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.

Qualifications :

Minimum : Bachelors degree in Finance Real Estate Engineering Economics or a related quantitative discipline.

Desired : Postgraduate qualification (CFA MRICS MBA or equivalent) is a plus but not a substitute for hands-on experience.

Additional Information :

Experience : 

Minimum : 812 years of relevant real estate investment experience; UAE or GCC market experience strongly preferred. Established or rapidly developing network across brokers developers advisors and capital partners.

Desired : Real estate private equity developer investment team family office real estate or institutional asset manager with principal mandate. Experience across multiple product types (acquisitions JVs land/development stabilised income) and within a family group or owner-operator context preferred.

Skills & Abilities : 

Minimum : Real estate financial modelling (DCF IRR equity multiple JV waterfall NOI bridges DSCR sensitivity analysis); Advanced Excel; executive-ready written communication and investment memo authoring.

Desired : Argus MRI Yardi or Power BI; debt structuring and lender engagement; familiarity with UAE title and regulatory frameworks (DLD RERA ADREC Oqood Ejari).

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time