Associate Director - RE Research

Description and Requirements
Role Value Proposition:
MetLife Investment Management (MIM) is one of the largest institutional investors and asset managers in the world, with over $601 billion in combined managed assets, and has consistently generated superior returns for both policyholders and shareholders. The enterprise has more than 1000 dedicated professionals with extensive experience and expertise across public and private fixed income and private assets, including real estate. Visit us at www.metlife.com/investments to learn more.
Global Real Estate maintains a portfolio invested in real estate equity and commercial mortgage loans, and sources and manages investments through seven regional offices in the U.S. and International field offices in London, Tokyo, Mexico City and Santiago .
The Associate Director serves as an indispensable member of MetLife Investment Management's (MIM's) Real Estate Research & Strategy team. In this role, the Associate Director is tasked with helping to develop investment strategies and coordinating communication of those strategies to MetLife Real Estate employees, stakeholders, and clients. This includes authoring strategy reports for external distribution, writing opinions on prospective and existing investments, and supporting or leading working groups and meetings related to future investment strategies.
Key Responsibilities:

• Assess real estate market trends and develop investment strategies across markets and property types.
• Review the underwriting and relative value of potential investments, and occasionally represent research in client presentations or real estate Investment Committee. A representative from research votes on all equity real estate investments and select higher risk real estate debt investments.
• Assist the research platform in gaining greater visibility in the real estate industry by authoring thought-provoking real estate strategy reports, and through involvement in industry organizations
• Monitor, analyze, and support forecasting of economic and real estate market conditions, including oversight of property underwriting assumptions
• Partner with MetLife Investment Management's regional office network to formulate tactical real estate investment strategies.

Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:
Required

• . Strong written and verbal communication skills, with writing samples available upon request
• 7+ years of real estate experience
• Experience developing real estate investment strategies including rent growth forecasts, target markets, and target property types
• Analytical skills including familiarity with most headline economic statistics
• Travel is required and may amount to 5% of work time annually.

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in related field required; MBA preferred

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