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Real Estate Analyst roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring a bachelor's degree in finance, economics, or a related field. Employers in commercial real estate, REITs, and investment firms regularly file LCAs for these positions. No lottery exemption applies, so timing your job search around the April filing window matters.
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Global Real Estate Director (Aerospace and Defense)
Job Description Summary
Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Global Real Estate Director (Aerospace and Defense) to support an Aerospace & Defense client account. They will aid the customer in having the right data at the right time to make the best strategic decisions for the portfolio. This role partners closely with the client’s Global Real Estate team to turn portfolio, transaction, and operational data into clear insights that inform decision-making. The ideal candidate combines strong business intelligence and storytelling skills with hands-on transaction experience. You will analyze portfolio performance, track critical lease and transaction milestones, support strategic planning, and develop executive-ready dashboards and presentations. This position plays an important role in identifying opportunities, reducing risk, and helping drive real estate decisions across a large diverse global portfolio.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint is required.
Key Responsibilities
Business Intelligence & Reporting
- Analyze real estate portfolio, transaction, and operational data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Design and deliver dashboards, reports, and executive presentations that translate complex data into clear business insights that are consistent and automated.
- Build compelling data-driven narratives to support stakeholder alignment and decision-making.
- Support strategic research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and ad hoc reporting as business needs evolve.
Portfolio & Operational Analysis
- Monitor portfolio health using property and operational data, including occupancy, lease expirations, rent roll accuracy, delinquency, maintenance activity, CapEx, and tenant improvement allowance spend.
- Support portfolio optimization efforts by evaluating performance and helping implement portfolio plans aligned to client objectives.
- Assist with internal capital planning, budgeting, and business case development.
- Review and interpret financial information to support strategy and reporting.
Transaction Coordination & Execution
- Track transaction activity and critical lease dates, including expirations, renewal notice deadlines, and tenant improvement timelines.
- Maintain accurate transaction records, files, and reporting databases.
- Coordinate documentation flow and communications among landlords, client stakeholders, brokers, and legal counsel.
- Engage with landlords and support lease transaction negotiations and execution.
- Present transaction activity and performance updates to the client.
- Assist Portfolio Managers in ensuring required client and broker engagement documentation is completed accurately and on time.
Client Engagement
- Work to build relationships inside the business managing information exchange and molding GRE insights to business needs.
- Routinely engage with business stakeholders to assess short- and long-term needs and communicate them to the Cushman & Wakefield and client teams to inform strategy.
- Shape a future state portfolio that enables business success, drives efficiency and cost reduction.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
- Commercial real estate experience required.
- Experience supporting lease transactions, portfolio reporting, and real estate analytics strongly preferred.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint required.
- Experience with BI visualization and executive-level reporting required.
- Familiarity with property management, real estate development, tenant representation, facilities, construction project management, IWMS, CMMS, or similar real estate systems preferred.
- Notary Public Commission preferred, or ability to obtain within 3 months of hire.
- Ability to travel up to 25%.
Success Profile
The successful candidate will be:
- Highly analytical and detail-oriented
- Comfortable working across large, complex datasets
- Skilled at turning analysis into actionable recommendations
- Effective in a fast-paced, client-facing environment, with utmost integrity
- Strong communicator with the ability to influence through clear, polished deliverables
- Collaborative and able to work across cross-functional teams
Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.
The compensation for the position is: $144,500.00 - $170,000.00
Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email Accommodations@cushwake.com. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.
Job Title
Global Real Estate Director (Aerospace and Defense)
Job Description Summary
Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Global Real Estate Director (Aerospace and Defense) to support an Aerospace & Defense client account. They will aid the customer in having the right data at the right time to make the best strategic decisions for the portfolio. This role partners closely with the client’s Global Real Estate team to turn portfolio, transaction, and operational data into clear insights that inform decision-making. The ideal candidate combines strong business intelligence and storytelling skills with hands-on transaction experience. You will analyze portfolio performance, track critical lease and transaction milestones, support strategic planning, and develop executive-ready dashboards and presentations. This position plays an important role in identifying opportunities, reducing risk, and helping drive real estate decisions across a large diverse global portfolio.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint is required.
Key Responsibilities
Business Intelligence & Reporting
- Analyze real estate portfolio, transaction, and operational data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Design and deliver dashboards, reports, and executive presentations that translate complex data into clear business insights that are consistent and automated.
- Build compelling data-driven narratives to support stakeholder alignment and decision-making.
- Support strategic research, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and ad hoc reporting as business needs evolve.
Portfolio & Operational Analysis
- Monitor portfolio health using property and operational data, including occupancy, lease expirations, rent roll accuracy, delinquency, maintenance activity, CapEx, and tenant improvement allowance spend.
- Support portfolio optimization efforts by evaluating performance and helping implement portfolio plans aligned to client objectives.
- Assist with internal capital planning, budgeting, and business case development.
- Review and interpret financial information to support strategy and reporting.
