Executive Director – Asset Management

Foreground Consultancy; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Foreground Consultancy is partnering with a government-aligned entity in the UAE to recruit a senior Executive Director to lead asset management across a diverse portfolio of real estate, infrastructure, and mixed-use assets.

The role will drive performance, leasing strategy, lifecycle planning, and capex prioritisation, ensuring long-term value and sustainable operations while collaborating with development, finance, and operations teams and engaging investors and government partners.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in real estate or infrastructure asset management.
• Experience managing large, complex asset portfolios.
• Experience operating in the UAE or with government-linked entities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead asset management strategy across commercial, mixed-use, and infrastructure assets.
• Oversee asset performance, leasing strategy, lifecycle planning, and capex prioritisation.
• Maximise asset value while ensuring operational sustainability.
• Collaborate with development, finance, and operations teams. Interface with investors, government stakeholders, and external partners.

Skills

Capex

Development

Management Skills

Operations

Asset Management

Sustainability

Real Estate

Stakeholder Management

Government

Performance Management

Infrastructure

Strategy

Finance

Planning

Leadership

Management

Job description

Job Description

Our client is a government-aligned entity managing a diversified portfolio of real estate and infrastructure assets across the UAE. The organisation is focused on long-term asset value and performance optimisation.

The Role

The Executive Director will lead asset management strategy across commercial, mixed-use, and infrastructure assets. This role will oversee asset performance, leasing strategy, lifecycle planning, and capex prioritisation. A key responsibility will be maximising asset value while ensuring operational sustainability. The Director will work closely with development, finance, and operations teams. The role will also interface with investors, government stakeholders, and external partners. Long-term portfolio planning and governance will be central to the mandate.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will have senior leadership experience in real estate or infrastructure asset management. Strong exposure to portfolio-level performance management is essential. Experience operating in the UAE or with government-linked entities is highly preferred. The candidate must demonstrate commercial acumen, governance maturity, and stakeholder management skills. Experience managing large, complex asset portfolios is required.

Required Skills

• Capex
• Development
• Management Skills
• Operations
• Asset Management
• Sustainability
• Real Estate
• Stakeholder Management
• Government
• Performance Management
• Infrastructure
• Strategy
• Finance
• Planning
• Leadership
• Management