Business Insights Manager Retail Commercial Real Estate

Position: Business Insights Manager Retail Commercial Real Estate)
About Realty Income Realty Income (NYSE: O), an S&P 500 company, is a real estate partner to the world's leading companies. Founded in 1969, we invest in diversified commercial real estate and have a portfolio of 15,600 properties in all 50 U.S. states, the UK and six other countries in Europe, with a gross book value $58bn. We are known as "The Monthly Dividend Company” and have a mission to deliver stockholders dependable monthly dividends that grow over time.

Since our founding, we have declared 656 consecutive monthly dividends and are a member of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index, having increased our dividend for the last 30 consecutive years.

You will be joining one of the largest Real Estate Investment Trusts in the world as we rapidly expand into the UK and European markets, including moving into new offices at 3 St. James’s Square.

The European portfolio, including the UK, has experienced consistent growth quarter-on-quarter since our first international acquisition, a 429m 12-property portfolio from Sainsbury’s in 2019. In just five years the portfolio now includes investments of over $11bn, and 483 distinct properties.

This is a high impact opportunity within our Asset Management team to establish and lead a new Business Insights function from scratch. The role carries full budget responsibility, direct exposure to senior management, and frequent interaction with retail clients. Our flat corporate structure offers genuine visibility and influence, with strong opportunities for career development as the firm expands.

Position Overview:

The Business Insight Manager delivers data‑driven insight to support asset performance, investment decisions and strategic growth across the UK and International portfolio. The role owns the development and application of advanced analytics, proprietary datasets and market intelligence to inform Asset Management, Acquisitions, Disposals and Value‑Add Investment decisions.

Partnering closely with senior stakeholders, external advisers and global analytics teams, the role embeds a data‑led approach across the business, translating complex consumer, retailer and market data into clear, decision‑ready insight that drives value creation and long‑term strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

Play a driving role in innovating methodologies and datasets

Accountable for the innovation, development and continuous improvement of data methodologies, datasets and insight tools, strengthening decision‑making, asset performance evaluation and strategic execution across the UK portfolio.

Owns the rollout, integration and effective use of mobile, banking and ANPR data, ensuring these datasets are embedded into performance analysis, catchment assessment, affordability modelling and asset management decision‑making.

Leads the development of a data‑led culture within the UK business, championing the use of research, analytics and insight across Asset Management, Investment and senior leadership to improve decision quality and outcomes.

Accountable for the development and maintenance of Asset Management dashboards, working with internal teams and external partners to surface relevant portfolio and market data in a timely, decision‑ready format.

Advises on the identification and implementation of AI and advanced analytics use cases within Asset Management, partnering cross‑functionally across Realty Income to drive responsible adoption and measurable value.

Work within the Asset Management team to implement data to drive asset value

Accountable for embedding data and insight within Asset Management to drive asset value, ensuring analytics directly inform leasing strategy, redevelopment initiatives and capital allocation decisions.

Owns the application of catchment, consumer and retailer analysis to assess development potential for extensions, refits and redevelopment projects, translating insight into clear outputs for executive reporting and Board‑level decision‑making.

Responsible for enabling Asset Management to attract high‑quality retail, food & beverage and leisure operators, leveraging robust consumer, retailer and affordability insights to create demand tension, support rental…