Lead Solution Director Real Estate

We are at the leading edge of the innovative Smart Sustainable Building management market and are building winning software for Real Estate Management and Real Estate Development. Do you want to be responsible for the vision and success of our Real Estate Solution?

Passionate about our solutions for real estate management: the job

As a Lead Solution Director you want to work on innovations that matter. At Planon you can. Our mission is to be the best by delivering in-house developed software solutions that enable our clients to effectively solve their real estate management and real estate development challenges, whether they have invested in buildings, work for investors or develop or redevelop new real estate for commercial, social, public or corporate owners. Our purpose is to continuously optimize real estate management performance to fit with investment goals, business requirements and the big challenges of society on green buildings, reducing carbon emission and accommodating people and organizations. In a world where real estate counts for up to 20% of gross domestic product and for 35% of carbon emission and energy consumption, your solutions matter.

We need you to further develop our software solution for Real Estate and to bring it with our product managers, developers, partners and eco-system to new markets.

Planon never settles for less, so we want to create top-of-the-notch solutions for our customers and prospects within the field of real estate management.

As a lead Solution Director, you add value in many ways by:

• Knowing the real estate and software solutions market both from a European and global perspective;
• Being connected to the main players in the market and use your network for business development and thought leadership;
• Being subject matter expert on real estate management, financial planning and reporting;
• Leading a team of Solution Directors and Product Managers to define, position and bring a solution that is sold and implemented by our Business Areas and partners, and developed by our Development Teams
• Creating a clear multi-year solution vision and business cases for expanding the solution based on:
  - Company vision and strategy
  - Development of the market
  - Customer and partner feedback
• Managing a multinational 8 FTE team of highly qualified specialists
• Working closely with the VP Solutions and your peer Lead Solution Directors to define the vision on Planon solutions as product market combinations.

Profile

To fulfil this exciting Lead Solution Director job, we need you to operate strategically, market-oriented, analytical, and collaborative. You have a proven track record in real estate management, real estate finance and/or software implementation and experience with multiple aspects of this role.

Our ideal candidate ticks all the following boxes:

• A relevant master’s degree in Real estate management, Accountancy or Controlling or a related technical field
• Financial and reporting knowledge for financial planning and analysis.
• At least 10 years’ experience as a (Business) Consultant, Solution Director or Asset/Fund manager, with a clear focus on the outside-in approach. A European focus on real estate controlling, financial reporting or similar
  Experience with Real Estate software, preferably including in depth knowledge of SAP solutions including SAP REFX/SIRE;
• Customer-centric thinking with excellent skills to translate market problems into appealing solutions;
• Able to think in concepts and communicate this within the organization;
• Familiar with and strong interest in IT, technology, innovation and industry trends;
• Creative business acumen, analytical, accurate, hands-on and results-driven mentality;
• Excellent speaking and writing skills in English, preferably also German;
• The ambition to help us maintain our position as worldwide market leader and grow further in the Real Estate domain.

We offer

A healthy work-life balance and the possibility of working hybrid. We encourage a collaborative and learning work environment, which is why we offer constant learning and meaningful training opportunities. In addition, we offer challenging projects with world-leading clients and extraordinary experiences. For this role we offer a competitive salary and the following benefits package.

Join us on our journey to become the recognised world leader in Smart Sustainable Building Management software solutions. How we do this? By putting our people at the heart of our company and creating an inspiring and safe environment that allows all of us to work, learn, live, and play.

Planon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law.

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