Senior Commercial Escrow Officer, Texas

Blue Owl; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Owl in Dallas, TX is seeking a seasoned operations and underwriting professional to manage Texas licensing compliance and office workflows for current and future states. In this non-exempt, full-time role you will oversee the escrow process for commercial real estate, coordinate with underwriters, clients, and title vendors, and ensure adherence to TX regulations and state regulations.

A Texas escrow officer license is required.

Qualifications

• Dallas-based role with on-site office 3x per week as required by TDI.
• Requires 7+ years of commercial experience in portfolio transactions.
• Deep understanding of Texas title insurance and escrow procedures.
• Ability to manage complex, high-dollar, time-sensitive transactions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain licensing compliance and regulatory requirements for Texas and future states.
• Establish and manage operational procedures and workflows for Texas office.
• Price premium and endorsements; create invoices for underwriters and state deals.
• Conduct internal audits to ensure compliance.
• Open, examine and clear title requirements per TX regulations.
• Coordinate external audits with TDI and maintain good relations.
• Oversee escrow process for commercial real estate transactions and closings.
• Review settlement statements and ensure proper disbursements on national files.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Ability to manage high-dollar projects

Independent work

Education

Texas Escrow Officer License

Job description

Blue Owl (NYSE: OWL) is a leading asset manager that is redefining alternatives.

With $330 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2026, we invest across three multi-strategy platforms: Credit, Real Assets and GP Strategic Capital. Anchored by a strong permanent capital base, we provide businesses with private capital solutions to drive long-term growth and offer institutional investors, individual investors, and insurance companies differentiated alternative investment opportunities that aim to deliver strong performance, risk-adjusted returns, and capital preservation.

Responsibilities

Management / Operations responsibilities

• Maintain company licensing compliance and oversee regulatory requirements for Texas and other states in the future
• Establish and manage operational procedures and workflows for Texas office
• Price premium and endorsements and create workshare invoices for underwriters, and eventually create invoices for licensed state deals
• Conduct internal audits of files to ensure compliance
• Manage Texas on-site requirements to ensure adherence to state regulations
• Open, examine and clear title requirements in compliance with TX regulations and underwriter guidelines
• Ensure files are balanced, funded, recorded, and compliant with state regulations
• Maintain exceptional service standards
• Handle communication on licensed and workshare deals to the extent needed
• Handle Texas specific vendor negotiations
• Review Blue Owl pipeline to ensure Sightline has a plant membership for each county on Texas pipeline
• Help hire and manage additional employees as company grows
• Handle escalation of all issues within Texas office and Texas transaction
• Coordinate external audits with TDI and maintain a good working relationship with TDI

National Underwriting responsibilities

• Crosstrain in national underwriting and facilitate national transactions including liaising between clients, underwriters, attorneys, title escrow, and various teams.
• Manage entire escrow process for commercial real estate transactions
• Facilitate discussions and negotiations between the parties to reach agreement on title insurance coverages for the deal
• Independently and proactively identify possible title insurance coverage issues on transactions and work with national underwriters and other transaction parties to negotiate solutions on such matters
• Independently review and approve all transaction-required documentation, such as deeds, security instruments, affidavits, organizational and authority documents, releasees, etc. that are necessary to the issuance of a title policy
• Facilitate, oversee, and coordinate the escrow, closing and settlement processes on commercial real estate transactions; review, approve and comply with all escrow instructions and settlement requirements;
• Review and approve settlement statements and disbursements for national files
• Oversee closings by national underwriters
• Ensure recordings are handled correctly and submitted by external underwriters
• Ensure all final policies are issued by underwriters and match the proforma
• Ensure all documents are uploaded to software system or document repository

Requirements

• Dallas based - willingness to go to into office 3x/week and as required by TDI
• 7+ years commercial experience (portfolio transactions a plus)
• Texas escrow officer license required
• Deep understanding of Texas title insurance, escrow procedures and underwriting requirements
• Ability to independently manage complex, high-dollar and time sensitive transactions
• Experience managing office operations in Texas
• Understanding of TDI rate rules and regulations
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Knowledge of workshare transactions or willingness to cross-train as national underwriter until one is hired
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with limited oversight
• JD preferred

It is expected that the base annual salary range for this Dallas non-exempt position will be $140,000 to 165,000. Actual salaries may vary based on factors, such as skill, experience, and qualification for the role. Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus, based on factors such as individual and team performance.

Blue Owl is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.