Senior Capital Investment Officer - Real Estate

Be part of the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade’s (BIST) mission to drive more trade and investment between North America and the UK. With a mature, high spending consumer market and an open economy, world-class talent and a business-friendly regulatory environment, the UK is the leading destination for foreign investment in Europe, and the second highest investment destination in the world.

The UK is also the world’s seventh largest exporter and the second largest services exporter.

We employ over 130 people across North America, all united by our vision of a future where we champion open and fair global trading that drives growth, creates better jobs and higher wages, and improves living standards in the UK and around the world. We seek talented team members with the passion and drive to help us in our mission to build a global appetite for British goods and services;

drive investment; negotiate trade deals and open markets; improve international trading standards and fight unfair trading practices.

Based at the British Consulate-General either in Boston, Chicago or Houston, the Senior Capital Investment Officer (SCIO) will proactively identify, target, prospect, develop, and manage new and existing relationships with some of the world’s major institutional investors, with particular focus on Real Estate, Infrastructure, and Energy across the US. With dual reporting lines to the Director of Trade – New England, USA, as well as to the Sector Director for Capital Investment – North America, you will work as part of a team located across North America with responsibility for driving strategic capital investment from the United States into all regions of the UK, as well as being a valued contributor to either the Boston, Chicago or Houston-based regional team.

• Provide a comprehensive account management service to an assigned portfolio of key investors.
• Successfully build and manage a pipeline of knowledge-driven investment opportunities and projects, with primary focus on scaling the investment into housing, new towns logistical and industrial real estate, life sciences real estate, data centres, energy, and infrastructure, and meeting goals of investment targets.
• Proactively target investors with strategies and portfolios aligned with UK government priorities, as well as the propensity to increase their asset allocation and exposure to the UK.
• Support and build positive relationships at multiple levels and touch points with major US-based institutional investors, coordinating closely with UK-based colleagues at BIST and Office for Investment (OFI) headquarters in London.
• Develop and implement high impact, targeted marketing programs and events in conjunction with stakeholder partners to build our brand awareness, promote key messaging relating to capital investment, the UK economy and its competitiveness.
• Keep pace with market trends both in the capital investment sector, as well as key focus industry verticals, with particular focus on housing, renewable energy, infrastructure, life sciences, logistics, transportation, deep technology and real estate; understand and communicate UK government strategy in relevant sectors.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to deliver high-impact programming, including developing and hosting round tables, seminars and trade missions, preparing briefing materials and contributing to Ministerial and other VIP visit programmes.
• Utilise existing CRM tools to capture investor engagement and manage investment project progression.
• Support cross-team projects to advance UK economic and trade policy goals.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Manage events and travel budgets.

Level of language required:
Expert

• Demonstrate professional experience in a business, economic development or capital investment role.
• Thorough knowledge of the Capital Investment industry, major companies and trends in the US and preferably in the UK.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentation and networking skills.
• Excellent management and collaboration skills with the ability…