Associate, Real Estate
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 13, 2026.
Join Hamilton Lane, a global leader in private markets, as we scale to meet the demands of our growing client base. Here, you’ll work with ambitious, high-performing teams built on integrity, candor and collaboration, backed by our market-leading data and technology. We invest heavily in our people and our partners, giving you the platform to enrich lives, safeguard futures and grow your career.
What We Do
As one of the largest private markets investment firms globally, we provide innovative solutions to institutional and private wealth investors around the world, specializing in flexibility and full-spectrum access. We currently employ approximately 800 professionals operating in offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East, and have $1.0 trillion in assets under management and supervision, composed of $146.1 billion in discretionary assets and $871.5 billion in non-discretionary assets, as of December 31, 2025.
The Opportunity:
The investment professional will assist the deal leaders in sourcing, evaluating, performing due diligence, and managing real estate investment opportunities across primary funds and transactions (co-investments, secondaries, and joint ventures). The role will also include aspects of portfolio management, client communication and business development support.
Responsibilities:
- Support all aspects of real estate investments, including primary funds, co-investments, secondaries, and joint ventures
- Conduct thorough due diligence on potential investment opportunities, including financial analysis and market research
- Assist senior team members with resource allocation and manage the work of Analysts in the due diligence process
- Manage day-to-day aspects of investment analysis, providing oversight of the functional team, and assisting in communication with investment sponsors and clients
- Take a meaningful role in GP and due diligence meetings, asset tours and site visits with senior staff oversight
- Utilize analytics and qualitative factors to determine attractiveness of real estate investments
- Create and manage complex transaction models and distribution waterfalls
- Prepare detailed investment memos and presentations to support HL’s decision-making process
- Support the management of existing investments by monitoring performance, analyzing financial reports and tracking updates
- Complete special projects, including client projects, industry analysis, and geographical studies, as necessary
Qualifications:
Must-haves:
- +3 to 5 years of relevant investment experience
- 4 Year/Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years of experience in lieu of Bachelor's) (Minimum Required)
- Strong quantitative analytical skills
- Demonstrated mastery of financial modeling
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and measurable success as a strategic thinker
- Ability to take initiative, be self-directed and actively seek out information and resources to complete assignments effectively and efficiently
- Ability to work with others in a team environment
- Capacity to manage a busy workload, taking on multiple projects / investment work simultaneously, and flexibility to work more than 50 hours per week and occasionally on weekends
- Commitment to contribute to the firm’s growth and accommodate an extended work schedule when necessary
Nice-to-haves:
- Real estate transaction experience across direct investments, co-investments, secondaries and/or joint ventures, directly aligned to the specific responsibilities for this position
- Poised presentation skills
Travel Requirements:
Up to 25% domestic
Benefits
At Hamilton Lane, our benefits philosophy is simple: to provide our employees with a competitive suite of benefits and services to help navigate through the complexities and challenges of working, living, raising a family, and eventually retiring. To do this, Hamilton Lane offers the following benefits:
Enhancing Your Physical and Emotional Health
Employees have access to healthcare coverage, mental health resources, health & fitness reimbursement program, and Wellness Rewards Program.
Developing Your Career
Tuition and certification reimbursement programs are available, along with continual education and development trainings for you to grow with Hamilton Lane.
Supporting Your Family & Community
For our communities, Hamilton Lane provides paid time off to volunteer and compensates for referring qualified candidates that join our team.
For growing family, we offer an adoption reimbursement program, paid time off for new parents and newlyweds, and provide travel support for nursing parents.
Safeguarding Your Financial Wellbeing
Hamilton Lane contributes to retirement programs and offers an employee stock purchasing plan.
Hamilton Lane is an affirmative action-equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, marital or partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic predisposition, veteran or military status, status as a victim of domestic violence, a sex offense or stalking, or any other classification prohibited by applicable law.
If you need a reasonable accommodation to complete your application, please contact Human Resources at [email protected].
Hamilton Lane is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Hamilton Lane via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Hamilton Lane. No fee shall be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Hamilton Lane as a result of the referral or through other means.