Senior Associate

High Country: Private Equity Search; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading investment firm in Austin, Texas is seeking a Senior Investment Associate to join its acquisitions team. This role involves sourcing, underwriting, and evaluating multifamily investment opportunities while managing transactions from acquisition to ownership. Candidates should possess strong private equity experience and be capable of handling significant responsibilities in deal execution. This position offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for growth as the team expands.

Qualifications

• Investment professional with strong experience in private equity or as an operator.
• Ability to source and evaluate multifamily investment opportunities.
• Experience in leading due diligence processes and transaction execution.

Responsibilities

• Source and underwrite multifamily investment opportunities.
• Build financial models and investment memos for review.
• Manage due diligence processes with consultants and internal teams.
• Negotiate purchase and sale agreements and prepare joint venture agreements.
• Support transaction structuring and financing with equity and debt partners
• Assist with market research, pricing analysis, and value creation strategies
• Collaborate with asset management for smooth transitions from acquisition to ownership
• Take on more ownership of transactions as the platform scales in 12–24 months
• Senior PE/operator-side professional moving into a senior, execution-focused role with growing responsibility

Skills

Strong private equity experience

Financial modeling

Due diligence coordination

Transaction management

Negotiation skills

Job description

Our client is a fully integrated real estate development and investment firm, based on Austin, TX, focused on institutional-quality multifamily opportunities in high-growth markets. The firm specializes in uncovering and unlocking unrealized value through disciplined acquisitions, strategic development, and active asset management. Its platform spans ground-up development and a range of investment strategies, including value-add, mark-to-market, and core-plus, with an emphasis on thoughtful design, operational excellence, and long-term partnerships with investors, municipalities, and best-in-class operating teams.

The firm has expressed intent on deploying $400M - $500M in capital in 2026.

Senior Investment Associate – Acquisitions

The Senior Investment Associate will play a key role on the acquisitions team, supporting the firm’s expanding investment activity across multifamily and opportunistically other product types nationally. This position offers meaningful responsibility in deal execution, underwriting, and transaction management, with some overlap into asset management. The role is based in Austin, Texas and requires a local presence.

Key Responsibilities

• Source, underwrite, and evaluate multifamily investment opportunities
• Build and review detailed financial models, investment memos, and presentations for internal investment committee and senior leadership
• Lead and manage the due diligence process, coordinating third-party consultants, legal counsel, lenders, and internal teams
• Play an active role in deal execution, including page-turning and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, loan documents, and joint venture agreements
• Support transaction structuring and financing efforts alongside equity and debt partners
• Assist with market research, pricing analysis, and identifying value creation strategies
• Work closely with asset management to ensure smooth transitions from acquisition through ownership
• Take on increasing ownership of transactions as the acquisitions platform scales and the team expands over the next 12–24 months
• This role is well-suited for an investment professional with strong private equity or operator-side experience who is ready to step into a more senior, execution-oriented position with growing responsibility.