COO / Director of Real Estate Operations - Generalist

About the role

My client oversees a long-held real estate portfolio spanning multifamily (including affordable housing), office, industrial, land, ground leases, and specialty assets across Texas and New Mexico. This newly created leadership role offers a rare opportunity to work directly alongside the Managing Director as a true operating partner. You'll oversee portfolio operations, ownership reporting, budgeting, valuations, governance, property management oversight, and strategic initiatives while helping shape the future growth of the platform. As the portfolio expands, you'll have the opportunity to build and lead your own team. Based in Dallas, TX (Old Parkland); in-person role.

Responsibilities

• Drive asset and portfolio performance through budgeting, business planning, capital planning, NOI analysis, and operational oversight.
• Partner closely with ownership and leadership on reporting, portfolio valuations, distributions, governance, and strategic decision-making.
• Oversee third-party property management, leasing activities, consultants, vendors, and contractors across multiple asset types.
• Lead ownership reporting, budgeting, cash management, and coordination with accounting, tax, legal, and insurance partners.
• Establish best-in-class processes, records management, compliance programs, and operational controls.
• Provide an operator's perspective on development projects and help transition projects from development into operations.
• Spearhead technology, document management, cybersecurity, and operational infrastructure initiatives.

Requirements

• 5–10 years of commercial real estate experience across asset management, property management, or operations.
• Experience overseeing diverse property types and interacting directly with ownership or investors.
• Strong financial acumen, including budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and portfolio reporting.
• Ability to read and interpret leases, operating agreements, loan documents, and legal property records.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive, ownership-oriented approach to problem solving.
• High level of discretion and professionalism working with confidential family office information.

Preferred qualifications

• Family office, ownership, fund, or investor reporting experience.
• Affordable housing compliance.
• Dallas permitting and entitlement knowledge.
• CPM, CCIM, RPA, FMA, or similar designation.

Benefits

• Direct exposure to ownership and executive leadership.
• Broad responsibility across operations, asset management, development, and governance.
• Diverse portfolio across multiple asset classes.
• Opportunity to help build a growing real estate platform and future team.
• Premier office environment at Old Parkland in Dallas.