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Chief Investment Officer (CIO)

Multifamily Acquisitions

San Diego County, CA

We are partnered with a privately held real estate investment platform seeking a Chief Investment Officer to help lead the next phase of the firm’s growth. Based in San Diego, this individual will play a key role in sourcing, underwriting, structuring, and executing Multifamily investments, while also serving as a strategic partner to ownership on broader business initiatives.

This is a high-impact opportunity for a highly experienced professional who combines strong deal instincts with investor credibility, market judgment, and the leadership capability to grow into a broader senior executive role over time. The ideal candidate will bring deep multifamily acquisitions experience, exposure to capital raising paired with equity relationships, and the ability to operate as a true partner to the founder as the platform continues to evolve. This individual will also be managing a team of Acquisition professionals at the VP level, so much come in with a background and acumen that lead to buy-in from the team.

Position Overview

The Chief Investment Officer will lead multifamily acquisition activity across target markets, with responsibility for sourcing opportunities, evaluating investments, managing transaction execution, and helping strengthen the firm’s external relationships with investors, brokers, and capital partners.

Beyond transactions, this person will be expected to contribute at a strategic level and be a partner to the founders. Someone capable of helping day-to-day leadership responsibilities over time, while allowing the founder to stay focused on high-level growth and vision.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the sourcing, underwriting, negotiation, and execution of multifamily acquisition opportunities across the firm’s target markets
• Lead on Capital Raising & Investor Relations activities. Spearhead equity discussions, relationship management, fundraising support, and presenting investment opportunities to capital partners
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with owners, brokers, lenders, capital partners, and other market participants to drive proprietary and off-market deal flow
• Evaluate investment opportunities with a strong lens on risk-adjusted returns, business plan viability, capital structure, and market fundamentals
• Partner closely with ownership on acquisitions strategy, pipeline development, and portfolio growth priorities
• Oversee due diligence processes from LOI through closing, coordinating with internal teams and external advisors across legal, debt, tax, asset management, and operations
• Work cross-functionally with asset management and operations teams to ensure business plans are executable and aligned with investment assumptions
• Help build a more scalable acquisitions infrastructure, including pipeline tracking, investment memos, decision-making frameworks, reporting, and internal processes
• Serve as a senior representative of the business internally and externally, with the maturity and credibility to contribute beyond pure acquisitions execution

Candidate Profile

• Significant experience in multifamily acquisitions within an owner-operator, investment platform, REIT, private equity real estate firm, or similar environment
• Proven track record closing multifamily transactions and driving deal flow in a competitive market environment
• Proven track record in Capital Raising & Investor relations, with existing relationship and data-set of both HNW, private as well as Institutional Investors
• Strong understanding of underwriting, valuations, capital structures, debt, joint venture dynamics, and value-add investment strategy
• Ability to operate both strategically and tactically. Someone who can think like a principal, but still execute at the deal level
• Leadership capability to grow into a broader senior executive position over time
• Excellent market judgment, communication skills, and commercial instincts
• Bachelor’s degree required. Advanced degree is a plus

• If you feel this role aligns with you, click the apply button or send your resume directly to j.greaves@harperharrison.com.