Investment Manager - Real Estate Debt (Origination)

Octopus Group; City of Westminster; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading real estate finance firm in the City of Westminster is seeking an experienced Investment Manager to grow its Real Estate Debt business. The successful candidate will have expertise in sourcing, structuring, and executing debt transactions across commercial and residential sectors with immediate responsibility for new business generation. The role requires a strong network in the industry and the ability to mentor junior team members. This offers competitive compensation and a hybrid work model.

Benefits

Competitive salary, bonus, and share incentive plan

Untracked holiday

Hybrid working

Wellness programs through Anchor

Up to 6 months paid parental leave

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Experience in real-estate debt or finance.
• Track record of transaction origination and execution.
• Strong network in the lending industry.

Responsibilities

• Source and originate new lending opportunities.
• Lead assessment of new financing opportunities.
• Mentor junior team members.

Skills

Real-estate debt origination

Commercial acumen

Deal structuring

Market analysis

Education

RICS / CFA / CAIA qualification

Tools

Financial modelling

Job description

We are seeking an ambitious and commercially driven Investment Manager to play a pivotal role in growing our Real Estate Debt business. This is a senior origination‑focused position, requiring a proven ability to generate new lending opportunities and convert them into executed transactions. You'll have experience in real‑estate debt or lending, together with a strong and active network of introducers, borrowers, and advisers. You'll hit the ground running — delivering new business from day one while helping shape strategy and mentoring junior team members. This is a chance to step into a front‑line origination role within one of the UK's leading real‑estate debt platforms. You will be responsible for sourcing, structuring, and executing transactions across commercial, investment, development, and living sectors and will have the opportunity to make a visible impact on the growth of our business.

Responsibilities

Origination & Business Development

• Independently source and originate new lending opportunities across the UK.
• Leverage an established network of brokers, advisers, and borrowers to drive immediate deal flow.
• Represent the firm at industry events, conferences, and meetings to strengthen origination channels – the role requires the majority of time out of the office.
• Monitor and analyse market activity to identify areas of opportunity.
• Drive origination targets, with accountability for results.

Deal Assessment & Execution

• Take the lead in assessing new opportunities, including pricing, structure, and viability.
• Manage transactions from origination through to completion, including term sheet negotiation and execution.
• Prepare and present high‑quality investment papers for the Credit Committee.
• Work closely with internal teams (legal, risk, operations) to ensure timely and successful delivery.

Market Insight & Team Contribution

• Share market intelligence to shape origination strategy and competitive positioning.
• Support the Head of Investment in refining origination processes and improving efficiency.
• Mentor junior members of the team and contribute to overall team development.

Qualifications

• Experience in real‑estate debt, lending, or finance (or equivalent transactional background).
• Demonstrable track record of origination and execution of transactions.
• Strong and active network across brokers, introducers, and borrowers.
• Proven ability to bring opportunities into the business immediately.
• Solid understanding of the UK real‑estate market (living, investment, commercial, and development).
• Strong commercial acumen with ability to structure deals and negotiate effectively.
• Financial modelling and credit analysis proficiency preferred.
• RICS / CFA / CAIA qualification an advantage.

Company Culture

At Octopus, we are entrepreneurs and investors on a mission to back the people, ideas, and industries that will change the world. We think working here is, but we’re understandably biased. Clickhere to explore Life at Octopus. At our core, we believe that how a company behaves is just as important as what it does. That’s why we chose to become an accredited B Corp and to change our Articles of Association so that the interests of all our stakeholders – employees, customers, communities, environment and shareholders – are considered in every decision we make. We are committed to building a workplace where diversity is valued, and inclusion is a priority. By providing equal opportunities for growth and development, we embrace and celebrate all races, genders, religions, sexual orientations, ages, disabilities, and socio‑economic backgrounds. We believe teams achieve their best when every member feels safe, respected and empowered to be their authentic selves.

Benefits

• A competitive salary, bonus, pension and share incentive plan
• Untracked holiday
• Hybrid working – our people spend 3 days a week in the office
• Anchor (our wellness hub) which includes Headspace, one‑to‑one coaching through Wellness Cloud, Digital GP, Shout & more
• Up to 6 months paid parental leave regardless of gender
• Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection
• Private medical insurance for you and your family
• Electric vehicle leasing