Assistant Vice President, Global Realty Services, Asset Manager (Singapore)

About the role

State Street is looking for an Assistant Vice President for Global Realty Services, covering the Project Management Office and Asset Manager for Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. The role reports directly to the Vice President, Global Realty Services, APAC ex. India, and leads the APAC ex. India GRS Project Management Office, the onsite CBRE Facilities Operations and Engineering team, and the real estate strategy under its remit.

Key responsibilities

• Program Management Office (50%): oversee the APAC project portfolio, including intake, prioritization and resource allocation; define and enforce project governance, charters and standards; monitor progress, budgets and timelines and champion risk management; allocate resources and foster team development; report regularly to stakeholders.
• Facilities and asset management (40%): lead and develop the onsite CBRE Facilities team, review and approve the facilities operating expense budget and accrual management, and support digitalization of facilities services; prepare reports and liaise with regional team leaders.
• Data analytics: maintain the department information library and support property management and administration with research, data entry and reporting.
• Transaction management (10%): act as the local GRS contact for site inspections and selection, support the business case preparation with the Global Transaction team, and support the local lease administrative process.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in a related field such as Project Management, Facilities, Real Estate or Business Administration.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in Facilities Project Management or Real Estate in a multinational environment.
• At least 3 years of project management leadership and PMO experience.
• Experience preparing and presenting Facilities and Real Estate business cases.
• Experience in a highly matrixed, complex multinational organization.

Required skills

• PMP certification highly preferred.
• Proficiency in project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira and Trello.
• Basic understanding of accounting and financial principles.
• Familiarity with operational resilience, business continuity, audit and governance frameworks.