Full-time, on-site

Alva Estates is a real estate developer based in Palma, focused on premium renovation and new-build projects across Mallorca, which we develop and sell.

We are now looking for a Senior Project Manager, Investments & Development to work directly with the founder and take end-to-end ownership of our development projects.

This is not a classic construction project management role.

You will not simply be handed a project to administer. You will be involved from the moment an opportunity is identified: assessing whether we should invest, building the business case, arranging financing, driving the development process and ultimately bringing the project to market.

This is a hands-on individual contributor role with significant responsibility. There is no large team underneath you. You will work with external architects, engineers, builders, designers, banks, investors, suppliers and agents — but you will be the person making sure the entire project comes together.

We are primarily looking for someone with the analytical horsepower, structure and execution ability typically developed in top-tier management consulting, investment banking or a similarly demanding environment.

Prior real estate experience is helpful, but not required.

What you’ll own The full lifecycle of renovation and new-build investments:

- Find — source and assess properties and plots, run site visits, analyse opportunities, build the investment case and determine what is worth pursuing.
- Underwrite — build and maintain development appraisals, cash-flow models and return scenarios. Understand the key assumptions, sensitivities and downside risks behind every investment.
- Fund — prepare investment memorandums and financing presentations, and work directly with banks, lenders and investors to finance projects.
- Build — assemble and coordinate the external project team, including architects, technical architects, structural engineers, builders, interior designers and suppliers. Drive the process from initial concept through technical design, construction and final finish.
- Negotiate — challenge budgets, compare alternatives and negotiate firmly with builders, suppliers, agents and other project partners.
- Solve — identify problems before they become expensive, structure ambiguous situations, understand what is blocking progress and drive decisions until the issue is closed.




- Sell — work with real estate agents and marketing partners on positioning, pricing and the sales process to achieve the strongest possible commercial outcome.
- Control — maintain complete visibility over cash flow, budgets, invoices, commitments, timelines and expected project returns.

You will run several projects and workstreams in parallel.

You will need to follow up relentlessly, ask the right questions and keep things moving even when other people are slow to respond.

You will often work with specialists who know more than you about their individual discipline. Your job is not to replace them. Your job is to understand the important issues, challenge their thinking, make good decisions and ensure execution happens.

What we’re looking for

Must-have

- 5–10 years of experience in a high-performance project, strategy or transaction environment, ideally at McKinsey, BCG, Bain, another top-tier management consulting firm, a leading investment bank or a comparable institution
- Strong track record of independently driving complex projects and workstreams with multiple stakeholders, competing priorities and tight timelines
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to structure ambiguous problems and turn them into clear actions
- Strong financial skills, including business-case modelling, investment analysis, scenario assessment and cash-flow modelling
- Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills
- Strong commercial judgment and confidence negotiating with external partners
- Exceptionally disciplined, structured and proactive — someone who drives work forward and closes loops without being chased
- Comfortable taking ownership well beyond a narrowly defined
- Able to move easily between strategic questions, financial analysis and very hands-on execution
- Strong communicator, comfortable interacting with investors, banks, advisers, architects, contractors, suppliers and agents
- Uncompromising on quality, detail and execution
- Spanish and English at C1 level or above




- Based in Palma de Mallorca or willing to relocate, full-time and on-site. No remote or part-time setup.

Backgrounds we are particularly interested in

- McKinsey, BCG, Bain or another top-tier management consulting firm
- Investment banking
- Private equity or investing
- In-house strategy or corporate development
- Strategy & Operations / Business Operations at a high-performance technology or growth company
- Special projects, transformation or CEO-office roles in demanding organisations

Prior real estate or construction experience is not required.

We are primarily looking for someone exceptionally smart, analytical, commercially minded and driven who can learn the technical aspects of real estate development quickly.

Nice-to-have

- Previous exposure to real estate, investments or development
- Experience building financial models, investment cases or transaction materials
- Experience presenting recommendations to senior decision-makers, investors or lenders
- Architectural or technical understanding
- AutoCAD skills
- Valid driving licence — you will be on construction sites regularly

Why this role

This is an opportunity to move from analysing, advising or supporting businesses to actually owning the outcome.

You will work directly with the founder, deploy real capital and have visibility across the entire investment lifecycle — from evaluating an opportunity in Excel to financing it, building it and ultimately selling the finished property.

You will have significant autonomy, but also significant responsibility.

There is no large corporate structure and no large team underneath you. If something needs to happen, you will often be the person responsible for making it happen.

For someone coming from consulting, banking, investing or another high-performance environment, this is an opportunity to apply those skills in a much more entrepreneurial setting, with a direct connection between your decisions, your execution and the financial result.

And to do it while living and working in Mallorca.

How to apply

Send your application to [email protected] including your CV and a short note about one difficult or ambiguous project or problem that you personally drove to a successful outcome: What was the situation, what did you own, what went wrong, and what did you do about it?

📌 Senior Project Manager, Investments & Development - Mallorca (Palma)
🏢 Alva Ventures
📍 Palma