Director - Hotel Capital Markets

About Bridge

Bridge is a fast-growing, AI-powered capital markets fintech with deep roots in hospitality lending. We are redefining the financing landscape by combining deep industry expertise with cutting-edge technology to streamline debt origination, structuring, and placement.

This is a pivotal moment to join our team as we are experiencing billions in financing volume, and we are now expanding our footprint. The role reports directly to our SVP of Commercial Real Estate in NYC, and we are looking for an ambitious, high-energy Hotel Capital Markets expert to join our team and execute on hotel debt transactions nationwide.

The opportunity

If you are hungry, energetic, and thrive in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment, this role offers an unparalleled runway. You will direct your own transactions, leverage a modern fintech platform, and play a defining role in scaling Bridge's market leadership in the hospitality sector.

Key responsibilities

• Deal origination and execution: source, negotiate, and structure hotel financing transactions end to end, maximizing efficiency while securing competitive market terms.
• Capital sourcing and placement: leverage and expand a deep network of hospitality capital providers, including conventional commercial banks and credit unions, debt funds, CMBS platforms, life insurance companies, and programmatic family offices.
• Financing structuring and advisory: structure complex capital stacks tailored to the hospitality sector, from time-sensitive acquisitions to repositioning for a brand conversion to ground-up construction.
• Underwriting and market intelligence: apply our internal underwriting procedure and collaborate with our technology team to evaluate hotel financial performance, analyze property metrics, assess sales comparables, and create institutional-grade offering memoranda.
• Relationship and portfolio management: cultivate long-term relationships with institutional and regional hotel owners, developers, operators, and brand networks to establish a consistent pipeline of repeat business.

Qualifications and skills

• 7 to 15 years of experience in commercial real estate capital markets, commercial mortgage brokerage, investment banking, or hospitality direct lending. A dedicated focus or significant transaction history within the hotel asset class is highly preferred.
• Preferably based in New York City to work alongside our executive leadership team at HQ, though remote will be considered.
• Proven success sourcing, structuring, and closing CRE debt and equity programs. Experience with transactions ranging from $5MM to $25MM+ is a strong plus.
• Strong command of hotel real estate metrics, financial modeling, hospitality cash flow dynamics, and structured finance concepts.
• Highly energetic, entrepreneurial, and self-motivated, with a hunter mentality for deal sourcing, excellent negotiation skills, and the agility to adapt to a fast-scaling fintech platform.

What we offer

• Highly competitive base salary with an aggressive, performance-driven bonus structure.
• Company stock option plan; own a piece of the technology platform you are helping to build.
• 401(k) with company contribution.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Robust parental leave.
• A collaborative, high-trust team environment with on-site team lunches, corporate events, and off-site meet-ups.
• The autonomy to drive major transactions with a direct line to executive leadership.