Team Leader Area Development

About the job

Realising living spaces for future generations.

HIAG is a leading real estate company listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. HIAG's business model encompasses the entire value chain of real estate: portfolio/asset management, area development, and transaction management. We invest in residential, commercial, and industrial spaces at attractive locations in German-speaking and Western Switzerland, placing great emphasis on sustainability. Together, we create holistic living spaces of the future for people and businesses on our sites. We combine the strengths of a family business with the financial power of a publicly listed group. Our corporate culture is characterised by trust, transparency, and dialogue. We communicate on equal terms and maintain a respectful approach.

Your tasks

You take responsibility for demanding area developments in early SIA phases (1–3). You identify potential, create decision-making bases, and lead projects in a structured manner to construction readiness. In doing so, you think and act like an owner.

• Leading rezoning, neighbourhood, and design plan procedures
• Developing viable usage and development strategies
• Responsibility for feasibility studies, economic analyses, and investment bases
• Active participation in competition and planning procedures

You create added value, not just planning.

• Leading external planning teams up to building permit
• Responsibility for quality, deadlines, and cost-effectiveness
• Coordination of specialists and support of general contractor/subcontractor awards
• Structured management of complex development processes

You get projects rolling and keep them on course.

• Leading 2–3 project developers (approx. 30%)
• Sparring partner for asset management, realisation, finance, and marketing
• Confident representation towards authorities and stakeholders

You take responsibility, both professionally and personally.

Your profile

You have a degree in architecture or civil engineering (ETH/FH) and bring at least ten years of experience in area development, ideally across several project phases.

What particularly distinguishes you:

• Several years of leadership experience with directly reporting employees
• Entrepreneurial thinking and decisiveness
• Understanding of complex development processes from the perspective of clients and investors
• Assertiveness combined with diplomatic skill
• Interest in future topics such as sustainability, digitalisation, BIM, or CO₂ strategies
• Fluent German, good English skills

You want to shape, not manage.

Our offer

• Interesting & varied range of tasks
• Motivated, well-coordinated, and helpful team
• Organisation with flat hierarchy and short decision-making paths
• Independent work and freedom
• Exclusively company-owned sites
• An exciting and sustainably operating environment
• Room for personal and professional development
• Attractive employment conditions and generous training opportunities

Your workplace

• Zurich, directly at the main station
• Travel activity in German-speaking Switzerland

We look forward to your application.