Private Equity Origination Manager - Real Estate Debt

Arrow Global; Portugal; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Arrow Global Portugal is seeking a Manager – Private Equity Origination to lead underwriting and execution of real estate debt transactions, oversee the deal team, and coordinate Investment Committee materials. The role sits in the Origination Team across Whitestar, Norfin, Restart Capital and Details Hotel & Resorts.

We value strong leadership, deep financial modelling, and the ability to manage complex transactions with external advisors, ensuring timely input and robust risk assessment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of relevant experience in M&A, financial transactions, and/or real estate transactions.
• Experience in private debt, alternative lending or banking is a plus.
• Proven ability to underwrite real estate financing opportunities, including business plan analysis, borrower assessment, valuation review, sensitivity analysis, risk identification and credit recommendation.
• Experience preparing Investment Committee materials, due diligence workstreams, transaction summaries, credit papers and internal approval documentation.
• Strong understanding of financing documentation, transaction security, conditions precedent, loan covenants and closing processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead underwriting and execution of real estate debt transactions, including development finance, bridge finance and other structured lending solutions.
• Oversee the Deal Team across the full transaction lifecycle, ensuring that financial analysis, valuation, risk assessment, due diligence and documentation workstreams progress efficiently and to a high standard.
• Coordinate the preparation of Investment Committee materials, credit papers, underwriting outputs, due diligence reports and transaction recommendations.
• Work with and support the Origination team when required, including in the deal structuring, assessment of new opportunities, indicative terms and borrower discussions.
• Manage relationships and workflow with external legal, technical, valuation, tax, financial and insurance advisors, ensuring timely input into underwriting and execution process.
• Support negotiation of key financing terms, security packages, conditions precedent and transaction documentation, in coordination with senior leadership and legal counsel.
• Mentor, coordinate and develop a team of analysts and associates, including resource planning, prioritisation, quality control and training.
• Contribute to the implementation and continuous improvement of the underwriting operating model, including templates, approval processes, risk frameworks, reporting standards and execution discipline.

Skills

Strong leadership

Financial analysis

Team management

Stakeholder management

English Portuguese fluency

Education

Undergraduate and/or Master's degree in Finance, Management, Economics, Engineering or a related discipline

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Arrow Global Portugal is seeking a Manager – Private Equity Origination to lead underwriting and execution of real estate debt transactions, oversee the deal team, and coordinate Investment Committee materials. The role sits in the Origination Team across Whitestar, Norfin, Restart Capital and Details Hotel & Resorts.

We value strong leadership, deep financial modelling, and the ability to manage complex transactions with external advisors, ensuring timely input and robust risk assessment.