Expertise Real Estate Recruitment Firm

A recruitment firm specializing in real estate for 15 years. We recruit executives and managers for investors, real estate companies, and developers.
Immeuble Haussmanien Paris

Real estate recruitment: specialized headhunting firm

Haussmann Executive Search is one of the leading direct search recruitment firms dedicated to real estate in France. For the past fifteen years, our consultants have been identifying and approaching executives and senior managers—from C-level leadership to profit center directors—who drive performance across the sector: investors, real estate companies, asset managers, developers, service providers, and major occupiers.

Recruiting a fund manager, an asset management director, or a development director requires a deep understanding of the professions, organizational structures, and compensation frameworks of a market that few generalist firms truly master. This in-depth expertise is what secures your strategic hires.

Why a specialized real estate recruitment firm

A failed hire costs several times the annual salary and leads to the loss of valuable quarters in an investment cycle or development project. Sector specialization fundamentally changes the nature of the service: it allows us to speak the same language as your business and assess candidates based on what truly matters, rather than a generic CV.

Driven by our 11 consultants dedicated to real estate, this deep expertise translates very concretely. Upstream in the recruitment process, we challenge our clients to define the need, scope, and seniority level. We then build strong, compelling job descriptions supported by accurate and up-to-date compensation benchmarks.

We then map the entire candidate universe within a sub-sector, providing clients with a comprehensive view of their market, while the firm’s brand reputation encourages top profiles to engage with our outreach. The core of the job follows: attracting candidates to the discussion table, rigorously assessing them, and conducting reference checks by genuinely challenging referees.

Our structural strengths

Three pillars structure our approach.
First, our sector expertise is based on a deep understanding of investment, asset management, development, services, and support functions across all asset classes.
Second, our direct approach leads us to identify, target, and contact every relevant candidate by phone, including those not actively seeking new opportunities.
Finally, our proprietary database brings together more than 70,000 qualified profiles and 30,000 candidates met across real estate and financial sectors.

Real estate segments we cover

Our expertise is organized around five main groups of players, each detailed in a dedicated section.

We first work with real estate investors, in both equity and debt: investment funds, listed and private real estate companies, third-party asset managers, SCPI/REIT-like management companies, OPCI and OPPCI managers, institutional investors, and family offices.

We also operate in advisory and real estate services, from property and facility management to brokerage, valuation, and project management assistance.

We recruit for real estate development and project ownership, including developers, project developers, and general contractors, as well as corporate real estate and real estate departments of large occupiers.

Finally, we cover social housing and the social economy sector, from public housing offices and social housing companies to foundations, local authorities, and mixed-economy companies.

 

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All real estate asset classes

Our consultants work across all asset classes, from the most mature to the most specialized, distinguishing between non-operational assets (such as offices) and operational assets where the Opco/Propco model becomes key.

  • Offices
  • Logistics and regional or urban platforms
  • Retail, retail parks, and high street retail
  • Residential and managed residences (student, senior, hospitality)
  • Hospitality, co-living, and co-working
  • Healthcare: clinics, nursing homes, medical centers
  • Data centers
  • Industrial premises, warehouses, showrooms
  • Mixed-use assets and outdoor hospitality (camping, holiday parks)

Real estate Recruitment

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Hospitality & Operated Real Estate Recruitment

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Real Estate Advisory & Services Recruitment

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Real Estate Development & Project Management Recruitment

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Real Estate Investor Recruitment: Equity & Debt

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Social Housing & Social Real Estate Recruitment

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Corporate Real Estate Recruitment