Regional Account Director - APAC

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way.

Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

What this job involves:

Putting clients first—always

Client satisfaction is second nature to us, that’s why you’ll make sure that we build and maintain strong strategic relationships with our clients and other stakeholders. You’ll be the single point of contact for our regional service delivery. As such, you must develop a deep understanding of the clients’ key business drivers influencing their decision-making process and how such decisions relate to their requirements for our services. You’ll also see to it that our clients’ outsourcing needs and our own objectives for the account are perfectly in sync. As the global CRE client team is based in the US a willingness to attend occasional night meetings.

Devising win-win solutions for all parties

You’ll be a steward to our clients, looking after their financial interests by developing property budgets and forecasts based on their finance calendar. You’ll play a pivotal role in helping our clients achieve their financial goals—be they revenue, expenses, debtor or growth targets or working with your team to create a great HX programme, based on the client's specific portfolio. As you tend to our client's best interests, so should you represent ours by being on the lookout for opportunities to cross-sell our other services. Collecting fees from clients and tracking outstanding payments also fall on your shoulders.

Staying at the forefront of operational excellence

You’ll be the main visionary and strategist for our regional plans. As such, you must understand the clients’ business needs inside and out. You’ll be the go-to person for the overall operations—taking charge of all the resources—including technology, manpower and standard operating procedures—needed to run the operations smoothly and seamlessly.

Driving team success

Apart from the technical aspects of the role, you’ll also create a culture of collaboration, positive learning and teamwork. You’ll identify your team’s strengths and improvement areas, leading them to excellence through coaching, feedback and recognition. You’ll be the heart of the team, resolving conflicts among members and ensuring that respect for individual differences always prevails. Most important, you’ll lay the groundwork for the future, ensuring we have the next generation ready to move up (or across) and fill roles at the company.