VP, Real Estate Private Placement – Secondaries

Park Madison Partners is seeking experienced and entrepreneurial applicants for a Vice President position with the firm’s Project Management Team. The selected candidate will play an integral role in Park Madison’s fast-growing Capital Advisory practice, working with best-in-class real estate sponsors to raise capital for direct secondary transactions including portfolio recapitalizations, fund restructurings, seeded programmatic joint ventures, and other creative capitalization strategies and structures. Park Madison’s clients span all geographies and real estate property types. The position is based in New York, NY. Start date is immediate upon passing an employee background check.

About Park Madison Partners

Park Madison Partners is a boutique New York-based capital raising and advisory firm focused on global real estate private equity and alternative investments. Since its formation in 2006, Park Madison has advised on over $20 billion in private capital placements for a wide range of real estate vehicles including closed-end funds, open-end funds, separate accounts, programmatic joint ventures, and portfolio recapitalizations. Our clients include best-in-class investment managers globally, representing a diverse range of strategies and property types. Our clients have included Ares, BentallGreenOak, Pennybacker, NorthBridge, Rockwood, The Davis Companies, and Waterton. Please visit our website for a complete listing and detailed descriptions of Park Madison’s past assignments.

Position Description

The selected candidate will play a vital role in overseeing the Project Management functions of the firm’s Capital Advisory assignments. The Project Management team is responsible for manager due diligence, new client onboarding, coordinating the capital raising process, and responding to institutional investor due diligence requests. This is a highly analytical role that provides an opportunity to develop a broad range of real estate capital markets and business development expertise. It provides deep and extensive exposure to the most innovative real estate operators, developers, and fund managers globally, as well as some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated institutional investors.

Vice President responsibilities will include:

• Working alongside Park Madison’s Capital Advisory Team and Head of Project Management to advise real estate private equity clients on business development strategy and best practices
• Performing property, operator, and fund-level due diligence on existing and prospective new clients
• Creating detailed offering materials and other collateral to facilitate prospective investors’ underwriting process
• Conducting market research relating to specific property types, geographies, strategies, structures, managers, and investors
• Responding to investor due diligence inquiries
• Preparing regular reports for the firm’s Capital Advisory clients throughout the recapitalization process
• Supporting Project Management Team’s coverage of primary capital raises as needed
• Assisting investor coverage team in their responsibilities, including but not limited to: confirming investor meetings; researching and analyzing investor backgrounds and preferences; following-up on investor meetings; and engaging investors with timely information
• Proactively maintaining and monitoring investor CRM database
• Networking and representing Park Madison Partners in meetings, pitches, and at real estate and alternative investment industry events

Position Requirements

Competitive candidates will possess the following characteristics:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Confidence interacting with senior real estate professionals throughout the industry
• Deep understanding of commercial real estate investing
• Experience with different investment structures and/or secondaries transactions a plus
• Time management and organizational skills, with ability to manage competing priorities with limited oversight
• Entrepreneurial, with the ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
• Desire and willingness to study and learn about new markets, investment products, and industry trends
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Experience with Adobe Indesign a plus
• Experience with CRE research and modeling tools a plus: Argus; CoStar; Real Capital Analytics; etc.
• Outstanding academic credentials
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent required. Additional degrees or certifications a plus but not required
• Series 7 or 79 license a plus
• Experience in commercial real estate investment sales or investment banking a plus

Compensation Structure and Benefits

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience
• Performance-based annual bonus
• Medical insurance
• 401-K plan available

Interested candidates should apply by submitting their resume and a brief cover letter explaining their interest and prior experience.