Director - Real Estate (Single Family Office)
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About This Role
Director - Real Estate (Single Family Office)
Reporting to:
Family Office Principal / Investment Committee / Family Office Finance Lead
Location
Dubai, UAE (with a local/international investment mandate)
Role Overview
- The Director of Real Estate Investments will be responsible for
- building and scaling a fully integrated real estate platform
- for the family office.
- The mandate is entrepreneurial and operational, focused on establishing and managing multiple real estate verticals including:
- Real estate acquisitions and flipping
- Brokerage operations
- Property management
- Long-term portfolio investments
- International real estate expansion
- The Director will be responsible for sourcing investment opportunities, executing transactions, building teams, and developing a profitable real estate business that generates both
- short-term transactional profits and long-term portfolio value
- .
- This role requires a
- highly entrepreneurial individual
- with strong deal-making capabilities and the ability to build and operate a real estate platform from the ground up.
1. Real Estate Investment & Deal Origination
- Source
- off-market, distressed, and value-add opportunities
- .
- Focus on acquisitions
- below market value.
- Execute transactions across:
- Residential real estate
- Commercial assets
- Development opportunities
- International markets
- Build strong relationships with brokers, banks, developers, and property owners.
2. Real Estate Flipping Platform
- Develop and manage a
- property flipping strategy
- focused on:
- Identifying undervalued assets
- Executing renovations where needed
- Rapid resale for profit
- The goal is to build a
- consistent pipeline of profitable flip transactions
- .
3. Brokerage Platform
- Establish and grow a
- brokerage operation
- that:
- Generates commission revenue
- Provides direct market intelligence
- Sources off-market opportunities
- Builds relationships with developers and investors
- The brokerage will serve as both
- a revenue generator and a deal sourcing engine
- .
4. Property Management Platform
- Develop a
- property management business
- to manage:
- Family office owned assets
- Third-party properties
- This platform should generate
- recurring income through leasing, management fees, and maintenance services
- .
5. Portfolio Development
- Build a
- diversified real estate portfolio
- for the family office.
- Investment strategy may include:
- Income producing assets
- Value-add repositioning
- Opportunistic acquisitions
- Development partnerships
- The portfolio will include both
- local and international investments
- where appropriate.
6. Team & Platform Development
- Recruit and lead key personnel across acquisitions, brokerage, and property management.
- Establish operational processes and reporting structures.
- Develop scalable systems for sourcing and executing deals.
Experience
- 10+ years in real estate investments, brokerage, property management or development.
- Proven ability to source and execute profitable real estate transactions.
- Strong network within the real estate market.
Skills
- Compensation Structure
- The compensation structure is designed to
- align the Director with long-term business growth and profitability
- .
Base Salary
Competitive base salary, with the majority of compensation tied to
performance and profit generation
.
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