[Hiring] Director of Acquisitions & Transactions @Rex

Role Description

Rex is hiring a Director of Acquisitions & Transactions to quarterback every multifamily deal across its private equity real estate platform. This leader sits at the center of the action and owns outcomes from the first broker call through closing, ownership, and exit. This role is anchored by three core mandates:

• Run every transaction from start to finish.
• Orchestrate the full deal stack.
• Build the playbook and the bench.

The ideal candidate has 8–12 years in multifamily private equity real estate across acquisitions, transactions, or investment operations. They have personally quarterbacked 20+ closings, including deals that went sideways and were saved.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years of experience in multifamily private equity real estate across acquisitions, transactions, or investment operations.
• Has personally quarterbacked 20+ multifamily closings, including deals that went sideways and were saved.
• Strong underwriting capabilities with advanced Excel proficiency.
• Debt market fluency across agency, bridge, and bank financing.
• Established relationships with investment sales brokers and debt brokers.
• Deep command of LOIs, purchase and sale agreements, critical dates, deposits, contingencies, and closing mechanics.
• Working knowledge of legal, debt, construction, and property operations.
• Experience managing refinances and dispositions in addition to acquisitions.
• Track record of building repeatable deal processes, checklists, and closing protocols.
• Experience developing and coaching junior acquisitions or transactions professionals.
• Familiarity with tools such as Argus, CoStar, Yardi, RealPage, DocuSign, and CRM systems.
• AI-fluent, with a practical ability to use tools such as Claude and ChatGPT.
• Legal or real estate paralegal background is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree in finance, real estate, economics, business, or a related field preferred.

Requirements

• Quarterback every multifamily transaction from first broker call through LOI, purchase contract, due diligence, and closing.
• Source opportunities with rigor and doggedness through investment sales broker relationships, direct owner outreach, and proprietary channels.
• Underwrite and pressure-test deals, forming clear investment theses and decisive go or no-go recommendations.
• Negotiate LOIs and purchase and sale agreements, owning contract terms alongside outside counsel.
• Line up debt and equity ahead of LOI execution.
• Own the critical dates calendar on every deal, controlling deadlines, extensions, and contingencies.
• Command due diligence across physical, financial, legal, environmental, and title workstreams.
• Coordinate lenders, counsel, title, insurance, and internal stakeholders to close cleanly and on schedule.
• Rescue deals that go sideways by diagnosing issues early, renegotiating terms, and finding creative paths to close.
• Drive refinances and dispositions, from timing and broker or lender selection through execution.
• Lead a disciplined handoff from acquisitions to asset and property management.
• Architect and maintain the Rex deal system.
• Develop and coach rising deal professionals into operators capable of running full transactions independently.
• Track pipeline activity, deal status, and conversion metrics with disciplined reporting to leadership.
• Leverage AI tools and technology to accelerate underwriting, diligence review, contract abstraction, and deal tracking.

Benefits

• Base Salary: Commensurate with experience and market standards.
• Opportunity for performance-based bonus and/or equity in deals and funds.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with company matching.
• Fully remote work environment.