Sr. Director / SVP, Self Storage

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.

COMPANY DESCRIPTION:

Saban Real Estate LLC was formed in 2009 to acquire and develop a ‘best-in-class’ portfolio of commercial real estate and capitalize on opportunistic investments in a wide range of geographies and real estate asset classes.

In addition, Saban Real Estate will look at a wide range of opportunities outside of the four established verticals that leverage the firm's expertise in not only real estate, but also tax, legal and private equity. These transactions can vary from take privates to portfolios or entity level investments.

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or reproductive health decision-making.