Senior real estate and market insights analyst

Why choose us?

Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Join us for an exciting opportunity at Albertsons Companies, where innovation and customer service go hand-in-hand!

At Albertsons Companies, we are looking for someone who’s not just seeking a job, but someone who wants to make an impact. In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to lead, innovate, and contribute to the growth of a company that values great service and lasting customer relationships. This position offers the chance to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that’s constantly evolving.

Position Purpose

This role will support existing real estate analytics, portfolio optimization, remodel planning, capital analysis, and reporting while primarily focusing on standing up and operationalizing new strategic capabilities, including GeoCore and the Initiative Decision Model (IDM). The position will serve as the day-to-day functional lead for GeoCore and a key business partner in implementing and embedding IDM into decision-making processes.

The role will connect Real Estate, Finance, Technology, Data Science, and Analytics teams to translate advanced models and data into clear, actionable recommendations. Success will be measured by adoption, repeatable business processes, trusted outputs, and improved portfolio, initiative, remodel, and capital allocation decisions.

Transformational Mandate

Operationalize GeoCore and IDM by establishing sustainable processes, governance, data inputs, outputs, documentation, and business rhythms.

Shift the organization from primarily retrospective reporting toward predictive and prescriptive decision support.

Create repeatable workflows that move analytical models from development into day-to-day business use.

Increase adoption of advanced analytics, AI, and automation across Real Estate operations.

Strengthen the connection between Data Science innovation and business execution so model outputs lead to practical decisions and measurable outcomes.

Key Accountabilities

• Serve as the day-to-day functional lead for GeoCore, coordinating model runs, scenario development, business interpretation, enhancements, issue resolution, and adoption across Real Estate and Core Retail.
• Partner closely with Data Science to evaluate model performance, validate outputs, define business requirements, prioritize enhancements, and translate results into recommendations.
• Support implementation and operationalization of the Initiative Decision Model, including business requirements, testing, data validation, user workflows, documentation, training, and adoption.
• Embed GeoCore and IDM outputs into portfolio optimization, remodel prioritization, site and market evaluation, initiative assessment, and capital allocation processes.
• Develop decision frameworks, scorecards, dashboards, and performance measures that make complex analysis understandable and actionable for Real Estate, Core Retail, Merchandising and Finance leaders.
• Build and maintain analytical datasets, models, workflows, and reporting solutions using tools such as SQL, Python, Power BI, and Excel.
• Automate recurring analysis and reporting to improve speed, consistency, scalability, and data quality.
• Provide complex financial, real estate, market, competitive, and performance analysis in support of existing business needs.
• Present findings, recommendations, risks, and tradeoffs clearly to business partners and senior leadership.
• Document methodologies, assumptions, controls, and processes to support governance, transparency, and continuity.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in finance, Real Estate, Economics, Statistics, Data Science, Analytics, or a related quantitative field. A master's degree is preferred but not required.
• Five or more years of experience in real estate analytics, financial analysis, market research, data analytics, decision science, or a related field. Relevant advanced education may substitute for a portion of the experience.
• Demonstrated experience translating analytical models or technical outputs into business decisions and operational processes.
• Experience partnering with data scientists, data engineers, technology teams, finance partners, and business leaders.
• Experience supporting model implementation, product adoption, process transformation, or analytics operationalization is strongly preferred.
• Experience in retail, multi-site real estate, capital planning, portfolio strategy, or location analytics is preferred.

Required Skills and Capabilities

• Strong financial and analytical skills, including investment evaluation, scenario analysis, forecasting, and performance measurement.
• Demonstrates adoption and utilization of AI tools and agents (e.g., Copilot, Claude, automated workflows) to increase productivity, standardize analytics delivery, and accelerate insight generation across real estate operations and analytics.
• Advanced Excel and working SQL proficiency, plus working knowledge of Python or R and the ability to use AI tools to develop, troubleshoot, and debug scripts for analysis, automation, and model validation.
• Experience developing decision-ready dashboards and reporting in Power BI or a comparable business intelligence platform.
• Working knowledge of predictive modeling, statistical methods, geospatial or location analytics, and model performance concepts.
• Experience using GIS tools and applying geospatial analytics to market, trade area, site, and portfolio decisions preferred.
• Ability to translate between technical and business audiences, challenge assumptions constructively, and explain complex outputs in clear business language.
• Strong process design, requirements gathering, documentation, testing, data validation, and change adoption skills.
• Ability to lead cross-functional work without direct authority and manage multiple priorities with limited supervision.
• Executive-ready communication and presentation skills, including the ability to develop concise recommendations for senior leadership.
• High standards for data integrity, controls, ethics, confidentiality, and policy compliance.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a continuous-improvement mindset.

Key Contacts

Core Retail, Real Estate, Real Estate Operations and Analytics, Market Research, Merchandising, Finance, Capital Planning, Data Science, Data Engineering, Technology, and other cross-functional business teams.

Travel Requirements

Limited travel may be required based on business needs.

We also provide a variety of benefits including:

• Competitive wages paid weekly
• Access to up to 50% of your earned wages before payday, via our partnership with Stream
• Associate discounts
• Health and financial well-being benefits for eligible associates (Medical, Dental, 401k and more!)
• Time off (vacation, holidays, sick pay). For eligibility requirements please visit myACI Benefits
• Leaders invested in your training, career growth and development
• An inclusive work environment with talented colleagues who reflect the communities we serve

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Albertsons Companies is at the forefront of the revolution in retail. Committed to innovation and fostering a culture of belonging, our team is united with a unique purpose: to bring people together around the joys of food and to inspire well-being. We want talented individuals to be part of this journey!

Locally great and nationally strong, Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI) is a leading food and drug retailer in the U.S. We operate over 2,200 stores, 1,732 pharmacies, 405 fuel centers, 22 distribution facilities, and 19 manufacturing plants across 34 states and the District of Columbia. Our well-known banners include Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Jewel-Osco, ACME, Shaw’s, Tom Thumb, United Supermarkets, United Express, Randalls, Albertson’s Market, Pavilions, Star Markets, Market Street, Carrs, Haggen, Lucky, Amigos, Andronico’s Community Markets, King’s, Balducci’s, and Albertson’s Market Street.

Our vision is to be a retail leader admired for national strength with deep local roots, offering an easy, fun, friendly, and inspiring experience, no matter how customers choose to shop with us. We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities we serve, and strive to create a workplace where everyone has equal access to opportunities and resources, and can fully contribute to their and our company’s success.

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Building the future of food and well-being starts with you. Join our team and bring your best self to the table.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of work performed by the employees assigned to this job and are not the official job description for the position. All employees must comply with Company, Division, and Store policies and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties, and skills of personnel may vary within store and/or from store to store and the official job description will be provided during the application process.

Albertsons is an Equal Opportunity Employer

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Consistent with applicable state and local law, the Company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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