Cushman & Wakefield is hiring a Strategic Labs Planner to provide essential occupancy planning expertise for San Francisco Bay Area Labs. You'll support long-term supply and demand planning, space analysis, and scenario development, coordinating with multiple internal and external partners.

What You'll Do

Lead scenario planning and strategy, including analysis, stack planning, migration planning (identifying swing space needs and alternative solutions), block plans, allocation plans, and adjacency plans.
Develop and present problem statements and business justifications.
Create space and occupancy planning collateral.
Analyze and identify trends in space allocation and usage for optimization opportunities.
Support the development of Bay Area portfolio migration strategies.
Manage initiatives and re-stacks spanning multiple Product Areas in coordination with the Occupancy Planning Team.
Provide timing and scheduling input for cross-Product Area initiatives.
Communicate with other vendor partners, including Delivery, Project Managers, and Facility Managers, for cross-PA-specific initiatives.
Develop, maintain, and ensure usage of proper standards and templates used by the lab team.
Create and maintain trackers, detailed schedules, and milestones for Lab initiatives.
Conduct project initiatives meetings, including taking and sharing minutes, and tracking assigned deliverables.
Ensure space planning activities comply with SLAs and client satisfaction targets.
Create and deliver Lab planning proposals outlining option summaries, outcomes, benefits, and risks.
Provide occupancy planning and coaching support for new team members as needed, covering programming, planning analysis and solution development (space plans, occupancy master plans, furniture/equipment lab layouts, test fits and block plans).
Analyze audit data, and communicate actionable insights and opportunities for design and innovation.
Apply knowledge of Building Codes for Planning.

What We're Looking For

Bachelor’s Degree required.
5-7 years of related work experience in interior design, architecture, space planning, space strategy, data analytics, or project management required.
Proficient in AutoCAD and CAFM systems.
Proficient with Google Suite (Docs/Sheets/Slides) or Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint).
Proficient in project scheduling software (MS Projects or Smartsheet).
Intermediate spreadsheet skills, including use of formulas for data tracking.
Proficient in Space Planning, Programming, and Occupancy Strategy.
Experience in analytics.
Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
Proven record of providing excellent internal and external customer service.
Detail-oriented with excellent analytical, research, and organizational skills.
Ability to influence timely receipt of acceptable documents.
Capable of performing in a fast paced environment with measurable results.
Ability to quickly pivot on project deliverables.
Takes accountability for work performed.
Familiarity with local building codes, fire safety regulations and accessibility standards for planning.

Nice to Have

Preferred major: Interior Design, Architecture and/or Data Analytics.
General understanding of lab technical requirements is a plus.

Technical Stack

AutoCAD
CAFM systems
Google Suite (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Powerpoint)
MS Projects
Smartsheet

Team & Environment

You will coordinate with Business Partners (BP’s), Real Estate and Workplace Services (REWS), Strategic Portfolio Planning (SPP), Workplace Services Managers (WSMs), Occupancy Planning teams and other clients/vendor partners.