Director, Real Estate – East Region

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Identify, assess, acquire, and promote real estate opportunities throughout the designated Eastern region.

• Assist in the development of the existing Real Estate Strategy and Playbook.

• Source and evaluate potential locations leveraging market intelligence, field insights, and internal selection criteria.

• Evaluate visibility, accessibility, regional growth, competition, traffic patterns, and zoning regulations.

• Conduct site visits, grade properties, and document qualitative field evaluations.

• Review trade areas along with proposed purchase and leasing locations.

• Oversee retail deal-making and land acquisition efforts.

• Manage relationships with external brokers and developers.

• Report on the acquisition pipeline and significant market trends to executive leadership.

• Monitor post-acquisition performance against anticipated returns.

• Prepare and deliver PowerPoint presentations of site evaluations to the Real Estate Committee.

• Supervise the negotiation of Letters of Intent and purchase or lease agreements.

• Manage contractual deal terms and ownership relationships until transaction closure.

• Lead the creation of Real Estate Committee packages, which include maps, competitive overlays, commentary, and scorecards.

• Collaborate with Legal, FP&A, Development, and Construction teams regarding due diligence and permitting.

⛳️ Requirements

• A bachelor's degree in real estate, business administration, finance, or a related field is required.

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in real estate site selection, acquisitions, development, or brokerage.

• Demonstrated ability to independently and persuasively evaluate markets and site-level opportunities.

• Familiarity with the National Market is preferred.

• Strong negotiation and land acquisition capabilities.

• An analytical mindset with proficiency in Excel and mapping/GIS tools such as CoStar, Buxton, Placer.ai, and Definitive Health.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• High integrity, discipline, and self-motivation; able to work independently in the field.

• Must live within 1.5 hours of a major airport.

• Willingness to travel multi-state up to 25% of the time.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance bonus.

• Remote work options.

• Equal employment opportunity and anti-discrimination protections.