Real Estate Team Leader (Night Shift)

About the role

The Real Estate Team Leader is a hands-on player-coach based in Pakistan, reporting to the Director of Real Estate in Houston and acting as the Director's day-to-day second-in-command across the Company's fuel retail, convenience store, QSR and commercial real estate portfolio in Texas. The Team Leader leads the Pakistan-based team and personally executes acquisitions, leasing, construction and CapEx, and portfolio reporting remotely.

Key responsibilities

• Team leadership: assign and manage the team's work (underwriting, lease abstraction, financial modeling, cost tracking, research, document preparation), set priorities and deadlines, quality-check outputs, build SOPs and templates, and train, mentor and evaluate team members.
• Site acquisition and development: source, screen and underwrite fuel, C-store, QSR and retail sites, prepare pro formas and recommendation memos, manage due diligence through closing, and handle permitting and entitlements.
• Construction and CapEx: oversee ground-up, remodel and brand image projects, run bidding and vendor procurement, negotiate contracts, approve pay applications, change orders, retainage and lien waivers, and manage punch lists and closeout.
• Leasing and asset management: maintain lease abstracts and rent rolls, track critical dates and options, run CAM reconciliations, act as first point of contact for tenant issues and defaults, and monitor property-level NOI and operating expenses.
• Reporting and stakeholder coordination: prepare weekly status reports and monthly dashboards, assemble lender packages for financings and refinancings, coordinate with Operations, Construction, Legal and Finance, and represent the Company in virtual meetings.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in real estate, construction management, finance, business, engineering or a related field; MBA or master's in real estate a plus.
• 5+ years of hands-on commercial real estate development, construction management and/or asset management experience, including direct responsibility for ground-up or remodel projects.
• Experience in fuel retail, C-store, QSR or multi-site roll-outs, and supporting U.S. portfolios from offshore, strongly preferred.
• Excellent written and spoken English; able to work hours with substantial daily overlap with U.S. Central Time.

Required skills

• Advanced Excel and real estate finance skills: pro formas, NOI, cap rate, yield on cost, budgeting and cost tracking.
• Working knowledge of commercial lease structures (NNN, ground leases, CAM, escalations, options).
• Able to read site plans, construction drawings, surveys, title commitments and environmental reports.
• Familiarity with permitting, zoning and UST compliance.
• Proficiency with Procore, Bluebeam or comparable tools.

What we offer

• Market competitive salary.
• Provident Fund, health insurance, pick and drop, and an annual bonus.