National Healthcare & Life Sciences Research Director

Transwestern is a vertically integrated commercial real estate firm dedicated to serving investors, partners and clients through expertise in investment, development, brokerage and property management. Our experience spans diverse property types, including logistics, multifamily, retail, mixed-use, healthcare, office, data centers, hotel, and life sciences. Across 35 offices nationwide, our team is united by a culture that cultivates agility, mutual trust and high performance.

 

Transwestern Services turns strategy into reality with consistency and accountability, collaborating to provide dynamic, tailored solutions. Whether representing a tenant, advising an investor or repositioning an asset, we operate with tenacity and own the outcome every time. Our 2,200-strong team works across service lines, ready to activate our full platform to deliver a customized, cohesive experience for clients.

POSITION SUMMARY:

POSITION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Serve as a Healthcare & Life Sciences market expert with the ability to communicate this expertise through both presentation and writing.
• Working with the Research & Analytics team, help develop research standards/templates/tools on the healthcare and life sciences property types.
• Analyze economic, demographic, and commercial real estate data to identify unique insights on Healthcare & Life Sciences market activity, conditions and trends to maintain competitive advantage.
• Perform strategic real estate market analysis including evaluation of competitors locations, acquisitions strategy, talent location, site selection, sales volumes, and other relevant information.
• Author local thought leadership pieces on trending Healthcare & Life Sciences topics that drive business for internal and external clients.  
• Collaborate with the national marketing, media relations, and graphic design teams to provide research thought leadership along with media coverage on trending topics that position Transwestern as a thought leader in the Healthcare & Life Sciences markets. This includes but is not limited to maps, reports, presentations, narratives, and data summaries.
• Provide state of the market presentations to internal and external clients up to twice a year or as needed.
• Develop and leverage relationships with research peers and experts externally in the real estate community to exchange information and learn about industry trends with the goal of advancing solutions for Transwestern.
• Working with the Research & Analytics team, manage and maintain accurate Healthcare & Life Sciences data within Curve Analytics to run the U.S. Healthcare and Life Sciences market reports.
• Working with the Research & Analytics team, help identify, organize, distribute, and implement best practices.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Real Estate, Business, Urban Planning, Economics, or related field.
• Advanced education preferred.
• Professional designations preferred.

Experience:

• 8+ years minimum experience in commercial real estate research and/or analytics.
• At least 4+ years focused on either or both Healthcare & Life Sciences.
• Proven understanding of commercial real estate and/or capital markets metrics.

Technical Skills:

• Expert in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Deep familiarity a plus with common data vendors, such as Real Capital Analytics, ZoomInfo, Revista, Pitchbook, Advisory Board, and CoStar.
• Proficiency in ESRI Suite, ArcGIS, PowerBI, and Adobe Creative Cloud helpful, but not required.
• Strong analytical and writing capabilities with a high attention to detail.
• Deep understanding of economics, demographic, and related platforms such as, Moody’s, Lightcast, Oxford Economics, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Census Bureau.

Personal Skills:

• Solid organizational, project management and multi-tasking skills. Able to prioritize workload, manage projects, and communicate with research team members, as well as internal and external clients.
• Ability to work independently and proactively as well as in a team setting.
• Provide a high-level of customer service with a desire to help internal and external clients succeed.
• Ability to resolve complex situations or problems by defining a strategy, often involving cross-functional teams and leading a collaboration effort through resolution.
• Able to serve several audiences while remaining committed to generating the best-in-class research product.
• Must be flexible, highly creative, work well under pressure and within tight schedules, and be enthusiastic about communicating the company's vision and differentiators.
• Superb interpersonal, collaboration and consensus-building skills.

       

WORK SHIFT:

   

LOCATION:

Houston, TX

ABOUT US

Our firm is built on a shared purpose: Empowering good people to do extraordinary things together. We hire smart, passionate, hard-working people who value both collaboration and independence. United by our brand promise, we own the outcome for clients, investors and partners. Learn more at transwestern.com. 

 

All candidates selected for an offer of employment are subject to pre-employment background checks, which may include criminal history, education verification, motor vehicle records, credit history, and professional license verification. In addition, your employment with Transwestern is subject to successfully passing a drug screen check prior to you starting with the firm.