Managing Director, National Life Sciences Lead, Project & Development Services
Cushman & Wakefield
Architectural and Surveying Offices
San Diego, CA - USA
Vice President
Experteer Overview
As Americas Life Sciences Lead you will steer Cushman & Wakefield’s life sciences platform, guiding integrated advisory, delivery and execution for complex portfolios. You collaborate with brokerage, advisory, delivery and controls teams to deliver end-to-end support across markets. You’ll grow core life sciences businesses, oversee key client relationships and ensure capabilities align with capital investment strategies. This role combines client leadership with platform development to drive multi-service engagements and sector leadership.
Compensation / Benefits
- health, vision, and dental insurance
- flexible spending accounts (FSA) / health savings accounts (HSA)
- retirement savings plans
- life and disability insurance
- paid and unpaid time away from work
- competitive pay
Responsibilities
- Define strategic direction and growth priorities for the Americas Life Sciences platform aligned with clients' capital programs
- Deliver integrated life sciences solutions across planning, transactions, development and execution in collaboration with sector, regional and service-line leaders
- Maintain consistency in life sciences service positioning and delivery across markets
- Act as executive sponsor for strategic clients and priority capital programs
- Drive thought leadership and increase platform visibility with clients and industry audiences
- Support pursuits and client presentations with technical credibility and executive perspective
- Build and maintain senior-level client relationships to enable multi-service engagements
- Provide leadership on capital planning, portfolio execution, risk considerations and investment sequencing
- Ensure staffing and technical depth; identify talent gaps and deploy teams as needed
- Promote best practices, knowledge sharing and cross-service line collaboration
- Coordinate across regions for multi-market programs and enable global team collaboration for international clients
Key requirements
- 15+ years of experience in life sciences real estate, capital projects or development programs
- Demonstrated understanding of life sciences facilities and capital delivery considerations
- Experience in business development and senior client relationship management
- Background in real estate, construction, development, or brokerage (strongly preferred)
- Experience across multiple service lines and geographies within a professional services firm
- Comfort operating at an executive level with sophisticated life sciences clients
Executive presence and credibility with life sciences clientsClear and effective communication with clients and leadershipSelf-directed leadership with high accountabilityStrong technical foundation related to life sciences real estate and capital programsUnderstanding of R&D, laboratory, manufacturing and regulated facilitiesStaffing and capability planning for complex life sciences engagements
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As Americas Life Sciences Lead you will steer Cushman & Wakefield’s life sciences platform, guiding integrated advisory, delivery and ex…
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