Portfolio Manager

The Sunrider Corporation•Plano, TX

About The Position

The Portfolio Manager is responsible for the strategic oversight, financial analysis, and performance optimization of the company’s worldwide portfolio of owned land, real estate, and hotel assets. This role leads portfolio-level analysis, asset oversight, and strategic recommendations to drive strong, risk-adjusted financial returns. Major capital allocation, acquisition, and disposition decisions remain subject to executive review and approval. The position focuses on asset-level financial performance, capital strategy, and portfolio optimization. The role emphasizes disciplined capital deployment, value creation, and long-term portfolio optimization, supported by financial analysis and return metrics such as Internal Rate of Return (IRR), cash-on-cash return, and capital efficiency. A critical initial focus of this role is to establish a comprehensive and accurate global property database, including ownership documentation, contracts, and technical records, by collaborating closely with regional and country leadership. The role requires strong cross-cultural communication, time zone flexibility, and proactive coordination to collect, organize, and maintain asset information globally. The position partners cross-functionally with Finance, Legal, Tax, Operations, and external advisors to ensure assets are managed strategically, compliantly, and efficiently.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Real Estate, Business, Economics, or related field required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
7+ years of experience in real estate portfolio management, asset management, investments, corporate finance, or related fields.
Portfolio-level perspective focused on value creation, risk management, and long-term performance.
Demonstrated experience managing multi-site and preferably global real estate portfolios.
Financial rigor, disciplined capital allocation, and return optimization.
Strategic analysis, asset oversight, and executive-level recommendations.
Strong financial modeling, valuation, and analytical skills.
Ability to build structure and clarity from incomplete or decentralized data environments.
Strong cross-cultural communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Demonstrated ability to operate effectively across multiple time zones.
Excellent executive communication, presentation, and influencing capabilities.
High degree of ownership, initiative, and problem-solving ability.
Advanced proficiency in Excel and financial analysis tools; experience with real estate portfolio systems preferred.

Nice To Haves

Experience with hotel, hospitality, or mixed-use assets strongly preferred.
MBA or advanced degree preferred.
experience with real estate portfolio systems preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the strategic management of the company’s global portfolio of land, real estate, and hotel assets through financial analysis, asset oversight, and strategic recommendations, subject to executive approval for major capital decisions.
Develop sophisticated financial models, valuations, and scenario analyses to assess asset performance, capital allocation alternatives, and investment opportunities.
Identify and evaluate opportunities for development, redevelopment, repositioning, leasing, joint ventures, acquisitions, and dispositions to maximize portfolio value.
Prepare detailed business cases, investment recommendations, and executive-level reporting on portfolio performance and strategic initiatives.
Establish and maintain portfolio KPIs, dashboards, and performance metrics.
Evaluate portfolio performance using return-based metrics, including IRR, cash-on-cash return, capital efficiency, and risk-adjusted return measures.
Support long-range capital planning, budgeting, and forecasting for global real estate and hospitality investments.
Build and maintain a complete and accurate global property inventory, including ownership certificates, title documentation, contracts, leases, technical drawings, site plans, and operational data.
Partner with Country Managers and regional leadership to collect, verify, and standardize asset information across all global locations.
Develop standardized documentation processes, templates, and governance standards to ensure data consistency, accuracy and integrity.
Coordinate with Legal, Finance, and external advisors to validate ownership structures, contractual terms, and compliance requirements.
Implement systems, tools and reporting processes to centralize asset data and enhance portfolio visibility.
Serve as the primary liaison between headquarters and Country Managers regarding portfolio strategy, asset performance, and capital planning.
Collaborate with Finance, Accounting, Legal, Tax, Compliance, and Operations to ensure regulatory compliance, risk management, and financial accuracy.
Manage relationships with external advisors, brokers, appraisers, architects, developers, property managers, and hotel consultants.
Lead financial and commercial due diligence for acquisitions, dispositions, development projects, and strategic partnerships.
Provide asset-level financial oversight of company-owned hotel investments, with a focus on returns, capital planning, and performance optimization rather than daily operational management.
Evaluate hotel investment performance, capital improvement plans, and repositioning strategies and return potential.
Partner with hotel operators and hospitality consultants to optimize occupancy, revenue performance, guest experience metrics, and asset value.
Monitor hospitality market trends, competitive positioning, and economic drivers to inform portfolio strategy.
Monitor market conditions, zoning changes, environmental regulations, geopolitical factors, and economic trends impacting global real estate holdings.
Identify, assess, and mitigate portfolio risks related to legal exposure, regulatory compliance, environmental considerations, capital deployment, and market volatility
Support enterprise risk management efforts related to global real estate and hospitality assets.