Our client, with a global office based in the GCC, has 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 workstreams
Qualifications:
- 10–15 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
