Managing Director / Head of Construction and Planning 80-100%

Managing Director / Head of Construction and Planning
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For an established housing cooperative in Zurich's District 6 with around 400 apartments and a focus on affordable, sustainable living space, we are looking for a successor in operational management. The long-standing Managing Director will retire in spring 2027. As Managing Director, you will assume overall responsibility for the operational management of the cooperative and the administrative office and ensure that the cooperative goals are implemented sustainably in accordance with the requirements of the Board of Directors. You are the central interface between the Board of Directors and the administrative office and will play a decisive role in strategic further development -- particularly in the areas of construction, renovation, property management, and sustainability.

Your tasks

• Overall responsibility for the operational management of the cooperative and administrative office, implementation of board decisions, participation in board committees
• Ensuring compliance with regulations and laws, process and risk management, development of the IT infrastructure
• Technical and personnel leadership of the directly subordinate employees, personnel development, recruitment processes including payroll administration and social insurances
• Budget preparation, financial, liquidity, and investment planning, cost control, preparation of the annual financial statements and other statistics, management of mortgages, maintenance of the rental model
• Overall responsibility for property management according to the rental regulations, calculation of cost rent, tenancy law procedures, conflict management
• Control and support of construction and renovation projects (new construction, total renovation, maintenance) in close cooperation with internal and external specialist departments

Your profile

• Completed commercial or technical basic training with real estate-related further training
• Several years of leadership experience, preferably in a cooperative, non-profit organization, or real estate management
• Sound practical knowledge in the areas of real estate, construction, and administration
• Proven experience in the management of residential real estate
• Confident handling of personnel administration, finance and accounting, controlling, as well as IT systems
• High social competence, strong communication skills, and enjoyment of cooperative living
• Very good German skills

We offer

• Attractive and modern employment conditions
• Responsible activity with creative freedom in an established, financially strong cooperative
• Induction by the current Managing Director until retirement in spring 2027
• Collegial team and modern working environment in District 6

Applications via email please with reference V2UJ27 in the subject line. Thank you.