Vice President, Real Estate Primaries - External Investing Group (XIG)

About Goldman Sachs External Investing Group (XIG)

The External Investing Group (XIG) is Goldman Sachs Asset Management dedicated external manager platform, providing clients with investment and advisory solutions across leading private equity funds, private credit funds, real estate managers, infrastructure managers, hedge funds, public equity strategies, fixed income strategies, and impact strategies. With over 400 professionals across 13 offices worldwide, XIG manages more than $500 billion of alternative investments, public equity, and fixed income strategies on behalf of sovereign wealth funds, pension plans, governments, financial institutions, endowments, foundations, family offices, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals.

XIG Real Estate Platform

The XIG Real Estate platform (AUM c.$20bn) is responsible for manager selection, due diligence, portfolio construction, and ongoing oversight of the firm external real estate investments globally, spanning primaries, secondaries, and co-investments across the core, core-plus, value-add, opportunistic and RE credit segments of the market. The Real Estate Primaries team also co-manages the Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund (REDIF / Ticker: GSRHX), the firm flagship diversified closed-end Real Estate interval fund.

Role Overview

This Vice President will play a senior role across the XIG Real Estate Primaries platform globally, covering manager sourcing, due diligence, underwriting, negotiation, IC approval, post-close monitoring, and re-up decision-making for primary fund commitments to third-party real estate managers across geographies, sectors, and the full risk-return spectrum.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead manager sourcing, due diligence, and investment underwriting for real estate primary fund commitments across geographies and sectors.

- Provide dedicated investment coverage and input to Goldman Sachs Real Estate Diversified Income Fund (REDIF), contributing to top-down positioning and bottom-up fund and security selection.

- Prepare investment committee materials and support IC approval processes.

- Conduct post-close monitoring of existing commitments and drive re-up decision-making.

- Build and maintain relationships with top-tier real estate managers globally.

- Contribute to the portfolio construction and risk management of globally diversified real estate programs.

This is a senior investment role within one of the largest and most sophisticated real estate fund-of-funds platforms in the world, offering direct exposure to leading global real estate managers and institutional clients.