Job Description

Cove started with renting coliving spaces. Now we’ve expanded to more than just coliving spaces, providing flexibility for comfortable and enjoyable long term or short term stays in our beautiful properties. With over 6000 rooms across Singapore and Indonesia, we’re living our mission and growing our homes in South Korea and Japan.

Believing in the power of a team, we aim to build the leading tech flexible living platform in Asia Pacific, providing high quality and community-centric accommodations. Here we also encourage authenticity and fun to fully embrace being human in a driven and result focused environment to make things happen and ensure the dream becomes a reality.

Our Korea/Japan team enjoys the flexibility to work from home, a cozy cafe or basically anywhere! You can find the perfect spot to feel inspired, stay productive, and enjoy a change of scenery whenever you need it. Feeling bored or stagnant in your day to day is out of the picture!

Come enjoy the journey with us and become a Cove Superstar!

Job Title: Business Development Manager

Job-Type: Permanent

Reports To: Country GM

Location: Seoul, South Korea

What you’ll be doing:

• Source residential leasing opportunities, conduct property inspections, market, and pricing analysis
• Manage competitor analyses process
• Managing in drafting contracts and agreement
• Managing deals process with Cove’s partners
• Identify, evaluate, and justify new submarkets for Cove’s expansion
• Conduct pro-forma financial projections and analysis
• Structure and prepare rental proposals to landlords
• Lead negotiations and tenancy agreement documentation process
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure smooth property handover process
• Develop market intelligence on the residential segment in Korea and maintain an internal database
• Responsible for all BD best practice
• Work closely with the cross functional teams to ensure smooth property onboarding
• Review ongoing Underwriting, LoI, & Agreement
• Weekly reporting and tracking of deals KPIs and performance

What makes you a great fit:

• Tertiary qualified in Real Estate, Business, Economics or a related field
• A minimum of 7 years of working experience in real estate
• End to end deal transaction experience from leading due diligence to legal documentation
• Strong preference for candidates with local market knowledge of the residential and/or hospitality landscape as well as candidates with strong existing network (across agents, landlords and developers) to source for real estate opportunities and experience handling big team
• Good business acumen and knowledge of current business trends
• Team player with good communication and interpersonal skills
• Analytical, detailed oriented, creative problem solver
• Organized and able to prioritize tasks to accomplish them effectively