Senior AVP Asset Management

Connect Search, LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect Search, LLC in Dallas, TX seeks a Senior AVP, Asset Management to lead a growing platform focused on commercial real estate debt. This high-impact role offers ownership over portfolio performance, governance, and team development as the business scales.

You will drive analytics, model scenarios, oversee third-party servicers, and partner with investment and leadership teams to design processes and reporting frameworks for optimal returns.

Qualifications

• 4–10+ years of experience in commercial real estate debt asset management, portfolio management, special servicing, or structured credit investing.
• Deep exposure to institutional-grade commercial mortgage loans.
• Experience working with third-party servicers (Situs, DBRS, etc.) preferred.
• Strong analytical and financial modeling capability.
• Entrepreneurial mindset — thrives in dynamic, high-growth environments.
• Experience in private equity, real estate credit funds, structured finance, or institutional investment platforms strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead asset management for a diverse portfolio of institutional commercial real estate debt investments.
• Act as primary decision-maker across asset strategy, surveillance, and performance optimization.
• Manage and oversee third-party servicers and operating partners.
• Drive loan-level and portfolio-level analytics, scenario modeling, and performance forecasting.
• Partner closely with investment, capital markets, and senior leadership teams.
• Build processes, reporting infrastructure, and operational frameworks from the ground up.

Skills

Asset management

Financial modeling

Analytical skills

Leadership

Tools

Excel

Job description

Elite institutional real estate investment platform is building a best-in-class commercial real estate credit asset management organization and is hiring a Senior AVP, Asset Management to help scale the business during a period of rapid growth.

This is a high-impact, high-visibility role for a senior asset management professional who thrives in complexity, enjoys building from the ground up, and wants real ownership over portfolio performance, process design, and team development.

What makes this compelling:

• Foundational hire on a newly built real estate credit platform
• Direct exposure to large, complex commercial mortgage and structured credit portfolios
• Opportunity to shape asset management strategy, workflows, and governance
• Significant long-term growth runway and leadership trajectory
• Institutional capital, sophisticated investment strategies, and scale

Responsibilities:

• Lead asset management for a diverse portfolio of institutional commercial real estate debt investments
• Act as primary decision-maker across asset strategy, surveillance, and performance optimization
• Manage and oversee third-party servicers and operating partners
• Drive loan-level and portfolio-level analytics, scenario modeling, and performance forecasting
• Partner closely with investment, capital markets, and senior leadership teams
• Build processes, reporting infrastructure, and operational frameworks from the ground up

Ideal Background:

• 4–10+ years of experience in commercial real estate debt asset management, portfolio management, special servicing, or structured credit investing
• Deep exposure to institutional-grade commercial mortgage loans
• Experience working with third-party servicers (Situs, DBRS, etc.) preferred
• Strong analytical and financial modeling capability
• Entrepreneurial mindset — thrives in dynamic, high-growth environments
• Experience in private equity, real estate credit funds, structured finance, or institutional investment platforms strongly preferred

Relocation: Supported for out-of-state candidates

Compensation: Highly competitive base + bonus + long-term incentive

If you're a senior real estate credit asset management professional seeking platform-building responsibility, complex deal exposure, and meaningful long-term upside, this is a rare opportunity.