Head of Investment - Real Estate

Deal origination: Build and maintain a proprietary pipeline of investment opportunities across the UAE market, working through broker networks, developer relationships, family office channels, off-market introductions and direct seller engagement.

Opportunity assessment and structuring: Lead the evaluation of inbound and originated opportunities, including commercial logic, capital structure, payment terms, partnership architecture, and risk allocation between equity, debt and partner contributions.

Equity acquisitions and dispositions: Drive direct asset acquisitions and disposals across residential, commercial and industrial segments, including bid strategy, offer structuring, negotiation, and execution through to closing.

Joint ventures and co-investment: Originate and structure JV opportunities with developers, landowners and capital partners, including term sheet negotiation, governance design, waterfall mechanics, and partner due diligence.

Land and development opportunities: Identify and underwrite land acquisitions and development opportunities, including site assessment, feasibility analysis, payment structuring with master developers, and selection of development partners.

Core income acquisitions: Source and execute stabilised income-producing acquisitions, including yield-on-cost analysis, lease covenant assessment, exit pricing, and integration into the standing portfolio.

Underwriting and financial analysis: Lead asset-level underwriting on every transaction, including DCF, IRR, equity multiple, yield on cost, NOI bridges, debt sizing, DSCR, capex scenarios, lease-up assumptions, exit scenarios, and stress cases.

Due diligence execution: Manage technical, legal, commercial, financial and tax due diligence streams, working with internal teams and external advisors through to deal close.

Investment Committee submissions: Author and present institutional-grade investment memos, approval papers and Board materials that present recommendations clearly and withstand senior scrutiny.

Negotiation and execution: Lead commercial negotiations on price, payment terms, conditions precedent, representations and warranties, and post-closing arrangements in coordination with legal counsel.

Portfolio strategy contribution: Contribute to capital allocation strategy, portfolio construction and recycling decisions, including identification of disposal candidates and reinvestment priorities.

Market intelligence: Maintain a structured evidence base on UAE sub-markets, including pricing, yields, absorption, supply pipeline, transaction comparables and regulatory developments.