Senior Associate, Build for Rent

ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate platform offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in more than 265 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, managing over one million units/beds globally. Across its platforms, Greystar has nearly $79 billion of assets under management, including over $35 billion of development assets and over $36.5 billion of regulatory assets under management. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

We’re building one of the most sophisticated Build for Rent platforms in the country, and we need a sharp, driven Senior Associate to sit at the center of it. You’ll work directly alongside senior leadership as a true thought partner across three domains: investment management, development, and platform building. This is a high-growth role designed for someone early in their trajectory who wants to develop into a senior investments leadership position on one of the most active BFR platforms in the country.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Key Job Responsibilities

• Source and underwrite acquisition opportunities nationally, bringing deals to the regional teams and helping them build the capability to execute independently.
• Screen and evaluate land acquisition opportunities sourced by regional development teams, providing underwriting feedback and program guidance.
• Inherit, maintain, and expand programmatic builder partnerships with national homebuilders and broker networks across target markets, supporting formalization of sourcing relationships over time.
• Serve as a key voice at the Investment Committee — surfacing trends, flagging risks, and providing market context.
• Contribute to and help maintain qualitative and quantitative underwriting standards: what to build, where, and why it makes sense in a given market, with increasing ownership over time.
• Lead the creation of tools, templates, and resources that make the whole platform smarter and faster.
• Build and own a centralized investment knowledge base — a single source of truth for underwriting best practices, product-market fit guidance, and deal learnings.
• Work together with asset management, extracting and institutionalizing portfolio-wide insights to inform strategy.
• Support portfolio reporting and LP-facing deliverables in partnership with Portfolio Management, with the opportunity to take on increasing responsibility across investor communications over time.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in real estate, strategy consulting, or a comparable cross-functional role. BTR experience is a plus.
• A bachelor’s degree is required in finance, business, or related field. MBA or similar graduate degree a plus.
• Genuine interest in AI and technology transformation, and a track record of applying new tools to improve how work gets done.
• Proficiency in Excel and financial modeling skills.
• Sound commercial and operational judgment with a proactive, problem-solving mindset; able to anticipate risks and downstream implications.
• Strong organizational and project management skills to effectively track and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Proven ability to deliver through influence without direct authority across a matrixed organization.

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Additional Compensation:

Many factors go into determining employee pay within the posted range including business requirements, prior experience, current skills and geographical location.

• Corporate Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in a quarterly or annual bonus program based on individual and company performance.

• Onsite Property Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly bonus programs.

Robust Benefits Offered*:

• Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability & Life insurance benefits. Low (free basic) employee Medical costs for employee-only coverage; costs discounted after 3 and 5 years of service.

• Generous Paid Time off. All new hires start with 15 days of vacation, 4 personal days, 10 sick days, and 11 paid holidays. Plus your birthday off after 1 year of service! Additional vacation accrued with tenure.

• For onsite team members, onsite housing discount at Greystar-managed communities are available subject to discount and unit availability.

• 6-Week Paid Sabbatical after 10 years of service (and every 5 years thereafter).

• 401(k) with Company Match up to 6% of pay after 6 months of service.

• Paid Parental Leave and lifetime Fertility Benefit reimbursement up to $10,000 (includes adoption or surrogacy).

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and Legal Plans.

• Charitable giving program and benefits.

*Benefits offered for full-time employees. For Union and Prevailing Wage roles, compensation and benefits may vary from the listed information above due to Collective Bargaining Agreements and/or local governing authority.

Greystar will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Important Notice: Greystar will never request your banking details or other sensitive personal information during the interview process. Greystar does not conduct any interviews via text or messaging, and all communication will come from official Greystar email addresses (@greystar.com). If you receive suspicious requests, please report them immediately to AskHR@greystar.com.