Director - Research & Analytics

LivCor, a Blackstone portfolio company, is a real estate asset management business specializing in multi-family housing. Formed in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, LivCor is currently responsible for a portfolio of over 300 Class A and B properties comprising more than 100,000 units in markets across the United States.

Our business is focused on making real estate more valuable. But for us, it’s more than that. It’s people first, community always. It’s a life-filled career, not just a career-filled life. It’s doing good work, with good humans, and making a difference. It’s excellence in all its forms. Ultimately, we create great places to work, live, and grow. We do that by focusing on leaving people – and places – better than we found them.

Whew! Still with us? Cool. Let’s talk about where you’d fit in:

The Director – Research & Analytics will be responsible for leading LivCor’s application of data to strategy across the different functional areas of the organization. This is a newly developed role that will be responsible for research design, analysis of internal and external data, and its translation into actionable recommendations to provide LivCor with a competitive advantage in the multi-family industry.

Only read further if you are:

• Kind
• Humble
• Honest
• Relentless
• Smart with Heart

You should be:

• Authentic. You do you. Together, we’ll do something amazing.
• A passionate person with a love for real estate and investing; and believes that helping others win is a noble cause, essential to our success.
• An excellent team player who enjoys working with others and has strong interpersonal skills.
• Highly motivated, energetic, and organized
• Gumby. Things change.

What you will do:

• Lead LivCor’s market research and analytics to provide competitive advantage and actionable insights for LivCor’s existing portfolio, acquisitions, and dispositions.
• Analyze/synthesize internal property performance data, third party data, and broader market trends to provide operational forecast guidance for new and existing assets.
• Drive the vision, strategy, and execution for LivCor’s research and analytics platform, including model construction and enhancement.
• Cultivate continuous innovation of LivCor’s applied data deliverables by creating new quantitative analytic content and data visualizations to communicate sector-specific trends.
• Collaborate with and assist the Transactions team in underwriting new investments of rent growth and occupancy by leveraging market insights.
• Collaborate with and assist the Revenue Management and Asset Management teams in budget forecasting of rent growth and occupancy by leveraging market insights.
• Present to senior leadership, Blackstone, and other stakeholders.
• Track local market content (employer relocations, regulatory news, etc.) and share take-aways with internal stakeholders.

What you should have:

Bachelor’s degree in economics, business, data science, or related field preferred.  Eight (8) to Twelve (12) years of multifamily related experience is required.  The right candidate will be an industry subject matter expert with significant leadership experience in the following:

• Unique expert on market trends, modeling and forecasting.
• Deep understanding of cap rates and the drivers of shifts over time and across asset classes.
• Experience sourcing and overseeing third party data relationships.
• Cultivating strong, agile partnerships that foster the professional development of colleagues.
  • Future potential for this role to oversee a growing team of Market Analysts.
• Knowledge of and experience with developing and implementing multifamily investment strategies with a focus on data-driven decision-making.
• Direct subject matter experience in market trends, census data, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and other key 3^rd-party data sources that offer insight into market fundamentals.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills – including formal presentations.
• Ability to travel up to 25%

What we offer:

We know that if we take care of our team everything else will fall into place. We aren’t perfect, but we will try to set very clear expectations, always let you know where you stand, and do everything in our power to help you get where you want to go.

Our culture and values matter to us. A lot. We’re definitely not serious but we take this stuff seriously, if you get what we mean. We want a place that is an ego-free zone. A place where good people do good things together. It shouldn’t be rocket science in workplaces, but for some reason it still is? We’re absolutely determined to be different, and we think we’re doing a pretty good job at it. We have a CEO who makes fun of himself, and who will encourage you to tell him when he is wrong. In fact, he needs people to – we all do. Supportive challenge is good, it’s how we get better. We like getting better. We also love diversity, of all kinds. We need people who look, sound, speak, love, and exist differently from one another. This isn’t at the end of this paragraph because it’s an afterthought. It’s SO important to us we want it to stand out.

Right. On to the technical stuff that we know matters to you. We offer competitive pay that is commensurate with the market and relevant experience, and a full slate of benefits that even includes things like paid parental leave.

If any of this sounds interesting, then maybe we are a fit. Life is too short to work with people you don’t like. So whatever you do, don’t make that mistake.

The LivCorian Values

1. Be you. Be Real. Be Open. You do you. Together, we will do something amazing.
2. Care, Always. We don’t want to let anyone down.
3. Courageously Curious. We love to learn, even when it hurts.
4. Help Others Win, Be A Good Neighbor. This is about ‘We, not Me.’
5. Relentless Hustle, Heart & Humility. Work hard. Be Kind. Make Better.

A few of the people you will work with:

• David Danish
• Tom Minkowicz
• Le Du
• Julio Morales
• Brian Killinger
• Aileen Chen

EEO Statement

Our company is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our employment decisions are based on individual qualifications, job requirements and business needs without regard to race, color, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, religion, disability, citizenship status, national origin, pregnancy, veteran status and or any other legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email us.