Associate Director / Director — Consulting (UK)

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JLL | Work Dynamics Consulting | London

Our clients’ challenges are increasingly complex, dynamic and wide-ranging. Consultants are at the forefront of helping clients navigate this complexity and find practical solutions that drive impact and value. Our consulting team is one of the biggest in the market, we work with colleagues across JLL and are powered by JLL’s own data and technology. We work with some of the world’s largest and most interesting companies across all sectors and geographies.

We’re growing, and we’re looking for an Associate Director and a Director to join our UK Consulting practice.

What you'll be doing

No two projects are the same. You’ll work in highly skilled, cross-functional teams that will stretch you and reward you. Recent projects include:

• Leading a client's real estate transformation end to end: strategic programme oversight, programme management, FM project management, business and real estate strategies, change management, and pulling in and directing other JLL service lines
• Developing business cases and working with JLL Technology to build proof-of-concept AI agents that streamline client real estate workflows and cut out inefficiency
• Designing new target operating models for clients navigating organisational complexity and then embedding the change alongside them
• Leading the real estate divestment for a client separating part of their business or acquiring a business: untangling the property portfolio, contracts and obligations tied to the part being divested or streamlined, while the rest of the estate keeps running

What the role looks like at each level:

Associate Director - you'll lead delivery on individual engagements and workstreams, start building your own client relationships, and take a growing role in proposals and pitches. You're client-facing, comfortable owning a workstream from start to finish, and ready to shape business development rather than just supporting it.

Director - you'll own client relationships at a senior level, lead multi-workstream programmes, and help grow the practice: shaping the proposition, winning new work and building the team around you. You'll be a visible presence with clients and across JLL.

Is this you?

• You've done hands-on consulting work in corporate real estate: target operating model (TOM) design, FM strategy, location strategy, portfolio strategy, PMO, AI adoption, change management or something close to it?
• You'd rather see your recommendations actually happen, even if you're not the one delivering every step?
• You're comfortable when a problem doesn't arrive pre-labelled. When a client is struggling with the pace of change hitting their business, that's exactly the kind of ambiguity you thrive on.
• Above all, you're the person clients want in the room when things get messy. Not because you have all the answers, but because you'll help them find the way forward.

If you're going for Director: you've built and grown client relationships yourself, not just delivered against ones others have won. You know the difference between being liked by a client and being trusted by one, and you've been on the right side of that line more often than not.

What you'll get

A team that's building something right now, not maintaining a legacy practice. Exposure to some of the biggest occupiers and brands. A voice in how the consulting proposition evolves, rather than a fixed script to deliver against. Colleagues who'll tell you the truth about a deliverable before the client does. And because JLL delivers as well as advises, you’ll see your strategy put into practice across the wider business.

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

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