Managing Director, Head of Originations

Overview

Lead a commercial loan origination team to fund $10‑100M residential development projects.

Key Responsibilities

• deal origination
• credit underwriting
• portfolio oversight
• business development
• team leadership
• growth planning

Tasks

-Serve as a hands-on leader, actively collaborating with team members to solve challenges and ensure successful execution. -Set ambitious growth targets and manage business plans for the Texas-based origination team, overseeing origination strategy and market execution. -Act as a team-oriented player-coach, developing and leading a group of skilled commercial loan origination professionals while maintaining a personal book of business. -Develop a consistent origination pipeline aligned with the firm's credit strategy and growth objectives, overseeing all aspects of deal origination and collaborating with senior stakeholders on structuring, negotiation, and closing of loans. -Enhance the firm's brand and visibility by participating in industry events, contributing thought leadership, and engaging in relationship-driven business development, representing the firm as a trusted and solution-oriented partner. -Work closely with the credit risk and underwriting teams to ensure transactions meet underwriting standards and investor expectations. -Partner with Portfolio Management and Servicing teams to uphold strong risk management, credit quality, and portfolio oversight standards. -Leverage established relationships with developers, owners, and investors to source and close high-quality lending opportunities.

Requirements

• asset management
• credit underwriting
• mezzanine financing
• 15+ years
• construction finance
• team management

What You Bring

-Track record of successfully growing and managing a dispersed portfolio of real estate assets. -In-depth knowledge of credit, underwriting, valuation, and structured finance, with experience at regulated and/or unregulated institutions. -Expert in structuring and negotiating complex loans, including mezzanine financing and preferred equity, with emphasis on ground-up development, construction, and value-add strategies for residential assets such as multifamily, build-to-rent, manufactured housing, horizontal single-family, and master-planned communities. -15+ years of progressive experience in commercial real estate investment and lending. -Expertise in financing the construction, development, or improvement of single-family communities, as well as multifamily and mixed-use properties. -Proven leadership in growing sales and origination teams, with the ability to teach, coach, and manage a geographically dispersed workforce.

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Benefits

Living Fully: We prioritize living fully with a dedication to achieving optimal health in all aspects of life: faith, family, friends, freedom, fun , fulfillment, fitness, and finance. Unlimited PTO, health/dental/vision/life insurance, 401(k) matching, parental leave, adoption services reimbursement/learning/educational incentives, Volunteer Time Off, well-being programs, company events, self improvement/productivity tools, & the incredible feeling of making a difference. -We are disciplined, following our exclusive Elite Execution System to develop personally and professionally.

About Dlp Capital

-Begun with a vision to channel private capital into workforce housing projects across Sun Belt markets. -Typical projects include multifamily and single-family rentals, often in under-served Sun Belt markets—sometimes including RV resort assets. -Stand-out developments include the acquisition of large apartment communities and the adaptive reuse of landmark buildings into mixed-use housing. -In addition to financing, offers loan programs for real estate operators and operates luxury apartment communities under its Dream Live Prosper brand. -Blends debt and equity strategies to deliver steady cash flow to investors while creating attainable housing in growing communities.

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