Job Description

Position Overview:

Leon Financial, LLC is seeking a Senior Director, Real Estate Credit Originations to join its institutional credit platform focused on sourcing and executing higher-yield real estate debt and structured credit investments across the United States.

This role is designed exclusively for a top-tier producer with an established origination franchise, deep sponsor relationships, and a demonstrated history of independently sourcing, structuring, and closing complex real estate credit transactions.

This is not a training role, not a platform-building seat, and not appropriate for candidates still developing their origination business. The successful candidate must arrive as a fully formed originator capable of delivering immediate, repeatable deal flow.

The Senior Director, Real Estate Credit Originations, will be responsible for originating proprietary and semi-proprietary real estate credit opportunities that meet Leon Financial’s return objectives and risk parameters. Success in this role is measured by closed transactions, repeat sponsor activity, and sustained production, not pipeline theory.

Key Responsibilities:

• Independently originate real estate credit transactions across a diverse range of commercial real estate asset types, including office, industrial, retail, hospitality, mixed-use, and specialty real estate.

Source transactions through long-standing, personal relationships with:

• Sponsors and operators
• Owners and developers
• Capital markets intermediaries
• Brokers and advisors

Structure and execute a range of real estate credit solutions, including:

• Senior secured loans
• Mezzanine debt
• Preferred equity
• Untranched and structured credit investments
• Recapitalizations and complex capital stacks

Own the origination process end-to-end:

• Initial sourcing and deal screening
• Structuring and term sheet negotiation
• Coordination with underwriting, legal, and investment teams
• Credit committee materials and closing execution
• Maintain a consistent pipeline of institutional-quality opportunities aligned with target risk-adjusted returns.
• Act as a market representative of Leon Financial with sponsors, intermediaries, and industry participants.

Qualifications:

• 10–20+ years of direct real estate credit origination experience with a verifiable history of closed transactions.
• Demonstrated track record as a high-volume producer, not an emerging originator.

Prior experience originating real estate credit at one or more of the following:

• Private credit funds
• Real estate debt funds
• Investment managers
• Institutional or specialty lenders
• Established personal relationships that generate repeatable, proprietary deal flow.
• Proven ability to independently source, structure, negotiate, and close transactions.
• Strong credit judgment with hands-on structuring experience across complex capital stacks.

Comfortable operating with:

• Minimal oversight
• High accountability
• Performance-driven expectations
• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.

Production Expectations:

This role carries clear production expectations. Candidates should be prepared to demonstrate:

• A history of consistent annual origination volume
• Closed transactions across multiple market cycles
• Repeat sponsor relationships and return borrowers
• Ability to generate immediate deal flow without reliance on platform-built sourcing

Candidates unable to evidence prior sustained production will not be considered.

What This Role Is Not:

• Not a training or development program
• Not an entry-level or mid-career origination role
• Not suitable for candidates who require time to “build” an origination book

Why Leon Financial:

Leon Financial offers experienced originators the opportunity to operate within a disciplined, entrepreneurial credit platform that values judgment, autonomy, and execution. The firm prioritizes quality over volume and empowers senior producers to focus on what matters most: sourcing and closing high-quality real estate credit investments.

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