Senior Development Manager (m/f/d) International

Role Summary

The “Senior Development Manager (m/f/d) – International” oversees and executes high-profile commercial and mixed-use development projects across Europe. This person plays a pivotal role in repositioning and future-proofing of assets, combining technical expertise, strategic vision, and stakeholder collaboration to deliver outstanding results.

This is a high-impact position with international exposure and coverage, offering the opportunity to shape landmark projects and directly contribute to the growth and transformation of a globally respected real estate platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Elaborate, prepare and present redevelopment strategies and scenarios to relevant internal & external stakeholders
• Drive the product redefinition process, aligning development plans with market trends investor goals and tenant dynamics.
• Steer the feasibility studies, design development and manage the approval of administrative authorizations according to defined delivery structure.
• Lead collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to conclude contractual agreements with planners, developers, external project managers, specialized consultants and tenants.
• Coordinate and manage project execution (direct supervision of general planner, via external project manager or with developers, ensuring on-time, on-budget high quality product delivery).
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
• Documentation and Reporting: Maintain comprehensive project documentation and prepare detailed reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support internal stakeholders by proposing realistic underwriting assumptions for business plans
• Contribute extensively to marketing and leasing strategies with the overall asset vision to maximize tenant satisfaction and asset performance.
• Integrate sustainability goals, ensuring projects alignment with the overall strategy (CRREM, taxonomy, certifications, EPCs…).
• Leverage smart building technologies to enhance operational efficiency, high environmental performance .
• Utilize SAP for financial management of operations, ensuring accurate and efficient financial tracking and reporting. Mentor junior project managers and contribute to talent development within the Development Europe & Innovation team.
• Act as a functional lead on strategic initiatives, supporting the Head of Development Europe in aligning regional development goals.
• Represent the Development function in investment committees.

Key Requirements

• Master’s degree in Real Estate discipline or related field (Architecture, Civil Engineering, etc). Complementary business/economics degree is as a plus
• 10+ years of relevant experience in real estate development or asset management
• Confirmed international experience on redevelopments covering hotel, logistic and residential conversions and asset classes covering technical, financial and commercial aspects. Multi-country management practice (managing projects and external stakeholders in different cultural areas across Europe)
• Proven ability in designing and execution of reorganizational and business strategies (harmonization of development practice across Europe, etc.) in large international organizations
• Experience in business plans elaboration, definition of underwriting assumptions (real assets).
• Exceptional analytical and negotiation skills, with a proven ability to manage complex contractual agreements and deliver optimal outcomes.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to remain composed and effective in dynamic, fast-paced environments. This includes proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Fluent in English and German (technical, commercial, and financial communication)
• A passion for sustainability, innovation, and creating high-performance assets.

Benefits

• Onboarding: A mentor, a buddy program and a global welcome event will help you getting started.
• Learning: A large portfolio of continuous learning opportunities will help you staying relevant in your current role and growing into future workplace demands.
• Working place: An open and international working environment with a diverse and inclusive culture will inspire your everyday work. A working model which balances remote and office based work will give you the flexibility to organize the way you work.
• Benefits: A company pension scheme, well-being initiatives, sports offers and other local benefits will allow you achieving a positive work life balance.

A leading global real estate investor and manager, PIMCO Prime Real Estate is a PIMCO company and part of the PIMCO real estate platform, focusing on the Core and Core+ segments of the market and managing the Allianz Group’s $85B real estate mandate. We manage a global investment portfolio c. $90B AUM, with an international team of c. 450 employees working in 16 offices in Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the U.S. PIMCO’s real estate platform is one of the largest and most diversified in the world, with $174B in assets and a broad set of solutions that leverage decades of expertise across public and private equity and debt markets.

Allianz Group is one of the most trusted insurance and asset management companies in the world. Caring for our employees, their ambitions, dreams and challenges, is what makes us a unique employer. Together we can build an environment where everyone feels empowered and has the confidence to explore, to grow and to shape a better future for our customers and the world around us. 
We at Allianz believe in a diverse and inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to bring your whole self to work, no matter where you are from, what you look like, who you love or what you believe in.
We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, disability or sexual orientation.
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