Director Real Estate Research

TIAA•Charlotte, NC

2d•$112,000 - $157,000•Onsite

About The Position

The role will help guide acquisition and portfolio strategy across the rental housing market in the Americas, with a focus on the U.S. apartment market. The position will work closely with our housing sector acquisition and asset management teams, bringing together top-down macro research with bottom-up intelligence. The role reports to the Global Head of Research and will collaborate on research spanning various rental housing subsectors including Affordable housing, manufactured housing, student housing, senior housing, single-family rentals, and more. The position sits within the broader Nuveen Strategic Insights team, which encompasses global real estate research, sustainability, proptech, and innovation. Our goal is to increasingly utilize the data from our own portfolio to garner differentiated market insights, so experience with large data sets is beneficial. The successful candidate will have a prominent role within the organization, held up as a subject matter expert in the residential sector. The role will present internally and may have opportunities to present externally to clients and at housing-focused industry events.

Requirements

3+ Years Required; 5+ Years Preferred
3 years of experience in Real Estate Research, specifically in America’s housing (apartments, single family rentals, etc.) and global forecasting
Bachelor’s Degree
Experience forecasting business, preferably within the real estate investment housing sector.
Advanced analytical/reasoning skills to analyze disparate information flows based on market specific practice into a meaningful, relative-value basis.
Advanced reasoning skills to effectively and timely identify viable investment opportunities which meet the long and short-term goals of multiple investor clients.
Experienced and proficient in Excel.
Financial Analysis
Market/Industry Dynamics
Organizational Savviness
Research Methods
Research Synthesization

Nice To Haves

5+ Years Preferred
5+ years of experience in Real Estate Research, specifically in America’s housing (apartments, single family rentals, etc.) and global forecasting

Responsibilities

Analyzes trends to identify winning themes, subsectors, and markets before readily apparent to the broader market.
Prepares presentations and presents on market conditions, opportunities, and risks.
Builds and contributes to existing quantitative models.
Writes compelling thought pieces in both short-form (blog posts, articles) and long-form (white papers)
Sources nontraditional datasets and utilizes internal data to help drive differentiated insights.