Lead, Analytics Engineering

Position Overview

As a Lead of Analytics Engineering at Avison Young Technologies, you will lead the strategy and execution of proprietary data products and models that empower commercial real estate decision makers across investor, occupier, and public sector client segments.

• Lead the full lifecycle – from discovery and concept development to test, scale, launch, and iteration – for data products and data science models.
• Develop mathematical and algorithmic approaches to address complex commercial real estate decisions overseeing the work of the data science and data engineering teams.
• Participate in the daily development processes with engineering, data science, and product teams to deliver usable data products, directly contributing to the business and technical requirements and testing and validation of the data products.
• Manage data and technology vendor relationships through renewals, delivery timeliness, and data evaluation.
• Ensure compliance and responsible data usage and governance practices across all data products and workflows.
• Collaborate with clients, advisory team, and leadership to assess client needs, test value, and guide direction of data products.
• Support go‑to‑market teams with positioning and product market fit of new and upcoming products.
• Communicate strategy, roadmap, and release plans to internal stakeholders and to clients.
• Define and track success metrics on delivered data products.
• And other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in data analytics, data engineering, business, real estate, or a related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in commercial real estate strategy, with at least 5 years working directly with technology, data, and analytics.
• Strong understanding of SQL, data architecture, data pipelines, and geospatial datasets.
• Strong understanding of commercial real estate strategy.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
• A self‑starter with a proactive and entrepreneurial mindset. Proven ability to influence without authority and build strong, collaborative relationships across teams.

The base salary is aligned with market data and is estimated between $145,000 to $165,000 with the ability to achieve additional compensation through bonus. Salary is determined by work location and other factors including relevant education/training, experience, and internal equity.

Avison Young is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, committed to promoting diversity and inclusivity within our workforce. Our non‑discrimination policy ensures that all individuals are treated equally, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, or disability. We believe in fostering a positive and inclusive work environment that values accessibility and fair recruitment practices for all employees. We hope you will join us in committing to create a workplace that is fair, equitable, and welcoming to all.

• Traditional and Roth 401(k) with generous employer match and immediate vesting
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave after one year of tenure
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• Company paid Life and AD&DD Insurance
• Company paid Short & Long‑Term Disability
• Voluntary Critical Illness and Accident Coverage
• Healthcare, Dependent Care, Commuter & Transit Pre‑Tax Benefits
• Wellness program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Competitive paid vacation days
• 2 personal/wellness days
• Paid holidays plus 2 floating holidays
• Annual volunteer day for Day of Giving