Business Development Manager - Japan

About Cove: Cove started with renting coliving spaces. Now we’ve expanded to more than just coliving spaces, providing flexibility for comfortable and enjoyable long term or short term stays in our beautiful properties. With over 6000 rooms across Singapore and Indonesia, we’re living our mission and growing our homes in South Korea and Japan. 

Believing in the power of a team, we aim to build the leading tech flexible living platform in Asia Pacific, providing high quality and community-centric accommodations. Here we also encourage authenticity and fun to fully embrace being human in a driven and result focused environment to make things happen and ensure the dream becomes a reality.

Job Title: Business Development Manager

Job Type: Permanent

Start Date: ASAP

Reports To:  Country GM

What you’ll be doing:

• Own the Cove Japan property acquisition strategy and process
• Responsible for property room growth 
• Responsible for all BD best practice and SOPs 
• Work closely with the cross functional teams to ensure smooth property onboarding
• Review ongoing Underwriting, LoI, & Agreement 
• Weekly reporting and tracking of property KPIs and performance 
• Regularly review and improve the property acquisition process for property owners
• Handle property owners
• Oversee contract renewal and extension 

What makes you a great fit:

• Tertiary qualified in Real Estate, Business, Economics or a related field
• A minimum of 5 years of working experience in real estate
• End to end deal transaction experience from leading due diligence to legal documentation
• Strong preference for candidates with local market knowledge of the residential and/or hospitality landscape as well as candidates with strong existing network (across agents, landlords and developers) to source for real estate opportunities and experience handling big team
• Good business acumen and knowledge of current business trends
• Team player with good communication and interpersonal skills
• Analytical, detailed oriented, creative problem solver
• Organized and able to prioritize tasks to accomplish them effectively