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Link Logistics Real Estate ("Link") is a leading operator of last-mile logistics real estate. Established by Blackstone in 2019, the company connects consumption, technology, and the supply chain across its portfolio, which spans more than half a billion square feet. With more than 5 percent of U.S. GDP flowing through our spaces, we leverage our scale, proprietary data and insights, and foundational focus on sustainability to drive success for our customers' businesses and deliver value for our stakeholders. Link Logistics strives to be the most equitable and inclusive industrial real estate company in the business. We put our people, customers, and communities first and find ways to make a conscious, positive impact where we live and work, prioritizing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) across our workforce to deliver an optimal employee experience. Every day, we work to reinvent and lead our industry forward by thinking bigger and challenging the status quo. <br><br>Because we believe that good business must be synonymous with doing good, strong environmental, social and governance practices are foundational to our identity as a firm. These practices include setting ambitious goals to combat climate change, partnering with local nonprofits, and prioritizing internal diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. We seek to use our position, ideas, and influence to drive progress in our industry and the wider world. At Link, we give our customers space to grow-and we give people space to grow, too. <br><br>The Manager of Corporate Strategy is an exceptional strategist prepared to support the strategic analysis and advice we offer to the firm. They will develop and deploy best-practice strategic frameworks to advise and empower leaders across the company. These will supplement existing offerings to guide platform development, capability investment, decisions about market position and differentiation, and the performance monitoring and measurement of the same. This role partners with c-suite executives and leadership and is tasked with proposing, developing, executing, communicating and refining analyses that guide critical business decisions. The Manager of Corporate Strategy role offers the intellectual rigor of top-tier consulting with the opportunity to see the recommendations implemented at scale. <br><br>This person will tackle our most complex strategic challenges - from competitive positioning to target operating model design. This is a highly visible role where the individual's insights will directly influence major enterprise decisions and shape the future of our business. <br><br><b>RESPONSIBILITIES:</b><br><br><b>Strategic Analysis </b><br><ul><li>Lead comprehensive market and competitive intelligence, including detailed industry landscape analysis and competitive benchmarking</li><li>Develop sophisticated scenario planning models and strategic option assessments</li></ul><br><b>Performance Monitoring </b><br><ul><li>Design and implement strategic KPIs and performance measurement frameworks</li><li>Build advanced models to evaluate strategic initiatives and transformation opportunities</li></ul><br><b>Communications and Collaboration </b><br><ul><li>Create compelling executive presentations and strategic communications</li><li>Translate complex analytical insights into clear, actionable recommendations for decision-makers</li></ul><br><b>Planning and Design </b><br><ul><li>Support creation of enterprise and department-level business plans and roadmaps</li><li>Design comprehensive organizational and functional target operating models</li><li>Support M&A integration strategy and post-integration management</li></ul><br><br><b>QUALIFICATIONS:</b><br><br><b>Background </b><br><ul><li>4-7 years working in strategy consulting at tier-1 firms, with at least 2 of those years in executive-facing roles</li><li>Real estate and/or private equity experience preferred but not required</li></ul><br><b>Technical Skills </b><br><ul><li>Familiarity and experience applying best-practice strategic frameworks</li><li>Data analysis, including financial modeling</li><li>Presentation creation</li><li>Ability to incorporate generative AI in workflows preferred</li><li>Performance metric design, implementation and monitoring</li><li>Setting strategy-formulation heuristics</li><li>Organizational effectiveness assessment and design</li><li>Business case development</li><li>Project / program management</li></ul><br><b>Competencies </b><br><ul><li>Executive presence and communication mastery</li><li>Intellectual curiosity and analytical rigor</li><li>Collaborative and relationship-focused leadership style</li><li>Comfort with ambiguity</li><li>Results-oriented mindset</li><li>Adept at translating ambiguity into accessible, framed, stakeholder-specific narratives and decision opportunities</li><li>Experience and skill functioning in advisory and educational roles</li><li>Displays Link's core competencies: customer focus; instills trust; collaborates; and drives results</li><li>Thrives in fast-paced environment</li><li>Demonstrates intellectual humility</li><li>Passionate about solving complex problems</li></ul><br><br>$165,000 - $180,000 represents the presently anticipated base compensation pay range for this position at Link. Actual pay may vary based on various factors, including but not limited to location and experience. <br><br>Link provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, retirement savings plan, paid holidays, paid time off.<br><br>The direct compensation and benefits described above are subject to the terms and conditions of any governing plans, policies, practices, agreements, or other materials or documents as in effect from time to time, including but not limited to terms and conditions regarding eligibility.<br><br><b>EEO Statement</b><br><br>The Company is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant, employee, or other covered person based on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, caste, immigration status, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), protected leave status, domestic violence victim status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email People@linklogistics.com.

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