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Founding Multifamily Partnerships

Role overview

Summary

This role focuses on building the multifamily supply category for a residential marketplace. You will collaborate with the founding team to develop partnerships and pricing strategies as the business grows.

Qualifications

  • Five to ten years of experience in proptech, multifamily real estate, or residential leasing.
  • Hands-on experience in supply-side partnerships or sales, including pitching, negotiating, and closing landlords or operators.
  • Active relationships with multifamily landlords, owners, or operators in a major US market.
  • Experience in B2B sales, partnerships, or business development, ideally in real estate, proptech, or another complex sales environment.
  • Preferred: Strong relationship-building, negotiation, and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

  • Build and execute a go-to-market strategy for partnership-driven supply acquisition.
  • Identify landlord and operator prospects through industry relationships, outreach, networking, and market research.
  • Manage the partner sales cycle, from pitching and negotiating to closing and onboarding buildings.
  • Track pipeline health, partner performance, live units, occupancy, and revenue per unit.

Key facts

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Relationship Management
  • Real Estate
  • Negotiation
  • Analytical Skills

About the company

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Clera Inc.

  • Job Boards & Talent Marketplaces
  • 11–50
Clera is an AI talent agent that represents job candidates and connects them directly with hiring managers at venture-backed startups. The platform uses artificial intelligence to match professionals with suitable career opportunities and facilitates introductions via email, iMessage, and WhatsApp, bypassing traditional job application processes.

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Job description

About the Role

As a founding commercial hire at a residential marketplace, you will build the multifamily supply category and develop its go-to-market approach. You will work closely with the founding team to shape partnerships, pricing, and product priorities as the business expands.

What You'll Do

  • Build and execute a go-to-market strategy for partnership-driven supply acquisition.

  • Identify landlord and operator prospects through industry relationships, outreach, networking, and market research.

  • Manage the partner sales cycle, from pitching and negotiating to closing and onboarding buildings.

  • Explain the marketplace's value proposition, including faster leasing cycles, revenue potential, automated screening, and financial transparency.

  • Use performance data and renewal cycles to strengthen partnerships and expand unit counts.

  • Collaborate with the founding team on pricing, partner feedback, business model decisions, and product priorities.

  • Track pipeline health, partner performance, live units, occupancy, and revenue per unit.

What We're Looking For

  • Five to ten years of experience in proptech, multifamily real estate, or residential leasing.

  • Hands-on experience in supply-side partnerships or sales, including pitching, negotiating, and closing landlords or operators.

  • Active relationships with multifamily landlords, owners, or operators in a major US market.

  • Experience in B2B sales, partnerships, or business development, ideally in real estate, proptech, or another complex sales environment.

  • Strong relationship-building, negotiation, and analytical skills, along with comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment.

  • Familiarity with multifamily operations, property management, or the flexible and short-term housing sector is valuable.

Location

On-site in Chicago, Illinois.

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