Director - Property Risk

About the role

This newly created senior position strengthens property‑level underwriting and portfolio monitoring for a growing real‑estate private credit platform. You will work closely with senior investment leadership and the origination team, providing independent property risk insight across land and construction lending transactions.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct high‑level reviews of potential lending opportunities sourced by the origination team.
• Perform detailed property due diligence across land banking and construction funding opportunities.
• Assess valuation assumptions, project feasibility, product mix and pricing relative to market dynamics.
• Review QS reports, construction programmes and development risk factors.
• Monitor active loan exposures, identifying risks such as delays, planning issues or market changes.
• Participate in project control meetings and undertake regular site visits.
• Provide structured reporting to investment and credit committees on project risk and portfolio trends.
• Work closely with origination teams and borrowers to proactively identify and mitigate risks.

Required profile

• Strong property market expertise with ability to assess development risk across projects.
• Experience in property valuation, development management, construction risk or real‑estate credit within private lenders or non‑bank institutions.
• Demonstrated ability to review feasibility models, valuations and project funding structures.
• Capability to assess market demand, pricing assumptions and development risks.
• Commercial judgement and confidence to challenge assumptions.
• Collaborative approach working with origination and investment teams.

What we offer

• Senior role within a growing real‑estate private credit platform.
• Direct exposure to senior investment leadership and investment committee processes.
• Opportunity to influence underwriting standards and portfolio risk management.
• High visibility across deal evaluation and project monitoring.
• Competitive salary and performance bonus structure.