General Manager - Business Development - Co-Living/Student Housing

- Lead and execute Property/Management Transactions for development of CoLiving / Student Housing Units at a fast pace in the allocated Region.

- Create a heat map, indicating the development attractiveness, of the cities/micro-markets in the allocated region - in consultation with the leadership.

- Strategize and prepare an execution plan for identifying prospective markets and deal sourcing to create a strong development pipeline across key cities in the region.

- Evaluate the detailed Market, Financial and Development Environment analysis carried out to shortlist feasible investments amongst all deals sourced. Assisting in documentation and execution of plans at various stages of a deal.

- Structure transactions, where required: a. to suit the nature of development (JV with Developers / Multi-Property Agreements with Educational Institutions / Acquisition of Existing Portfolios; b.to mitigate the cost of acquisition (revenue share long term leases in high property price markets, acquisition of an undivided share of land in master-planned developments, etc.)

- The incumbent should be comfortable in running financial models independently and conducting a basic architectural assessment for the fitment of the property being evaluated.

- Conduct Negotiations (commercial and document) and engage with Landowners on a consistent basis through the life-cycle of the transaction.

- Documentation, Execution and Closure of the various stages of Transaction.

Skills and Experience:

- High energy individual with 10+ years of work experience in Real Estate Transactions / Consulting.

- Proven track record of evaluating and executing real estate transactions, conducting market/financial analysis, best-use feasibility studies, business location advisory.

- Maturity and ability to respect and understand the sellers/owners- perspective and negotiate a - win-win- outcome that would engender trust and lead to recurring referrals and repeat transactions.

- Result Orientation - strong - can do and  will do attitude

- Ability to think out of the box along with strong analytical skills

- Excellent Inter-personal relationship management