Vice President, Asset Management

Position

• Title/Department: Vice President / Asset Management
• Region: Japan
• Location: Tokyo
• Reporting To: Head of Asset Management, Japan

Key Responsibilities

• Wing-to-wing responsibilities for all investment management and portfolio management activities for allocated investments, including but not limited to:
• Source hard assets, portfolios and programmatic investments through co-mingled funds, club deals, JV partnerships and direct acquisitions
• Conduct site visits and provide market research and analysis relating to the investment opportunities
• Underwrite investments, which includes financial analysis and the support of investment assumptions with robust market information, as well as the preparation and presentation of investment memos
• Negotiate transaction terms with counter parties including sellers, partners and managers
• Structure investments with the objective of optimizing returns to the investors
• Liaise with external financial institutions to raise debt financing for investments
• Transaction management, which includes overseeing third-party advisors in the due diligence exercise and coordinating between internal teams and third-party advisors

• Life Cycle Asset Management

• Prepare and support the implementation of asset/investment level business plans as well as monitor ongoing development projects and the phased acquisition of assets within programmatic partnerships
• Identify and appoint service providers for investments
• Work with service providers to ensure proper upkeep of asset quality and investment performance
• Provide portfolio reporting
• Custodian of investment related governance

• Dispositions

• Lead the sale of assets/investments and prepare divestment memo

• Conduct regular macroeconomic and real estate market research and analysis and work with the strategy & capital formation team in the development of Japan investment strategies
• Develop and manage relationships, inbound and outbound, including investors, partners, managers, agents, and advisors, etc.
• Responsible for all business development and strategic initiatives in the assigned region

Key Requirements

• Strong academic background, with focus on real estate investment, portfolio and asset management
• Minimum 10 years of experience in real estate preferably in asset / portfolio management
• Deep understanding of real estate markets in Japan, across sectors
• Strong English communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Ability to manage diverse stakeholders
• Flexibility to travel on a regular basis

PIMCO Prime Real Estate

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

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.

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.

Note: Diversity of minds is an integral part of Allianz’ company culture. One means to achieve diverse teams is a regular rotation of Allianz Executive employees across functions, Allianz entities and geographies. Therefore, the company encourages its employees to have motivation in gaining varied skills from different positions and to collect experiences from across Allianz Group.