Head of Capital Markets Growth Paris Temporarily Remote

Colonies operates as an asset-light operator in the residential field, relying on real estate investors to support our development. Colonies has grown a strong network of investors and secured > 2bn€ of RE capital committed.

For 7 years, Colonies has been a pioneer and leader in the European residential real estate sector, implementing various innovative and successful strategies such as:

1. New innovative products in the housing market like Coliving (European precursor).
2. Aggregation strategy which was a landmark in the European investment landscape (LBO deal for houses 150M€, Ares deal for shared flats 1bn€).
3. Brownfield strategy (one of the biggest track records in existing office building retrofitting).
4. Portfolio takeover from asset managers (e.g., Cuno deal in Germany).

This effort has been led mostly by founders and we need to create a dedicated focus on new business and investor relations to grow and diversify the investor base in new markets, develop new strategies, and help make Colonies the player for residential capital markets.

You will be responsible for:

1. Building and orchestrating new development strategies (products/assets/impact) to enhance Colonies' offering to investors from ideation phase, BP, POC, and partnership to early execution of deals.
2. Consolidating and animating a network of investor clients to grow Colonies' pipeline and capital committed. Enhancing Colonies' notoriety (e.g., events like MIPIM, GRI, Blueprint, roadshows) and building long-term relationships with investors.
3. Negotiating and closing partnership deals.
4. Exploring the creation of a Colonies' fund or additional new models.

You're a great fit if you have:

1. Excellent communication skills (external/internal) and an appetite to develop international markets.
2. A deep understanding of RE capital markets and their dynamics.
3. A strong network.
4. Experience in coordination of teams.
5. Sales, negotiation, deal making, and closing skills.
6. Drive, creativity, and autonomy.
7. Strong analytical skills, financial acumen, and a data and process-driven mindset.
8. Successful experiences with 10+ years operating in our industry.