Senior MENA Real Estate Portfolio Manager, Global Family Office - GCC

Senior MENA Real Estate Portfolio Manager, Global Family Office - Role based in GCC

Our client, a global family office with a substantial real estate portfolio, is seeking a Senior Real Estate Portfolio Manager to join its MENA investments team. Reporting directly to the Head of Middle East Investments, the role offers significant autonomy overseeing a diversified real estate portfolio across the region.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the end-to-end oversight and performance optimisation of a diversified real estate portfolio across hospitality, office, commercial, residential, and land assets in the MENA region.
• Manage and coordinate on-site property managers, facility managers, and service providers, ensuring consistent operating standards, tenant satisfaction, and regulatory compliance across jurisdictions.
• Conduct regular site visits and operational reviews, translating findings into actionable improvement plans with clear accountability and timelines.
• Develop, maintain, and challenge detailed asset-level and portfolio-level financial models, including budgets, forecasts, cash flow projections, and scenario analysis.
• Support valuation processes by pressure-testing assumptions, reviewing third-party appraisals, and ensuring alignment with market evidence and asset performance.
• Build and deliver robust reporting frameworks, including monthly dashboards, KPIs, and performance summaries to support data-driven decision-making.
• Identify and execute value-creation initiatives such as asset repositioning, capital expenditure planning, re-tenanting strategies, and operational improvements.
• Provide market intelligence and strategic insights on rents, occupancy, yields, and regulatory developments across MENA markets.
• Support due diligence for acquisitions, disposals, and development opportunities, coordinating financial, technical, and legal work streams.

Qualifications:

• 8–12 years of experience in real estate asset management, portfolio management, or professional services (valuation, audit, or transactions) with meaningful exposure to GCC and MENA real estate markets.
• Proven track record managing diverse real estate asset classes, including hospitality, commercial, residential, office, and land assets.
• Strong technical foundation in accounting and advanced real estate financial modelling, with the ability to critically assess valuations and challenge assumptions.
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple stakeholders, including property managers, tenants, advisors, and internal investment teams.
• Hands-on, pragmatic leadership style with the ability to operate independently in a complex, multi-jurisdictional environment.
• Exceptional analytical skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate clearly with senior stakeholders.
• Strong academic background; bachelor’s degree required.
• Fluency in Arabic is strongly preferred.