Chicago, IL
Salary Estimate: $100,000.00 - $300,000.00
Employment Type: Full Time
Work Place: Office
Experience Required: 5+ to 7 years
Education Required: 4 Year College
Job Description
About Ambient Capital Partners:
Ambient Capital Partners is a national real estate investment platform focused on Industrial Outdoor Storage (IOS). The firm partners with leading institutional investors and has been one of the most active buyers in the sector over the past several years.
Role Overview:
We are seeking an Acquisitions Officer with 6–10 years of total real estate experience, including at least 2+ years of direct deal sourcing experience, to help scale our platform. This individual will be responsible for originating, underwriting, and executing IOS investments across multiple U.S. markets, working closely with senior leadership and capital partners. This is an opportunity to play a key role in scaling a rapidly growing investment platform within a specialized and evolving asset class.
Key Responsibilities:
Deal Sourcing & Market Coverage
- Source IOS investment opportunities across multiple assigned U.S. markets through direct owner outreach, broker relationships, and proprietary channels
- Build and maintain relationships with landowners, developers, brokers, and local market participants
- Develop market-level investment theses and proactively identify emerging opportunities
Underwriting & Execution
- Lead financial underwriting, valuation, and preparation of investment committee materials
- Coordinate due diligence efforts including legal, title, survey, zoning, and environmental review
- Support deal structuring, negotiations, and transaction execution from LOI through closing
Portfolio & Platform Support
- Work closely with asset management and capital markets teams to ensure seamless transition post-acquisition
- Contribute to refinement of sourcing strategies, underwriting assumptions, and internal processes as the platform scales
- Represent the firm externally with professionalism and credibility
Candidate Profile:
Required Qualifications
- 6–10 years of total real estate experience, including 2+ years of industrial acquisition experience (principal, operator, or investor side strongly preferred)
- Demonstrated ability to source deals proactively (not broker-dependent)
- Strong financial modeling and underwriting skills
- Experience managing transactions from initial outreach through closing
- Ability to operate independently across multiple markets
- Travel required
Preferred Experience
- Exposure to national or multi-market investment strategies
- Experience in industrial, land or IOS-adjacent asset classes
- Prior experience at an institutional investor, private equity firm, or best-in-class entrepreneurial platform
Personal Attributes
- Entrepreneurial mindset with strong ownership mentality
- High intellectual curiosity and sound investment judgment
- Organized, detail-oriented, and execution-focused
- Comfortable wearing multiple hats in a lean organization
- Strong communicator with confidence interacting with senior stakeholders
Why This Role:
- Opportunity to help build and scale a national IOS platform
- Direct exposure to senior leadership and investment decision-making
- Institutional processes within an entrepreneurial, high-growth platform
- Competitive compensation with meaningful upside tied to performance
- Clear runway for growth as the business expands
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