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Entrepreneurial Board Member – Swiss Real Estate Platform

Do you want to shape a real estate business, not just oversee it? Have you led development, operations and investor relationships under one roof? This Swiss real estate platform manages a portfolio in the CHF-billion range and is part of an integrated financial group serving institutional and private investors. Backed by a strong group, it offers the complete range from development and realisation to property management and investment vehicles – a combination rarely found in the Swiss market. A recent capital raise is earmarked for the targeted expansion of the portfolio and for further development projects. This creates a unique opportunity to shape a fully integrated platform with the resources of a strong group behind it. The shareholder is looking for an entrepreneurial board member with substantial commitment and a proven track record in the Swiss real estate market, who wants to be entrepreneurially active and combines hands-on business leadership with institutional rigour.

Your benefit in talking to us:

  • Salary comparison, current salary to market salary
  • Understanding your career options
  • Identification of development and promotion potential
  • 65% of candidates will be making a career move within the next 12 to 24 months

Our client develops, realises, manages and markets residential and commercial properties for institutional investors in Switzerland. Interested in further information about the company and the role? Book a 45-minute video call:

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Why is this position interesting for you?

A unique opportunity

  • A strong financial group and a complete real estate offering under one roof – a platform with the resources and the reach to grow

 

Shape the growth

  • Steer the expansion of a portfolio in the CHF-billion range, backed by fresh capital earmarked for acquisitions and new development projects

 

The full value chain

  • Development, realisation as general/total contractor, property management and commercialisation – all in house, giving you direct influence on value creation across the lifecycle

 

Your track record counts

  • You bridge operational real estate and institutional capital, and your track record in the Swiss real estate market shows it – you know what institutional investors expect in terms of return, risk, transparency and reporting

 

More than a board seat

  • Substantial, entrepreneurial commitment with real impact on strategy and execution, and room to grow with the platform

 

Positioning of our client

  • Swiss real estate platform within a strong, integrated financial group offering banking, investment and pension solutions
  • Business model: full operational value chain in house – development, transactions, realisation, property management and marketing
  • Strategy: targeted portfolio growth and further development projects, financed by a recent capital raise; predominantly residential portfolio
  • Offering: complete real estate value chain combined with the product range of the group
  • Promise: stable income and long-term value creation for institutional and private investors

Main tasks

  • Prio 1: Shape the strategic development and growth path of the real estate platform, including the deployment of the new capital
  • Prio 2: Professionalise governance, processes, controls and reporting to the standards institutional investors expect
  • Challenge and support execution across development, realisation and property management – on time, on budget, with controlled risk
  • Ensure a resilient portfolio that delivers stable income across market cycles and is diversified by location, usage mix and risk profile
  • Strengthen positioning and trust with institutional investors; support capital raising and investor servicing
  • Ensure a clear interface and close alignment with investment and asset management decisions at group level
  • Build a professionally structured, high-performing organisation across all real estate disciplines

 

Requirements profile

  • Proven track record of success in the Swiss real estate market, demonstrated by measurable results in portfolio, development and operational performance
  • Experience with/in:
    • Leading a real estate company or platform with full P&L responsibility and reporting to a board or investment committee
    • Both worlds: operational real estate and institutional capital (investment foundations, real estate funds, institutional mandates)
    • Development incl. permits, realisation as general/total contractor, and property management at scale
    • Transition from owner-managed to institutional governance (processes, controls, reporting)
    • Established standing and network in the Swiss institutional real estate market (e.g. board or association roles)
    • Hands-on business leadership combined with institutional rigour

 

Role, function and reporting line

  • Entrepreneurial member of the Board of Directors of a Swiss real estate platform, with a substantial commitment and close involvement in strategy and execution
  • Reporting to: the shareholder

 

Framework conditions

  • Location: Greater Zurich / Zug area
  • Substantial commitment, entrepreneurially active
  • Attractive package including a long-term participation in the value development of the platform

Application & Contact

Yvonne Thoma
Yvonne Thoma
Partner
wirz phone +41 44 515 02 60 wirz email yvonne.thoma@w-gruppe.com
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Stephan Peyer
Stephan Peyer
Partner
wirz phone +41 44 515 02 60 wirz email stephan.peyer@w-gruppe.com
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Rekrutierungsprozess

In an initial interview, we will give you a detailed insight into the role, the company, the corporate culture and your development opportunities.

After an initial exchange with the partner (headhunter), you will receive further information about the role and our client's expectations. If you are interested, please send us your documents. Wirz & Partners will draw up a longlist, which will be discussed with the client. From this longlist, 4-6 candidates are selected for the shortlist.

Time to feedback: 2-3 weeks

If you make it onto the shortlist, it's on to the next round. In the interview with Wirz & Partners, we get to know you professionally and personally. You will receive further information about the client, the offering, the services, the team and the KPIs. Based on all the interviews and documents, we prepare a complete dossier about you for the client, including an executive summary. These documents form the basis for the structured interview process with the client. We prepare you for the interview.

Duration until the interview with the client: Up to two weeks.

The first meeting with the customer is about getting to know each other as equals and experiencing the gut feeling, the people and the corporate culture. This interview takes place in person at the customer's premises and lasts an average of one hour.

The second interview is about deepening professional expertise and management topics. In this exchange, you get to know the team, the strategy and the operational goals. 

You will then receive a salary proposal and an overview of the entire offer.

Duration until feedback: 1-2 weeks

Following the final meeting, a de-briefing takes place with you and the customer.

We support you in the contract negotiations and clarify further details. The contract is drawn up and we accompany the on-boarding at the customer's premises.

Duration until feedback: Up to one week

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