Manager / Senior Manager – Research & Consulting (Ho Chi Minh City)

Job Title

Manager / Senior Manager – Research & Consulting (Ho Chi Minh City)

Job Description Summary

Responsible for delivering real estate & property advisory, feasibility studies, and development consulting while driving client engagement and revenue growth. This position combines analytical rigor, strategic insight, and commercial leadership.

Job Description

About the Role:

• Lead high-impact strategic consulting and feasibility assignments across Vietnam for different sectors of property and real estate market, especially for residential market analytics and advisory.

• Drive end-to-end execution of consulting projects including highest & best use studies, development feasibility, pricing strategy, master planning advisory, and market entry strategy for developer and investor clients.

• Serve as a senior client-facing advisor, engaging directly with C-suite stakeholders to deliver structured, data-driven, and commercially actionable insights.

• Shape thought leadership and thematic research publications, contributing to market positioning and revenue growth of the Strategic Consulting function.

• Act as a senior team member within Strategic Consulting Vietnam, supervising junior consultants while supporting business development, proposal pitching, and client acquisition initiatives.

About You:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Real Estate, Economics, Urban Planning, Finance, or related disciplines.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in real estate research, development advisory, or consulting — ideally with exposure to developers, institutional investors, or reputable advisory firms.

• Strong expertise in Vietnam’s real estate sector (especially residential), including demand drivers, pricing structures, buyer segmentation, regulatory frameworks, and product positioning strategies.

• Proven track record in feasibility studies, development planning, market modeling, and executive-level presentation delivery.

• Commercially driven mindset with strong business development instincts, confident in client engagement, proposal pitching, and expanding advisory revenue streams.

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company;

• Career development and a promote from within culture;

• An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.

We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.

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