Transaction Coordination & Execution
- Track transaction activity and critical lease dates, including expirations, renewal notice deadlines, and tenant improvement timelines.
- Maintain accurate transaction records, files, and reporting databases.
- Coordinate documentation flow and communications among landlords, client stakeholders, brokers, and legal counsel.
- Engage with landlords and support lease transaction negotiations and execution.
- Present transaction activity and performance updates to the client.
- Assist Portfolio Managers in ensuring required client and broker engagement documentation is completed accurately and on time.
Client Engagement
- Work to build relationships inside the business managing information exchange and molding GRE insights to business needs.
- Routinely engage with business stakeholders to assess short- and long-term needs and communicate them to the Cushman & Wakefield and client teams to inform strategy.
- Shape a future state portfolio that enables business success, drives efficiency and cost reduction.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
- Commercial real estate experience required.
- Experience supporting lease transactions, portfolio reporting, and real estate analytics strongly preferred.
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint required.
- Experience with BI visualization and executive-level reporting required.
- Familiarity with property management, real estate development, tenant representation, facilities, construction project management, IWMS, CMMS, or similar real estate systems preferred.
- Notary Public Commission preferred, or ability to obtain within 3 months of hire.
- Ability to travel up to 25%.
Success Profile
The successful candidate will be:
- Highly analytical and detail-oriented
- Comfortable working across large, complex datasets
- Skilled at turning analysis into actionable recommendations
- Effective in a fast-paced, client-facing environment, with utmost integrity
- Strong communicator with the ability to influence through clear, polished deliverables
- Collaborative and able to work across cross-functional teams
Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.
The compensation for the position is: $144,500.00 - $170,000.00
Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email Accommodations@cushwake.com. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Real Estate Analyst
Verify your degree supports specialty occupation
Real Estate Analyst roles require a directly related degree to satisfy USCIS specialty occupation standards. A finance, economics, or urban planning degree maps cleanly. A general business degree may draw an RFE, so gather transcripts showing relevant coursework before applying.
Target REIT and institutional investment employers
REITs, pension fund advisors, and commercial real estate investment firms file LCAs far more consistently than small brokerages. Check DOL LCA disclosure data to confirm an employer has filed for analyst-level roles specifically, not just other positions.
Search verified sponsors on Migrate Mate
Filter by Real Estate Analyst roles on Migrate Mate to see which employers have active H-1B LCA filing history for this occupation. That narrows your list to companies already familiar with the sponsorship process for your exact role type.
Benchmark your offer against DOL prevailing wage
Your employer's LCA must certify your salary meets the DOL prevailing wage for your metro area and experience level. Run the OFLC Wage Search before negotiating an offer so you know the Level I through Level IV wage floor for Real Estate Analyst in your target city.
Request cap-subject filing before April 1st deadline
H-1B cap registrations open in March for an October 1st start date. If you're on OPT, confirm your employer will submit your registration in March rather than waiting until after lottery selection to discuss terms, since delays lose you the filing window entirely.
Clarify employer size for fee and timeline planning
H-1B filing fees and certain surcharges differ based on whether your employer has 25 or fewer full-time equivalent employees. Confirm this early so there are no surprises at the I-129 stage, and ask your employer whether they plan to file premium processing.
H-1B Visa Real Estate Analyst: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Real Estate Analyst role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, provided the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specifically related field such as finance, economics, real estate, or urban planning. USCIS evaluates each petition individually, so your employer's job description must tie the degree requirement directly to the analytical duties of the role, not treat any business degree as sufficient.
Which types of employers sponsor H-1B visas for Real Estate Analysts?
REITs, commercial real estate investment firms, institutional asset managers, and large property development companies are the most consistent sponsors. Smaller residential brokerages rarely sponsor because the role doesn't always meet the specialty occupation threshold at that level. Use Migrate Mate to identify employers with documented LCA filing history specifically for analyst-level real estate positions.
Can I switch employers mid-H-1B if I'm a Real Estate Analyst?
Yes. H-1B portability under AC21 lets you start working for a new employer once they file an I-129 petition on your behalf, as long as your current H-1B has been approved for at least 180 days. The new employer must file a new LCA certified for the correct prevailing wage in your new work location, which matters in real estate since wages vary significantly by metro area.
How does remote work affect my H-1B LCA if I'm a Real Estate Analyst?
Your employer's LCA must list every worksite location where you regularly perform work. If you work remotely from a location not covered by the original LCA, your employer must file an amended or new LCA covering that area. Short-term travel to client sites is generally acceptable, but a permanent shift to a different metro requires an updated LCA certified at the prevailing wage for that new location.
What happens to my H-1B status if my real estate employer downsizes and lays me off?
You have a 60-day grace period after your employment ends to find a new employer who will file an H-1B transfer, change to another valid status, or leave the country. Your previous employer is required to pay for your return transportation home if you're let go. Acting quickly matters because the 60-day window starts on your last day of employment, not your last paycheck date.