Client Representative, Project Manager Development & Construction 80 - 100% (m/f/d)

About the job

We are a leading, independent asset manager for real estate solutions in Switzerland. We think in broad contexts, rely on innovative technologies and processes, and pursue a long-term and sustainable investment horizon.

In our flexible service model, we offer our clients expertise in the long-standing fiduciary management and control of their real estate portfolios in portfolio and asset management, as well as project-based strategic consulting in the areas of profitability analyses, development of property strategies, and outsourcing.

With our expertise, we successfully manage our clients' real estate portfolios. In this demanding role, you will be entrusted with the responsibility for the development and realisation of defined projects.

Client Representative, Project Manager Development & Construction 80 - 100% (m/f/d)

Your Responsibilities

• Client representation and project management: Assuming the client role for development, new build, and renovation projects across all planning and realisation phases. Evaluation, commissioning, and management of planners, specialists, and other external service providers
• Project control: Overall responsibility for compliance with quality, costs, and deadlines, as well as initiating appropriate control and optimisation measures
• Project development: Independent development of real estate projects up to building permit, including conception, product definition, target group determination, and positioning
• Strategy and profitability: Development of development strategies, variant studies, and decision-making bases, as well as preparation and assessment of profitability and investment calculations
• Budgeting and controlling: Participation in investment and budget planning, monitoring of project budgets, and ensuring meaningful project controlling and reporting
• Market, location, and potential analyses: Conducting and coordinating market, location, and demand analyses in collaboration with internal and external partners
• Stakeholder and interface management: Representing owner interests as well as professional communication and coordination with authorities, neighbours, tenants, internal departments, and other stakeholders
• Risk management: Identification, analysis, and active management of project risks throughout the entire development and realisation phase
• Construction administration and quality assurance: Overall management of contract matters, cost and schedule tracking, invoice verification, and project documentation. Ensuring execution quality and scheduling
• Tendering and procurement: Preparation, execution, and evaluation of tenders as well as support of awarding processes from the client’s perspective
• Acceptance and commissioning: Management of acceptances, ensuring defect rectification, and support of project handover
• Due diligence and acquisition: Support in technical due diligence, analysis and evaluation of plots and construction projects, as well as identification of development potentials in close cooperation with the acquisition team
• Consulting asset management: Support with construction-technical, economic, and marketing-related issues throughout the entire lifecycle of the properties

Your Profile

• Completed studies in architecture, civil engineering, or a comparable field (ETH/FH) and ideally further training in construction/project management, business administration, or real estate management (e.g. MAS, MBA, CUREM, MScRE)
• At least 10 years of professional experience in project development and project management across all planning and realisation phases, including competition, selection, and awarding procedures
• Several years of experience as a client representative or project manager, preferably in an architectural office, with a construction manager or general/subcontractor; at least 5 years in a responsible client role
• Sound knowledge of project and construction process management as well as pronounced architectural, construction-technical, and business understanding
• Very good knowledge of legal basics, planning and approval processes, construction and contract law, as well as relevant standards; confident in handling planner and work contracts
• Confident in assessing profitability and investment calculations as well as analysing economic contexts throughout the entire project lifecycle
• Strong leadership, communication, and negotiation skills with the ability to manage interdisciplinary teams, make decisions in committees, and professionally represent different stakeholders
• Entrepreneurial, structured, and goal-oriented working style with high initiative, organisational skills, and consistent project control
• Strategic and holistic thinking ability with interest in current developments in architecture, urban planning, construction law, sustainability, markets, as well as digital and technological transformation
• Very good Microsoft Office skills; experience with Provis is an advantage
• Fluent in German, both spoken and written; French skills are an advantage
• Personality: independent, assertive, responsible, reliable, honest, innovative, as well as service- and team-oriented.

We Offer

• Diverse and varied field of work
• Collaboration in a committed and collegial team
• Attractive working conditions
• Modern, spacious office premises in Zug and Zurich
• Independent work with plenty of scope for design

Would you like to contribute your experience and skills to a future-oriented environment and actively participate in the development of the group? We look forward to receiving your application documents via the corresponding link.