# Real Estate Strategic Planning Lead

**Company**: Databricks
**Location**: Mountain View, California
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $144,500-$198,650 USD
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18350420

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## Description

Databricks is seeking a Real Estate Strategic Planning Lead to join its Real Estate & Workplace Services (REWS) team.

The role will be responsible for portfolio planning, scenario planning, and portfolio optimisation across Databricks' global real estate portfolio.

Key responsibilities include:

- Partnering with Finance and Real Estate Leadership to maintain REWS long-range portfolio plan

- Creating and maintaining flexible portfolio models and managing complex scenario planning initiatives

- Developing portfolio optimisation recommendations aligned with business growth, financial objectives, and employee experience

- Conducting financial, operational, and portfolio analyses to support strategic real estate decision-making

- Supporting development of executive-ready business cases, presentations, and strategic recommendations

- Translating complex portfolio tradeoffs into clear, data-driven insights and actionable recommendations

- Developing and maintaining recurring portfolio reporting, dashboards, and key performance metrics

- Conducting ad hoc analyses and decision support for high-priority REWS cross-functional initiatives

- Partnering with Finance, Workplace, People, IT, and Real Estate stakeholders globally to support portfolio planning initiatives

- Helping establish scalable planning frameworks, reporting standards, and governance processes as Databricks continues to grow

Requirements:

- Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field

- 7+ years of experience in a combination of Real Estate, Finance, Strategy, Management Consulting, or related fields with a track record of success

- Excellent analytical skills, including financial modelling, forecasting, portfolio analysis, and scenario planning

- Exceptional problem-solving skills with demonstrated ability to structure complex problems and develop solutions

- Strong presentation, verbal, and written communication skills

- Ability to manage multiple high-visibility projects simultaneously in a fast-paced environment

- Experience working in a results-driven, solutions-oriented environment with competing priorities

- Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively across cross-functional stakeholders

- Advanced proficiency in Google Sheets, Excel, and presentation development

- Experience with planning and reporting tools such as Anaplan, Tableau, Databricks, or similar platforms preferred

Pay Range: $144,500-$198,650 USD

Benefits: Comprehensive benefits and perks that meet the needs of all employees.

## Skills

### Required
- financial modelling
- forecasting
- portfolio analysis
- scenario planning
- problem-solving
- presentation development
- collaboration

### Nice to have
- Anaplan
- Tableau
- Databricks

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