The Real Estate Team Leader is a hands‑on player‑coach based in Pakistan, reporting to the Director of Real Estate in Houston and serving as the Director’s day‑to‑day second‑in‑command across the Company’s fuel retail, convenience store, QSR, and commercial real estate portfolio in Texas. The Team Leader leads the Company’s Pakistan‑based real estate team and personally executes acquisitions, leasing, construction and CapEx, and portfolio reporting remotely.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Assign and manage the Pakistan-based team’s work, including underwriting, lease abstraction, financial modeling, cost tracking, research, and document preparation.
- Set weekly priorities, deadlines, and deliverable standards, and run regular check‑ins with the team.
- Quality‑check all team output before it reaches the Director, senior management, lenders, counsel, or partners.
- Build and maintain SOPs, templates, and trackers so the team’s work is repeatable and auditable.
- Train, mentor, and evaluate team members; recommend staffing, tool, and process improvements.
- Site Acquisition and Development :
- Source, screen, and underwrite fuel/C-store, QSR, and retail sites; prepare pro formas and recommendation memos for the Director.
- Manage due diligence through closing, including title, survey, Phase I/II ESAs, zoning, and civil feasibility, with brokers, engineers, and counsel.
- Manage permitting and entitlements with consultants and municipalities, including site plans, building permits, UST registrations, and certificates of occupancy.
- Construction and CapEx Management :
- Oversee ground‑up, remodel, and brand image‑program projects (canopy, dispensers, tanks, store, and QSR build‑outs) from pre‑construction through closeout, directing site inspections and progress reporting by local consultants and Operations.
- Run bidding and vendor procurement, negotiate contracts, and maintain budgets, schedules, estimated‑vs‑actual cost trackers, and the annual portfolio CapEx plan.
- Approve pay applications (AIA G702/G703), change orders, retainage, and lien waivers; manage punch lists and closeout.
- Leasing and Asset Management :
- Maintain lease abstracts and rent rolls, track critical dates and options, run CAM reconciliations, and enforce tenant obligations.
- Serve as first point of contact for tenant issues, defaults, and disputes, escalating to the Director as appropriate.
- Monitor and improve property‑level NOI and operating expenses.
- Reporting, Finance, and Stakeholder Coordination :
- Prepare weekly status reports and monthly dashboards for the Director and senior management.
- Assemble lender packages, rent rolls, estoppels, and SNDAs for financings and refinancings, and respond to lender and appraiser requests.
- Coordinate with Operations, Construction, Legal, and Finance, and with outside consultants, contractors, and counsel.
- Approve routine items within delegated authority and represent the Company in virtual meetings with tenants, franchisors, fuel brands, municipalities, and vendors.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Transition of Responsibilities
Expected handover from the Director:
- First 90 Days :
- Full management of the Pakistan‑based team, weekly reporting, and trackers.
- By Six Months :
- Primary point of contact for construction and CapEx projects, lease administration, and tenant and vendor management.
- By Twelve Months :
- Lead site acquisition, due diligence, lease negotiations, and lender reporting, with the Director in an approval role.
Qualifications
- Education and Experience :
- Bachelor’s degree in real estate, construction management, finance, business, engineering, or a related field; MBA or master’s in real estate a plus.
- 5+ years of hands‑on commercial real estate development, construction management, and/or asset management experience, including direct responsibility for ground‑up or remodel projects.
- Experience in fuel retail, C‑store, QSR, or multi‑site roll‑outs, and in supporting U.S. real estate portfolios from offshore, strongly preferred.
- Skills and Competencies :
- Player‑coach mindset: builds the model, drafts the lease, and reviews the site plans, not only supervises.
- Proven ability to lead a team and work with U.S.-based stakeholders through clear written communication and disciplined follow‑up.
- Advanced Excel and real estate finance skills: pro formas, NOI, cap rate, yield on cost, budgeting, and cost tracking.
- Working knowledge of commercial lease structures (NNN, ground leases, CAM, escalations, options).
- Able to read site plans, construction drawings, surveys, title commitments, and environmental reports.
- Familiarity with permitting, zoning, and UST compliance.
- Proficiency with Procore, Bluebeam, or comparable tools.
- Sound judgment on when to decide and when to escalate; operates with a high degree of autonomy.
- Excellent written and spoken English; able to work hours with substantial daily overlap with U.S. Central Time.
Compensation and Benefits
- Market Competitive salary including Provident Fund, Health Insurance, Pick & Drop, and Annual Bonus
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