Director of Asset Management

Pay:$ - $ per year

• Build and lead a dedicated asset management function from the ground up with significant ownership and visibility.
• Work directly with executive leadership, company principals, investors, and lenders on major portfolio decisions.
• Take ownership of performance across a substantial mixed-use real estate portfolio spanning residential and commercial assets.
• Influence refinancing, dispositions, repositioning, capital allocation, and long-term portfolio strategy.
• Own and shape a newly acquired investor management platform, reporting processes, and investor experience.
• Join a mission-driven organization focused on transforming communities through meaningful real estate development.
• Benefit from performance-based bonus potential, competitive benefits, and participation in an employee ownership program after applicable vesting requirements.

Location:Cincinnati, Ohio - On-site. This highly visible leadership role is designed for close collaboration with executive leadership, development, property management, accounting, investors, and lenders.

Note:Candidates must have 6+ years of real estate asset management experience and direct mixed-use portfolio experience spanning multifamily plus retail/commercial assets. Strong investor-facing experience and financial fluency across NOI analysis, IRR, equity multiples, GP/LP waterfalls, and refinancing are also essential.

We are a vertically integrated real estate development, construction, and property management organization focused on transformative urban and community development. Our team develops and operates a diverse portfolio of residential, commercial, and mixed-use properties while continuing to pursue a substantial development pipeline. We combine disciplined real estate investment management with a mission to positively transform the communities where we build, develop, and operate.

Confidential Employer.

• Build and lead a dedicated asset management function, establishing processes, reporting cadence, tools, and organizational structure.
• Own operating portfolio performance from stabilization through exit and drive results against underwriting and business plans.
• Lead monthly portfolio NOI reviews covering budget and underwriting variances, occupancy, expense ratios, and cash positions.
• Track lease-up performance across major assets and provide regular performance reporting to executive leadership.
• Own the transition from development underwriting to operations, identifying and addressing material variances between projections and actual results.
• Lead annual property budget reviews and identify opportunities to optimize real estate taxes, insurance, expense recoveries, and operating performance.
• Own investor reporting, including quarterly reporting packages, monthly highlights, capital raise materials, and proactive performance communications.
• Serve as a trusted day-to-day contact for high-net-worth and family-office investors.
• Build and maintain the portfolio loan maturity calendar and lead refinancing processes from strategy through execution.
• Conduct annual portfolio reviews and recommend dispositions, repositioning opportunities, and capital strategies to executive leadership.
• Prioritize reinvestment and repositioning capital expenditures across assets involving investor capital.
• Own the investor management platform, including reporting workflows, distribution notices, capital accounts, and the investor-facing experience.
• Maintain five-year property cash flow models, portfolio schedules, reporting templates, and other asset management tools.
• Complete a comprehensive portfolio review within the first 90 days and establish an effective monthly portfolio review cadence.

• 6+ years of real estate asset management experience.
• Mixed-use asset management experience required, including multifamily plus retail/commercial.
• Strong experience evaluating operating asset and portfolio performance against underwriting.
• Investor-facing experience working with high-net-worth individuals, family offices, or comparable private capital sources.
• Deep financial fluency across NOI variance analysis, IRR, equity multiples, GP/LP waterfall structures, cash flow modeling, and refinancing.
• Experience developing and executing portfolio strategies involving refinancing, dispositions, repositioning, and capital expenditures.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to communicate credibly with investors, lenders, principals, and senior leadership.
• Experience with a vertically integrated developer/owner-operator or private real estate sponsor preferred.
• Experience implementing or operating Juniper Square or a comparable investor management platform strongly preferred.
• Excellent analytical, leadership, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

This is an opportunity to build rather than simply inherit an asset management function. You'll have meaningful influence over portfolio strategy,…