Commercial Real Estate Specialist Jobs
Commercial Real Estate Specialist jobs are open across brokerage firms, property management companies, REITs, and corporate real estate departments, at every level from associate to senior specialist, with specializations in leasing, investment sales, and asset management. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Top cityLos Angeles, CA
Work type44% Hybrid
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Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Manager
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Stifel
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Manager
Chicago, Illinois
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2027 Commercial Real Estate Analyst Training Program
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Enterprise Community Partners
2027 Commercial Real Estate Analyst Training Program
Columbia, Maryland
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Asset Manager - Commercial Real Estate - Post Closing /Underwriting
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CIBC
Asset Manager - Commercial Real Estate - Post Closing /Underwriting
Chicago, Illinois
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Commercial Real Estate (CRE) - Senior Underwriter
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U.S. Bank
Commercial Real Estate (CRE) - Senior Underwriter
Newport Beach, California
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Commercial Real Estate Senior Credit Analyst (multiple levels)
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U.S. Bank
Commercial Real Estate Senior Credit Analyst (multiple levels)
Newport Beach, California
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Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Manager
Stifel·Chicago, Illinois
Job functions:
$115k - $130k/yr
On-Site
Bachelor's degree in finance
5,001-10,000 employees
Job Description
Why Stifel:
Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
What You'll Be Doing:
Actual salaries may vary, and may be based on several factors, including but not limited to each candidate’s qualifications, skills, and overall competencies for the position. The base salary is one component of Stifel’s overall compensation package for each individual employee. Other benefits and offerings include, but not limited to, discretionary bonuses, health / dental / vision / prescription insurance offerings, Stifel Total Health Connect, flexible spending accounts, tuition & certification assistance programs, paid time off, and much, much more! To view a more comprehensive list of Stifel’s current offerings, please visit https://www.stifel.com/careers/benefits. Applications are accepted until the position is filled. About Stifel:
While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.
Stifel’s bank and trust companies are equal opportunity employers. All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. If you would like more information regarding Equal Employment Opportunity rights and protections, please review the following information: Know Your Rights.
Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.
Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
The Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Portfolio Manager supports the management and ongoing monitoring of a portfolio of commercial real estate loans to ensure strong credit quality, compliance with approved credit terms, and sound portfolio performance. The role provides underwriting support, credit analysis, risk assessment, and ongoing portfolio monitoring for new and existing CRE relationships within the Commercial Real Estate Lending group. Working closely with Relationship Managers, Credit Officers, Credit Analysts, and other internal partners, the CRE Portfolio Manager contributes to the structuring, documentation, and administration of CRE loans while helping identify and mitigate credit risk. The position plays an important role in maintaining alignment with internal credit standards, regulatory requirements, and bank objectives, while supporting client relationships and overall portfolio profitability.
What We're Looking For:
- Support the management and ongoing monitoring of a commercial real estate loan portfolio to ensure compliance with approved credit terms, internal policies, and established standards.
- Partner with Relationship Managers and Credit Officers to support underwriting of new loan requests, renewals, and modifications.
- Perform financial analysis including global cash flow analysis, covenant testing, collateral monitoring, and risk rating assessments to support underwriting and credit decisioning for new and existing loans.
- Assist in the preparation of prescreen and credit approval memoranda for new loan requests, renewals, and modifications, including financial spreads, risk assessments, and summary analyses.
- Partner with Credit Analysts to facilitate timely and accurate financial analysis and credit memo preparation, while reinforcing established credit standards, analytical consistency, and documentation quality.
- Support annual and periodic credit reviews, including analysis of loan performance, borrower financial results, and covenant compliance.
- Monitor loan maturities, risk ratings, and required reporting to identify potential issues, exceptions, or emerging credit risks.
- Ensure loan documentation and credit structures align with approved credit terms and established standards.
- Track and assist in the resolution of documentation, covenant, and reporting exceptions in coordination with Credit, Legal, and other internal partners.
- Maintain awareness of market conditions and real estate trends impacting the CRE portfolio.
- Provide analytical and portfolio support to Relationship Managers for client engagement and business development efforts.
- Assist with portfolio reporting, analysis, and ad hoc credit‑related requests.
- Maintain accurate and complete loan files and documentation throughout the credit lifecycle.
- Foundational knowledge of commercial real estate lending, including credit analysis, underwriting principles, and risk assessment concepts.
- Ability to analyze borrower and guarantor financial statements, global cash flow, and real estate collateral with limited supervision.
- Working knowledge of CRE loan structures, covenants, documentation, and credit approval processes.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with Relationship Managers, Credit Officers, Credit Analysts, and other internal partners.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail in a deadline‑driven environment.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and workflows efficiently in a fast‑paced commercial lending environment.
- Experience supporting CRE underwriting, portfolio management, credit administration, or loan servicing.
