Research Director

ABOUT SAVILLS

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ABOUT THE ROLE

Savills is seeking a Research Director to report directly to the Head of Americas Research. This role serves as a senior lead responsible for driving the day-to-day delivery of national office reporting, sector thought leadership, and research platform initiatives. The position is designed to help ensure that key priorities move forward with rigor, discipline, and accountability. The individual will project manage complex deliverables, step into team workflows as needed, maintain high standards of analytical quality and timeliness across the platform, and help develop world-class research that differentiates Savills as a market leader.

The candidate may be located in any Tier 1 office market location where Savills has an office.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Sector Thought Leadership and Industry Data Oversight

• Author and co-author national thought leadership across office and key industry verticals, ranging from concise trend briefs to comprehensive white papers.
• Support the Head of America Research in advancing national sector strategy for legal, technology, healthcare, and other industries.
• Present research insights to clients and internal stakeholders as needed.
• Maintain and enhance proprietary databases and develop proprietary dashboards and analytical frameworks.
• Ensure data accuracy, consistency, and usability across research platforms.

Office Market Reporting and Project Management

• Manage the quarterly office market statistics and reporting process across markets.
• Coordinate timelines, reminders, data collection, quality control, and final report review.
• Support regional research efforts directly when capacity gaps arise.
• Maintain strong knowledge of office market fundamentals, capital flows, tenant demand drivers, and macroeconomic trends to support national reporting.

Research Platform and Infrastructure Support

• Assist in the development of the internal research database to consolidate tracked products into a centralized and scalable system.
• Evaluate data sourcing, integration, quality assurance, and workflow improvements.
• Champion automation, advanced analytics, and AI-enabled workflows to improve and modernize research delivery.

Salesforce and Research Technology Enablement

• Serve as a research power user within Salesforce and help enhance research tools embedded within the CRM platform and improve data integration, reporting functionality, and broker-facing usability.
• Support adoption through training and best-practice sharing across the research team and improve broker self-service adoption through training and enhancement of broker-facing tools.

Team Support and Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Step in across the research team as directed to support high-priority initiatives or special projects.
• Work closely with brokerage, consulting, marketing, and graphics teams to position research as a driver of business development and client strategy.
• Help maintain consistency, discipline, and accountability across research workflows.
• Contribute to onboarding and mentorship of research team members.
• Collaborate with global research team by assisting with global thought leadership, providing data as needed, and assisting with other ad hoc requests.
• Cultivate relationships with external research peers and industry experts to remain current on relevant industry developments.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Seasoned experience in commercial real estate and/or research and analysis, with a sustained record of progressive responsibility and leadership.
• Strong problem-solving, writing ability, analytic and data visualization skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to prioritize, delegate and foster the development of high performing teams.
• Demonstrated experience presenting research findings and market insights to clients and prospective clients.
• Experience in enhancing research tools, databases, or other platforms.
• Established success in scaling processes, improving efficiency, and implementing best practices across teams or regions.

Savills values a diverse work environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, disability, age, veteranstatus, or any other protectedcharacteristic.

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