Real Estate Fund Management Director

About the Role

Aventus Global Talent is seeking an experienced Real Estate Fund Management Director to join a leading Saudi investment institution in Riyadh. This full-time position involves senior responsibility for managing real estate funds and investments across their entire lifecycle, from evaluation and acquisition through active management and exit. The role requires strong financial judgment and extensive knowledge of the Saudi Arabian real estate market.

Role Context and Leadership

The Director will lead transactions and fund-related initiatives independently, manage key stakeholder relationships, and lead a team within the Real Estate function. This position offers a potential longer-term succession path to Head of Real Estate, emphasizing its strategic importance and leadership scope within the institution.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the management of Saudi real estate funds across the complete investment lifecycle, including acquisition, active management, and exit.
• Independently assess new real estate investment opportunities and determine their commercial and financial attractiveness.
• Lead real estate transactions from initial evaluation through due diligence, investment approval, execution, management, and exit.
• Review, challenge, and amend detailed financial models, underlying assumptions, valuations, and investment cases.
• Provide strong investment judgment, including the ability to reject opportunities where risk-adjusted returns or investment fundamentals are insufficient.
• Develop and execute fund and asset-level investment strategies.
• Lead decisions relating to the timing and structure of investment exits.
• Conduct detailed financial, commercial, and risk analysis across prospective and existing investments.
• Manage private real estate funds, including the establishment of new funds and the management and exit of existing vehicles.
• Maintain a detailed understanding of fund structures, taxation, governance, and regulatory requirements within Saudi Arabia.
• Manage relationships across the complete real estate ecosystem, including Boards of Directors, developers, investors, agents, consultants, and marketing partners.
• Lead and develop a team of investment/fund management professionals.
• Work closely with internal analytics, reporting, engineering, and technical teams to ensure appropriate oversight of investments.
• Maintain strong relationships across the Saudi institutional investment landscape, including familiarity with PIF and PIF-related portfolio companies.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of experience in real estate fund management or a related investment field.
• Extensive knowledge of the Saudi Arabian real estate market.
• Demonstrated ability to independently assess, challenge, and make decisions on investment opportunities.
• Strong financial judgment and analytical skills.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within a leading Saudi investment institution. The role involves working with internal teams and managing external stakeholder relationships across the real estate ecosystem.

Application Process

Candidates meeting the qualifications are encouraged to apply for this leadership role in real estate fund management.