- Experience analyzing financial statements, cash flow, and real estate collateral within a banking or institutional environment preferred.
- Minimum Required: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Real Estate, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum Required: 3+ years of experience in commercial real estate lending, commercial banking, credit analysis, or a related financial services role.
- Minimum Required: None.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
- Working knowledge of commercial real estate research platforms such as CoStar, REIS, or similar tools preferred.
Actual salaries may vary, and may be based on several factors, including but not limited to each candidate’s qualifications, skills, and overall competencies for the position. The base salary is one component of Stifel’s overall compensation package for each individual employee. Other benefits and offerings include, but not limited to, discretionary bonuses, health / dental / vision / prescription insurance offerings, Stifel Total Health Connect, flexible spending accounts, tuition & certification assistance programs, paid time off, and much, much more! To view a more comprehensive list of Stifel’s current offerings, please visit https://www.stifel.com/careers/benefits. Applications are accepted until the position is filled. About Stifel:
Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.
While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.
Stifel’s bank and trust companies are equal opportunity employers. All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. If you would like more information regarding Equal Employment Opportunity rights and protections, please review the following information: Know Your Rights.
Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Stifel
Commercial Real Estate Portfolio Manager
Chicago, Illinois
New 7h ago5,001-10,000 employees
Job functions:
$115k - $130k/yr
On-Site
Bachelor's degree in finance
Job Description
Why Stifel:
Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
What You'll Be Doing:
Actual salaries may vary, and may be based on several factors, including but not limited to each candidate’s qualifications, skills, and overall competencies for the position. The base salary is one component of Stifel’s overall compensation package for each individual employee. Other benefits and offerings include, but not limited to, discretionary bonuses, health / dental / vision / prescription insurance offerings, Stifel Total Health Connect, flexible spending accounts, tuition & certification assistance programs, paid time off, and much, much more! To view a more comprehensive list of Stifel’s current offerings, please visit https://www.stifel.com/careers/benefits. Applications are accepted until the position is filled. About Stifel:
While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.
Stifel’s bank and trust companies are equal opportunity employers. All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. If you would like more information regarding Equal Employment Opportunity rights and protections, please review the following information: Know Your Rights.
Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.
Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
The Commercial Real Estate (CRE) Portfolio Manager supports the management and ongoing monitoring of a portfolio of commercial real estate loans to ensure strong credit quality, compliance with approved credit terms, and sound portfolio performance. The role provides underwriting support, credit analysis, risk assessment, and ongoing portfolio monitoring for new and existing CRE relationships within the Commercial Real Estate Lending group. Working closely with Relationship Managers, Credit Officers, Credit Analysts, and other internal partners, the CRE Portfolio Manager contributes to the structuring, documentation, and administration of CRE loans while helping identify and mitigate credit risk. The position plays an important role in maintaining alignment with internal credit standards, regulatory requirements, and bank objectives, while supporting client relationships and overall portfolio profitability.
What We're Looking For:
- Support the management and ongoing monitoring of a commercial real estate loan portfolio to ensure compliance with approved credit terms, internal policies, and established standards.
- Partner with Relationship Managers and Credit Officers to support underwriting of new loan requests, renewals, and modifications.
- Perform financial analysis including global cash flow analysis, covenant testing, collateral monitoring, and risk rating assessments to support underwriting and credit decisioning for new and existing loans.
- Assist in the preparation of prescreen and credit approval memoranda for new loan requests, renewals, and modifications, including financial spreads, risk assessments, and summary analyses.
- Partner with Credit Analysts to facilitate timely and accurate financial analysis and credit memo preparation, while reinforcing established credit standards, analytical consistency, and documentation quality.
- Support annual and periodic credit reviews, including analysis of loan performance, borrower financial results, and covenant compliance.
- Monitor loan maturities, risk ratings, and required reporting to identify potential issues, exceptions, or emerging credit risks.
- Ensure loan documentation and credit structures align with approved credit terms and established standards.
- Track and assist in the resolution of documentation, covenant, and reporting exceptions in coordination with Credit, Legal, and other internal partners.
- Maintain awareness of market conditions and real estate trends impacting the CRE portfolio.
- Provide analytical and portfolio support to Relationship Managers for client engagement and business development efforts.
- Assist with portfolio reporting, analysis, and ad hoc credit‑related requests.
- Maintain accurate and complete loan files and documentation throughout the credit lifecycle.
- Foundational knowledge of commercial real estate lending, including credit analysis, underwriting principles, and risk assessment concepts.
- Ability to analyze borrower and guarantor financial statements, global cash flow, and real estate collateral with limited supervision.
- Working knowledge of CRE loan structures, covenants, documentation, and credit approval processes.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with Relationship Managers, Credit Officers, Credit Analysts, and other internal partners.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail in a deadline‑driven environment.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and workflows efficiently in a fast‑paced commercial lending environment.
