Director, Research and Strategy, Asia-pacific

Ivanhoé Cambridge develops and invests in high-quality real estate properties, projects and companies that are shaping the urban fabric in dynamic cities around the world. It does so responsibly, with a view to generate long-term performance. Ivanhoé Cambridge is committed to creating living spaces that foster the well-being of people and communities, while reducing its environmental footprint.

**Department** : Research and Strategy

**Position type** : Salaried

**SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES**:

- Actively helping to spearhead the function of our global research and strategy activities by developing dedicated strategic market views on Asia Pacific and help to realize our investment ambition ;

**THE KEY RESPONSIBILITIES ARE**:

- Closely work with the local Business Unit to support Asia Pacific investment and asset management teams;
- Develop proprietary research tools to assist the investment teams in prioritizing the target markets and submarkets;
- Produce regular market views and specific ad hoc analyses for specific transaction opportunities;
- Contribute actively to develop a house view on Asia Pacific markets and build strong convictions ;
- Monitor the economic and political environment that may have potential implications on the real estate markets;
- Actively collaborate with the Risk, Strategic Planning, Portfolio Construction and ESG teams to produce coordinated market views;
- Be the Asia Pacific research voice and communicates with the CDPQ research team;
- Monitor, update, maintain and report on the key real estate variables and assist the integration to the company’s data system and contribute to the preparation of Power BI visualization;
- Create market presentations that generate high-impact messages;
- Prepare forward thinking commentaries for Asia Pacific and contribute actively the preparation of global market views;
- Help actively to build econometric models to produce proprietary market forecasts and contribute to the global strategic recommendations and ensure the consistency within the different teams;
- Contribute actively to the production of impactful investment strategy for Asia in the preparation of the annual Strategic Plan of IC;
- Assist with the formulation of risk-adjusted return methodologies for Asian markets in the context of the global market views.

**KEY REQUIREMENTS**:

- Excellent real estate market expertise and proven experience in Asia Pacific market investment;
- Fluent written and spoken English, while French is a strong advantage;
- Master’s Degree with a focus on real estate, investments, finance, business or economics;
- At least 10 years of relevant experience in areas such as real estate research and strategies, real estate valuations, macroeconomic analysis, preferably within an institutional investment company;
- Strong knowledge of most relevant institutional real estate capital and investment markets;
- Excellent competence in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint, while econometric modelling (Eviews, R, Python) is a strong advantage;
- Analytical, data and detail-oriented mindset;
- Proven skills to present market investment strategic recommendations to various audience;
- Flexibility and ability to work in a fast-paced work environment and work independently;
- Creativity and propensity for initiative, innovation and continuous improvement;
- Communicates clearly and confidently to articulate recommendations in a concise and timely manner;
- Critical thinking skills that can convert data into meaningful relationships and information to drive quality decision making;
- Passionate and great team worker.

**If you are interested in this challenge, please submit your resume.**:
**YOU HAVE EVERYTHING TO GAIN**:
When you join the Ivanhoé Cambridge team, you are eligible for employment benefits that are among the best in the industry. Personal development is encouraged along with work and personal life balance as well as the fulfilment of your desire for social involvement, while maintaining a healthy lifestyle. At Ivanhoé Cambridge, you will have many opportunities to develop your skills and thrive professionally, in Canada or elsewhere in the world.