Managing Director, Head of Public Investments

Brio Real Estate • Atlanta, GA

8h

About The Position

Brio Real Estate is a Blackstone Real Estate portfolio company focused on real estate credit. Brio supports Blackstone’s Real Estate Debt Strategies (“BREDS”) investments across the globe. The company provides support across key functions, including corporate, transaction, and management services. The critical infrastructure and capabilities Brio provides for BREDS allows for effective support in the management of its global portfolio. Today, BREDS has more than $76 billion of investor capital across high yield / opportunistic real estate credit funds, a publicly traded Mortgage REIT, and liquid securities strategies. BREDS is part of Blackstone Real Estate, the largest owner of commercial real estate globally, owning and operating assets across every major geography and sector. JOB SUMMARY The Head of Investments, Public Investments will oversee and manage a team focused on the analysis, underwriting, and execution of public real estate debt investments (CMBS, RMBS, and corporates) for capital managed by BREDS: insurance clients, separately managed accounts, and various other capital sources with mandates spanning the risk spectrum. This role will participate in and contribute to the investment process across the lifecycle of sourcing, underwriting, structuring, surveilling, and portfolio/asset managing, all while collaborating closely with leadership across numerous BREDS departments.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, real estate or related discipline required
• 10+ years of experience in commercial real estate finance
• Strong experience investing in structured products and liquid real estate credit markets
• Understanding of loan originations, asset management, and servicing
• Experience in managing and overseeing the work product of a team of professionals with a broad range of experience levels
• Excellence in clear and effective communications with the ability to engage with a diverse range of stakeholders
• Motivation to excel in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, working with competing deadlines
• Advanced negotiating skills
• Robust attention to detail
• Curiosity, with a commitment to continuous improvement

Nice To Haves

• Master’s/MBA or other real estate graduate degree highly valued

Responsibilities

• Collaborate actively with key team members across BREDS (both Public Investments and Private Investments) regarding all aspects of the Public Investments team’s operation and the investment process
• Maintain regular dialogue with BREDS CIO, BREDS Head of Public Investments, and the heads of each Public Investments sector about markets, investment processes, and deliverables
• Oversee the evaluation of prospective investments, producing market-leading underwriting deliverables
• Drive a thorough, detail-oriented investment due diligence process
• Oversee the preparation of investment memos and materials for BREDS review
• Supervise the investment surveillance process and production of quarterly deliverables summarizing relevant market trends, ongoing investment performance, and credit migration
• Mentor and train a team of 15+ professionals and foster the development of their skills across a broad range of sectors
• Regularly attend and actively participate in industry functions, conferences, and events to represent firm; monitor market/industry trends, and continuously generate and apprise BREDS of valuable business leads

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director