POSITION SUMMARY:

Saban Real Estate is seeking a senior investment professional to serve as the sector lead for its Self-Storage vertical, with responsibility for both portfolio performance and platform growth. This individual will oversee asset-level performance across the existing self-storage portfolio while also playing a hands-on role in evaluating and executing acquisitions, expansions, and other growth opportunities.

Reporting to executive leadership, the Sr. Director / SVP will operate as an owner across the full investment lifecycle - from underwriting and acquisition through business-plan execution, asset management, and disposition. The role requires someone who can translate operating and market data into actionable strategies, identify opportunities to grow NOI and asset value, and apply a disciplined investment lens to both existing assets and new opportunities.

The ideal candidate will bring meaningful self-storage experience from a recognized owner/operator where responsibilities were broad and entrepreneurial rather than highly siloed. They should have demonstrated experience across both asset management and acquisitions and be equally comfortable evaluating a new investment, challenging an underwriting assumption, working with operations to improve performance, and presenting recommendations to senior leadership.

This is an opportunity to take meaningful ownership of a growing vertical and help shape its investment strategy, operating approach, and expansion as the platform scales.

This is a remote position open to candidates located in Arizona, Nevada, California, or Texas. Candidates must be based in and working Mountain or Pacific time zone hours; Eastern time zone candidates will not be considered. Travel may be required for property tours, asset reviews, and meetings with operating teams, business partners, and third-party providers.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Serve as the Self-Storage sector lead, with accountability for both existing portfolio performance and growth of the platform.
• Own asset-level performance across the self-storage portfolio, driving sustained NOI growth, investment returns, and execution of asset business plans.
• Evaluate and underwrite new acquisitions, including financial modeling, market analysis, business-plan development, risk assessment, due diligence, and investment recommendations.
• Participate in transaction execution from initial evaluation through investment committee approval, diligence, closing, and transition into the portfolio.
• Identify and evaluate portfolio expansion opportunities, including acquisitions, organic expansions, market entry, revenue-enhancement initiatives, and strategic partnerships.
• Develop and monitor business plans, budgets, forecasts, KPIs, and investment performance; identify variances and drive corrective action.
• Partner directly with property management and operations on pricing, occupancy, marketing, expense control, capital projects, expansion opportunities, and other initiatives that increase NOI and asset value.
• Evaluate capital investments and property expansions through an investment-return lens and prioritize capital based on risk-adjusted returns.
• Maintain a strong understanding of self-storage markets, customer demand, competitive supply, development pipelines, transaction activity, and operating trends.
• Partner closely with Accounting and FP&A on portfolio reporting, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and senior leadership reporting.
• Manage third-party operators, vendors, brokers, consultants, and strategic partners and hold them accountable for performance and execution.
• Present portfolio performance, acquisition opportunities, risks, growth initiatives, and investment recommendations to executive leadership.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 10-15 years of self-storage investment experience, ideally with a recognized owner/operator; candidates a few years below this range may be considered based on depth and breadth of experience. RV/vehicle storage components are a plus.
• Demonstrated experience across both acquisitions and asset management required, with the ability to independently evaluate new investments and drive performance of existing assets.
• Experience within a lean, entrepreneurial, or vertically integrated self-storage platform strongly preferred, where responsibilities extended across multiple areas of investment and operations.
• Demonstrated track record of owning performance across a large, stabilized self-storage portfolio and driving measurable NOI growth.
• Experience sourcing, evaluating, negotiating, or executing acquisitions and other platform-growth initiatives.
• Strong acquisition underwriting and financial modeling capabilities, including the ability to evaluate cash flows, business plans, capital investments, debt structures, returns, and downside scenarios; advanced proficiency in Excel.
• Experience reviewing operating statements, rent rolls, budgets, and asset-level performance data for self-storage or related real estate asset classes.
• Ability to think and operate like an owner, moving comfortably between investment strategy, underwriting, operations, asset management, and execution.
• Ability to translate complex performance data into clear recommendations and drive execution across internal and external operating teams.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple assets, transactions, growth initiatives, and priorities simultaneously while meeting deadlines.
• Collaborative, team-oriented mindset with the ability to work effectively across Accounting, FP&A, acquisitions, operations, property management, and senior leadership.
• Must be based in Arizona, Nevada, California, or Texas, and able to work Mountain or Pacific time zone hours.
• Willingness to travel as required for property tours, asset reviews, transaction diligence, and meetings.