Sr. Director​/SVP, Self Storage

Saban Real Estate is seeking a senior investment professional to serve as the sector lead for its Self-Storage vertical, with responsibility for both portfolio performance and platform growth. This individual will oversee asset-level performance across the existing self-storage portfolio while also playing a hands‑on role in evaluating and executing acquisitions, expansions, and other growth opportunities.

Reporting to executive leadership, the Sr. Director / SVP will operate as an owner across the full investment lifecycle - from underwriting and acquisition through business‑plan execution, asset management, and disposition. The role requires someone who can translate operating and market data into actionable strategies, identify opportunities to grow NOI and asset value, and apply a disciplined investment lens to both existing assets and new opportunities.

The ideal candidate will bring meaningful self‑storage experience from a recognized owner/operator where responsibilities were broad and entrepreneurial rather than highly siloed. They should have demonstrated experience across both asset management and acquisitions and be equally comfortable evaluating a new investment, challenging an underwriting assumption, working with operations to improve performance, and presenting recommendations to senior leadership.

This is an opportunity to take meaningful ownership of a growing vertical and help shape its investment strategy, operating approach, and expansion as the platform scales.

This is a remote position open to candidates located in Arizona, Nevada, California, or Texas. Candidates must be based in and working Mountain or Pacific time zone hours;
Eastern time zone candidates will not be considered. Travel may be required for property tours, asset reviews, and meetings with operating teams, business partners, and third‑party providers.

• Serve as the Self‑Storage sector lead, with accountability for both existing portfolio performance and growth of the platform.
• Own asset‑level performance across the self‑storage portfolio, driving sustained NOI growth, investment returns, and execution of asset business plans.
• Evaluate and underwrite new acquisitions, including financial modeling, market analysis, business‑plan development, risk assessment, due diligence, and investment recommendations.
• Participate in transaction execution from initial evaluation through investment committee approval, diligence, closing, and transition into the portfolio.
• Identify and evaluate portfolio expansion opportunities, including acquisitions, organic expansions, market entry, revenue‑enhancement initiatives, and strategic partnerships.
• Develop and monitor business plans, budgets, forecasts, KPIs, and investment performance; identify variances and drive corrective action.
• Partner directly with property management and operations on pricing, occupancy, marketing, expense control, capital projects, expansion opportunities, and other initiatives that increase NOI and asset value.
• Evaluate capital investments and property expansions through an investment‑return lens and prioritize capital based on risk‑adjusted returns.
• Maintain a strong understanding of self‑storage markets, customer demand, competitive supply, development pipelines, transaction activity, and operating trends.
• Partner closely with Accounting and FP&A on portfolio reporting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and senior leadership reporting.
• Manage third‑party operators, vendors, brokers, consultants, and strategic partners and hold them accountable for performance and execution.
• Present portfolio performance, acquisition opportunities, risks, growth initiatives, and investment recommendations to executive…