Regional Lead - Land Acquisition & Development

Residential Land and Development | Off-Market Sourcing | Entrepreneurial Growth Platform | Hamburg Lead for a Pan-European Investment Platform

This is an exceptional opportunity to join a highly entrepreneurial real estate investment and development platform at an exciting stage of its growth in Germany.

As the Hamburg Lead, you will be responsible for identifying, originating and progressing residential, mixed-use and regeneration opportunities across Hamburg and the surrounding region.

This is a genuinely front-end acquisitions role where success will be defined by your ability to nourish and build exceptional market relationships, uncover opportunities before they reach the wider market and apply strong commercial judgement from the earliest stages of a potential acquisition.

We're looking for someone who is naturally entrepreneurial, thrives on creating opportunities rather than waiting for them and wants to play a defining role in building a growing platform with significant long-term ambitions across Germany.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the sourcing and origination of residential, mixed-use and regeneration opportunities across Hamburg and Northern Germany.
• Build and maintain an exceptional network of landowners, developers, municipalities, family offices, advisers and brokers, creating a sustainable pipeline of proprietary and off-market opportunities.
• Develop trusted first and second-degree relationships with landowners and key decision-makers, gaining access to opportunities before they enter competitive sale processes.
• Undertake rapid commercial assessments of potential acquisitions, considering planning context, development potential, land value, build costs, rental values and overall viability before committing further resource.
• Negotiate and progress opportunities from first introduction through to acquisition, working closely with colleagues throughout the investment and development process.
• Represent the business across the Hamburg market, continually expanding relationships and strengthening market presence.
• The Individual

You’ll most likely bring

• A demonstrable track record of personally originating residential land or development opportunities through your own relationships and market network.
• A deep and well-established network across the Hamburg property market, particularly with landowners, developers, municipalities and trusted local advisers.
• Strong commercial judgement, with the ability to rapidly assess planning potential, development viability and investment merit before committing significant time and resource.
• A degree in engineering, civil engineering, architecture, planning or a related discipline would be advantageous, particularly where this has been complemented by experience within a commercially focused land acquisition, investment or development environment.
• A strong understanding of residential development, planning and development economics.
• Experience negotiating directly with landowners and counterparties to secure opportunities.
• An entrepreneurial, self-starting approach with the confidence to operate independently whilst contributing to a collaborative investment platform.
• Fluent German and English.
• What's On Offer
• The opportunity to take ownership of building a high-quality pipeline of residential and mixed-use investment and development opportunities across Hamburg.
• Significant autonomy and direct exposure to senior decision-makers.
• A well-capitalised platform with a long-term investment strategy and clear appetite for growth.
• Competitive base salary and annual bonus.
• A market-leading long-term incentive opportunity for individuals looking to build lasting value alongside the platform.
• The opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to the platform’s growth in Germany over the long term.
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