Vice President, Business Development

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What this job involves

We are looking for a Vice President, Brokerage to join our Tenant Representation Brokerage team in in our Chicago office. In this team-based position, you will need a desire for success in sales with new prospects and ability to handle complex conversations with owners, C-Suite, and high level corporate real estate decision makers. Clients and prospects include local companies with single locations up to global corporations with many diverse geographic locations. Your working knowledge of any major vertical industry will be very helpful. You will report directly to the Senior Brokerage Team Leaders and in addition to sales, you will be involved in all aspects of the evaluation, negotiation, and successful delivery of real estate services.

Execute new business development by participating in cold calling, converting calls to meetings, new business wins

Grow client relationships by attending client meetings, conducting property tours, developing follow-up materials for clients (e.g., lease comparisons, market overviews, property summary books, prospect or client presentations & proposals), providing clients with industry and market specific information as it relates to their business & maintain contact information on prospects

Maintain and update the Brokerage Team's market research database (ACT or similar project tracking database) and activities with JLL's CRM system

Support client transaction process by reviewing quantitative office location data, legal documents, working with sophisticated Excel-based analytical tools including macro-enabled financial models and financial analysis, including cash flow projections, valuation models, & sensitivity analyses

Work with research and other team members to compile market information and statistics on the local commercial real estate market to assemble materials on market fundamentals, ownership, tenants & economic analysis

Actively participate on the brokerage team by attending meetings & weekly sales updates, conducting market research to support presentation materials, publications, reports & deliverables & use in completion of market surveys, data analyses

Contribute to designated local market research requests: market snapshots, market overviews, quarterly market decks, topic specific research to support pitches and brokerage opportunities

Interested? An ideal candidate would need to have the following qualifications:

Required

3-5+ years in commercial real estate brokerage with a demonstrable success in high level sales production

State Real Estate License

Strong computer orientation & proficiency with Microsoft Office including Excel, PowerPoint & Word, ability to analyze qualitative & quantitative information & translate into strategic deliverables

Excellent interpersonal, customer service, time management, organizational, written & verbal communication skills, ability to be proactive & adapt in a fast-paced work environment

Project management capabilities, including multi-tasking, prioritization, deadline management, & the ability to work both independently & with a team

A desire to work within a diverse, collaborative, and driven professional environment with positive, professional attitude

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in business, finance, real estate or related field

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the requirements. We're interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table