Joo Shin Kim

Senior Project & Programme Manager | IESE & Chicago Booth MBA | PMP · PRINCE2 · Agile | Strategy & Transformation | EMEA · APAC

South Korea

About

Strategist and operator who has spent 11 years turning complex, ambiguous challenges into executed outcomes - across real estate development, project management, corporate restructuring, and military command. With a recently finished MBA at IESE Business School, I'm building AI fluency and moving into roles where strategy meets transformation. Mission: Making the world more livable by reshaping how people experience the physical world, the organizations they work in, and the systems that affect daily life. Pathways: Looking for the next challenge in strategy, corporate development, or organizational transformation - ideally organizations navigating growth, market entry, or structural change. Open globally, authorized in South Korea and Spain. Contact: [email protected]

Experience

  • Summer Intern at Coalescence Advisory
    Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 · 3 mos

    ► Initiated a strategic partnership with a governmental agency, securing a $1 million investment over five years for social impact financing ► Collaborated to expand the impact investment ecosystem, enhancing global alliances for early childhood funding initiatives ► Contributed to development of CRM tool to manage relationships with hundreds of partners in finance facilities and municipal bonds and better advance the UN SDGs

  • Hyundai Development Company (현대산업개발) (Seoul, South Korea · On-site)
    • Lead Design Project Manager
      Apr 2021 - Jul 2024 · 3 yrs 4 mos

      ► Created strategy to win multi-billion dollar tenders for 10 fast-paced housing development projects crucial for company sales MBO and planned/ supervised budget expenditure of $20 - 40 million each per project ► Generated future design standard in and guided execution of six, signature residential projects; analyzed five years' data from redevelopment projects and monitored adaptive use of finances to maximize architectural aesthetics ► Saved potential home-owners 2 - 8 million dollars from extraneous spending by reducing construction cost on residential projects from 2021 - 2024

    • Future Platform Business Strategist
      Jun 2020 - Apr 2021 · 11 mos

      ► Launched two million-dollar corporate joint ventures after analyzing dozens of prospective M&As aimed to streamline AI-generated solutions into construction projects; expedited company's project cycle by 10% ► Conducted key performance analysis used to execute a six-month long restructuring process of the HDC Group (a top-30 Korean conglomerate consisting of 8000 employees in 13 subsidiaries) ► Organized 20 events for a future strategy initiative program; provided leadership training for 400 key personnel

    • Real Estate Product Development Manager
      Jul 2018 - Jun 2020 · 2 yrs

      ► Performed diversified management for one of the largest-ever urban redevelopment projects in Seoul; wrote regular compliance reports regarding $100 million project financing loan from segregated portfolio company ► Drafted official protocol for international business relations; protocol in use since 2020 ► Monitored renovation in a landmark post-merger of a $58 million resort, increased resort profits by 23%; is expected to become Korea's largest golf destination by 2028

  • Republic of Korea Marine Corps (Pohang, North Gyeongsang, South Korea · On-site)
    • Multi-National Operations Planner and Liaison / General's Aide-de-Camp
      Jan 2015 - Jun 2016 · 1 yr 6 mos

      ► Planned and executed biannual military exercises involving 10,000 Korean and Allied forces as key planner ► Updated peace/wartime operational procedures for 10,000 troops; reduced emergency response time by 5 hours

    • Operations Officer / Platoon Leader
      Jun 2013 - Jan 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos

      ► Modernized mission capability of 300 personnel; proposed, tested, and fielded a state-of-the-art equipment system to free up 30% of battalion's daily schedule and increase mission efficiency by 200% ► Commanded 90 personnel on three humanitarian typhoon-relief missions; conducted search-and-rescue of missing persons and reparation of local civilian infrastructure in 15 counties