Senior Director, Single-Tenant Net Lease Originations

Leon Capital Group; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Leon Financial, LLC is actively seeking a senior CRE Credit Originator focused on single-tenant net lease opportunities across asset classes. The role requires independent sourcing, structuring, underwriting and closing of deals, with a pipeline built through broker, developer, and investor networks.

The ideal candidate has a track record of self-sourced, off-market transactions and can operate with high accountability without extensive ramp-up. Immediate production is expected.

Qualifications

• Senior-level CRE credit originator with proven net lease deal flow.
• Track record of sourcing and closing large-scale STNL transactions.
• Strong relationships with net lease brokers, developers, sponsors, and investors.
• Background in credit-first origination and structuring for real estate debt.

Responsibilities

• Source senior, STNL financings in the $5M–$50M+ range.
• Structure, underwrite, obtain credit approval, and close transactions.
• Maintain a robust pipeline with institutional-quality opportunities.
• Collaborate with internal investment, legal and asset management teams.

Skills

Net lease financing

Credit underwriting

Sourcing

Relationship management

Real estate finance

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's in finance/real estate

Tools

Excel

Financial modeling

Lease analysis

Job description

Leon Financial, LLC is seeking a senior-level Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Credit Originator to join its growing real estate credit platform, with a dedicated focus on Single-Tenant Net Lease (STNL) opportunities across multiple asset classes. This role is designed for a proven, fully formed credit originator with the market presence to independently source, structure, and close real estate transactions within the net lease sector, including loans, sale-leaseback, and select acquisition opportunities.

Leon Financial operates a diversified real estate credit platform. This role narrows that mandate to single-tenant net lease, one of the most active segments of the commercial real estate market, where consistent deal flow depends on a specialist already connected to the net lease brokerage, developer, and investor communities.

This is not a training or ramp-up role. The expectation is immediate contribution and consistent production.

Key Responsibilities

• Source senior, construction and development, mezzanine, B-note, preferred equity, and bridge financings in the $5 million to $50+ million range, secured by single-tenant net lease real estate.
• Source sale-leaseback, build-to-suit, and other STNL equity opportunities to the relevant Leon strategy across net lease, industrial, and healthcare.
• Cover developers, sponsors, tenants, investors, brokers, and capital markets intermediaries and represent Leon Financial, LLC in the market with net lease brokers, developers, sponsors, and industry participants.
• Maintain a consistent pipeline of institutional-quality single-tenant net lease opportunities aligned with Leon Financial's risk-adjusted return objectives.
• Apply a credit-first lens at origination. Originate deals that fit our cost of capital, structure, and risk appetite.
• Own transactions end-to-end, from initial sourcing and structuring through underwriting, credit approval, and closing, in close partnership with internal investment, legal, and asset management teams.

Qualifications

• 7 to 10+ years of originating single-tenant net lease credit, development, and sale-leaseback transactions with a verifiable history of closed transactions in the single-tenant net lease sector.
• Demonstrated track record as a high-performing producer in the net lease sector, not an emerging producer.
• Established relationships with net lease brokers, developers, tenants, and sponsors, with a demonstrated history of self-sourced and off-market deal flow.
• Depth of experience underwriting tenant credit and lease structure for net lease (retail, QSR, service), industrial and healthcare real estate, and working command of the credit, lease, and residual issues that drive each.
• Understanding of senior, subordinate, and structured positions and how they price, and how sale-leasebacks work from the tenant's side.
• Background originating credit at one or more of the following: private real estate credit funds, real estate debt platforms, credit tenant lease lenders, life insurance companies, or institutional or specialty CRE lenders.
• Candidates with net lease acquisitions experience at real estate investment trusts (REITs) or sale-leaseback investors will be considered where they bring direct experience structuring or placing debt.
• Strong credit judgment and comfort underwriting single-tenant net lease transactions across interest rate and credit cycles.
• Proven ability to operate autonomously with high accountability and minimal oversight.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, real estate, economics, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience; advanced degree preferred.

What This Role Is Not

• Not a junior or mid-career origination role.
• Not a development or brokerage position.
• Not suitable for candidates still building an origination book or relying on inbound deal flow.
• Not a generalist role covering asset classes outside single-tenant net lease.

Why Leon Financial, LLC

Leon Financial, LLC is a diversified real estate credit platform operating across multiple commercial real estate strategies. The firm partners with experienced sponsors and operators to originate and structure thoughtful, risk-adjusted credit solutions across the capital stack. Our strategies span real estate credit and structured equity, healthcare, industrial, and net lease, and we manage capital on behalf of institutional investors, family offices, and insurance-regulated balance sheets.

Leon Financial, LLC offers senior credit originators the opportunity to operate within a collaborative, entrepreneurial environment while leveraging the flexibility, scale, and support of a broader investment platform.

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