General Manager - Business Development - Real Estate Investment

Role Specification:

- This role involves sourcing of deals, understanding the markets, evaluating potential deals and partners, supporting technical and legal due diligence and concluding the transactions independently

- This is done through lead identification, conducting feasibility analysis, detailed market research, financial modeling, and project evaluation, negotiation with JV partners, ensuring legal checks and documentation and deal finalization.

- The candidate will be independently handling Godrej Properties real estate investments and business development activities and would be responsible for making sound investments with high ROI for the company.

- The candidate should be well rounded in terms of analytical and softer skills since handling Joint Venture partners, along with high aptitude, as both are important aspects of the job.

- This is a demanding profile which offers unparalleled growth opportunities and exposure to participate/lead multi-million dollar transactions.

- The candidate will work in an extremely successful team which is both highly motivated and highly talented.

Qualification & Experience:

Critical:

- Top Tier MBA

- Min. 2 years of experience in real estate company / real estate focused fund / Investment fund where work focus was on real estate / Private Equity and Investment

Preferred:

- Undergraduate in Economics / Statistics / Engineering

- 4 plus years of experience in real estate

Key Skills:

Essential: 

- Financial Analysis - Understanding financial statements & levers that impact each.

- Financial Modelling - DCFs, Ratio analysis, land valuation techniques.

- Regulatory Knowledge - Understanding of rules and regulations governing the land deals/projects for Pune (PMRDA/PMC/PCMC)

- Understanding the structure of a legal MOU eg. land related documentation on title of ownership

- Negotiation skills

Preferred:

- Market Knowledge - Very good understanding of real estate market including thorough understanding of all jurisdictions - PMRDA, PCMC, PMC

- Established network of land owners, promoters, brokers, etc.

- Reasonable knowledge of land laws - eg BTAL, ALC etc

- Understanding Marathi.

- Statistical knowledge