Real Estate Development & Project Management Recruitment

Specialist search firm for property developers and general contractors: program directors, development, technical, commercial and project management roles.

Real estate development & project management recruitment

Identifying land, designing profitable projects, marketing, financing, obtaining permits, construction, completion, and sale: real estate development requires rare and diverse skills, from sourcing opportunities to technical execution.
Haussmann Executive Search recruits nationally for developers of all sizes and general contractors across all asset classes.

Real estate developers

The market includes around 800 developers in France (likely higher—some estimates suggest 2,600), mostly local and focused on residential, alongside national and international groups.

We recruit across all asset specializations and understand project economics (development margin, forward sale VEFA, pre-leasing BEFA, turnkey leasing).

Typical roles include:

CEOs and profit center directors (national or regional)
Development directors
Project/program directors
Technical directors (design, procurement, works)
Sales directors

Project ownership & construction

We recruit complex project developers, PMOs, and value-added/opportunistic investors acting as project owners.

For general contractors and construction companies responsible for full project delivery (cost, time, quality), we recruit executive leadership, profit center directors, and business development roles.