability tomultitask
+ Leadership
+ Strong influencing skills
Knowledge
+ In depth industry knowledge indatacentermanagement includingone or more of the following:FM, RE,M&E, critical, facilities management, projectsandbuildingservices
+ Industry knowledge of property management
Experience
+ Significant experienceat senior management or executive level in a matrix organization, including responsibility for product,cultureandpeople
+ Dealing with a range of people from site staff to Board level
+ Budgeting andP&Lmanagement in a matrixorganization
+ Proven sales/business development experience from a related industry
+ Experience of operating at Board or Executive level
Aptitude
+ Highlydeveloped interpersonal and communication skills
+ An excellent relationship builder
+ Ability to inspireconfidence
+ High degree of integrity and sincerity
+ Highly motivated
+ Highly organized with attention to detail
+ Ability to understand complexsituations
+ Resultsfocused
+ Operate as a corporatecitizen
+ Analytic and decisive decision maker
Circumstances
+ Able to travel globally on an ad-hoc basis as customer and business needs demand.
+ Able to work outside core hours to get the jobdone
Core Competencies
+ Empowered leadership
+ Strategic thinking and planning
+ Understanding customer needs
+ Responsiveness
+ Competence todeliver
+ Innovation
+ Continuous improvement
+ Reliability
+ Commercial excellence
+ Manages self and developsothers
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
_We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief,_ _disability_ _or age._
CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Data Center Solutions Americas President position is $225,000 annually and the maximum salary for the Data Center Solutions Americas President position is $340,000 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE’s applicable benefit program. This role will provide the following benefits: 401(K), Dental insurance, Health insurance, Life insurance, and Vision insurance.
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.
CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)
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