- Experience supporting CRE underwriting, portfolio management, credit administration, or loan servicing.
- Experience analyzing financial statements, cash flow, and real estate collateral within a banking or institutional environment preferred.
- Minimum Required: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Real Estate, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- Minimum Required: 3+ years of experience in commercial real estate lending, commercial banking, credit analysis, or a related financial services role.
- Minimum Required: None.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and PowerPoint.
- Working knowledge of commercial real estate research platforms such as CoStar, REIS, or similar tools preferred.
Actual salaries may vary, and may be based on several factors, including but not limited to each candidate’s qualifications, skills, and overall competencies for the position. The base salary is one component of Stifel’s overall compensation package for each individual employee. Other benefits and offerings include, but not limited to, discretionary bonuses, health / dental / vision / prescription insurance offerings, Stifel Total Health Connect, flexible spending accounts, tuition & certification assistance programs, paid time off, and much, much more! To view a more comprehensive list of Stifel’s current offerings, please visit https://www.stifel.com/careers/benefits. Applications are accepted until the position is filled. About Stifel:
Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.
While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.
Stifel’s bank and trust companies are equal opportunity employers. All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. If you would like more information regarding Equal Employment Opportunity rights and protections, please review the following information: Know Your Rights.
Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Who's Hiring
- Marcus & Millichap143
- CohnReznick19
- JPMorganChase15
- Jobot11
- Moore & Van Allen11
Top Industries Hiring
- Banking & Financial Services15
- Staffing & Recruiting11
- Construction & Real Estate8
- Law & Legal Services5
- Accounting & Auditing3
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in commercial real estate specialist jobs.
- Active state real estate license required at time of hire
- 2 to 5 years of commercial real estate brokerage or leasing experience
- Proficiency with CoStar, Argus, or similar commercial real estate platforms
- Bachelor's degree in real estate, finance, or a related business field
- CCIM or SIOR designation preferred for mid-senior roles
- Demonstrated experience with lease negotiation and tenant representation
Tips for Your Commercial Real Estate Specialist Job Search
Tailor your resume to transaction volume
Hiring managers in commercial real estate want to see deal size and transaction count, not just job duties. Replace vague descriptions with specific figures like square footage closed, lease values, or portfolio size you managed directly.
Highlight your property type focus
Office, industrial, retail, and multifamily are treated as separate specializations by most employers. Call out your primary property type in your resume headline and summary so recruiters screening for a specific asset class find you immediately.
Get your real estate license before applying
Most commercial real estate specialist roles require an active state real estate license at the time of hire, not after. Verify that your license is current and valid in the state where the role is based before you submit any application.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists commercial real estate specialist openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a deal sheet for interviews
A one-page deal sheet summarizing your three to five most significant transactions is a standard interview expectation in commercial real estate. Bring it to every in-person or video interview and be ready to walk through each deal chronologically.
Negotiate comp structure, not just base
Commercial real estate roles often split compensation between base salary and commission or override percentages. When an offer arrives, ask specifically how commission splits are structured, what the ramp period looks like, and whether there is a draw against future earnings.
Commercial Real Estate Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most commercial real estate specialists?
The companies hiring the most commercial real estate specialists right now include Marcus & Millichap, CohnReznick, and JPMorganChase, with the largest share of openings in California, Florida, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is strongest at national brokerage firms and corporate real estate departments managing large owned or leased portfolios.
How many commercial real estate specialist jobs are remote?
About 58% of commercial real estate specialist openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting a role that typically requires in-market property tours, client meetings, and site inspections. Sub-specializations in asset management, financial analysis, and lease administration tend to allow the most remote flexibility compared to transaction-focused or brokerage roles.
How do you become a commercial real estate specialist?
Start by obtaining a state real estate license, which requires completing pre-licensing coursework and passing a state exam. Most specialists then enter the field through a brokerage firm or property management company in a junior leasing or analyst role, building a transaction record over time. Earning a designation like CCIM accelerates advancement into senior specialist and advisory positions.
Can you get hired as a commercial real estate specialist with little experience?
Yes, entry-level positions exist in lease administration, brokerage support, and tenant coordination, and they do not require a closed transaction history. Employers hiring at the junior level look for an active real estate license, familiarity with commercial lease structures, and demonstrated research or analytical skills, often gained through internships or residential real estate work.
What does the commercial real estate specialist interview process look like?
Most processes begin with a phone screen focused on your property type background and licensing status, followed by a panel interview with senior brokers or hiring managers. Candidates are typically asked to walk through past deals or present a market analysis. Final rounds at brokerage firms often include a deal sheet review and a conversation about commission expectations and territory.
Where can I find and apply to commercial real estate specialist jobs?
You can find and apply to commercial real estate specialist jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your property type focus, experience level, and location, then apply directly to each listing that fits your background.
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