Transaction Manager DACH – Core​/Core+ Real Estate; m​/w​/d

Your mission

Manova Partners is seeking a leader in the real estate sector to drive our Core/Core-Plus Transactions in the DACH Region.

You will lead growth across those regions by deploying capital to support acquisition and disposal targets, and generate significant value for our managed funds and SMAs.

Reporting to the Head of European Transactions, you will be responsible for all transaction-related activity, including staffing, deal execution, and performance management. In addition, you will be expected to participate in new capital deployment strategies and help source and execute new acquisitions working alongside asset management, portfolio management, and debt financing teams.

• Demonstrate a deep understanding of the markets across the different asset classes (including, but not exhaustively, offices, retail, logistics, hotels and residential) to be able to source new investment opportunities matching the requirements of the different managed funds and to scale the Manova real estate business.
• Manage the various phases of origination and sourcing, structuring, underwriting, investment committee material preparation, and transaction documentation.
• Be a point of contact towards internal stakeholders such as portfolio or asset managers and provide market insight and advise and lead on internal and external recommendations.
• Manage divestment strategy for assets in accordance with business plans.
• Prepare market overviews, financial analysis and investment performance reports for internal and external stakeholders as required, and support the preparation of financial analysis for key asset-level capital events and investment decisions (for example, major leases, hold/sell strategy, etc).
• Help grow the existing Manova market network to create new business opportunities.
• Represent Manova Partners with key intermediaries, brokers, investors, competitors, institutions, industry peers, and external partners as a thought leader in the industry.

• To be the right individual you will likely be someone who wants to develop as a leader. You will also have a high achievement drive, be analytical and have entrepreneurial mindset with a high level of autonomy and maturity.
• You will likely have expertise in both finance and real estate sectors – ideally across Europe and across several asset classes (7+ years) and experience managing people, work streams, and transactions.
• You will have a demonstrable track record of originating and leading transactions in your market, have an existing deep industry network, be a team player and strong communicator, and be fluent in German and English.
• Ability to fit into a multi-cultural environment and work as part of an international team.
• Strong drive combined with humility, ability to effectively team and collaborate with others.

Manova Partners offers flexible real estate investment solutions, individually tailored to meet the objectives of our clients. With a heritage stretching 25 years, we’ve grown to become a team of over 150 professionals across Europe, the US and Latin America, with €11 billion assets under management and €23 billion in realized transactions. We actively manage an international real estate portfolio of over 170 property investments and development projects on behalf of our global investor partners to support value creation and drive performance.

At Manova Partners we take pride in our culture of inclusivity, integrity, and openness, where individuals from diverse backgrounds come together to collaborate.