Swiss Life Asset Managers is one of Switzerland's largest institutional asset managers, overseeing CHF 285bn on behalf of the Swiss Life Group and external clients. Its Infrastructure Equity platform, established in 2011, manages more than CHF 10 billion. The team has executed more than 60 direct investments over the past 13 years and currently manages over 40 assets across its various strategies. The platform invests in core, core+ and value-add infrastructure businesses across OECD markets, with a particular focus on Europe and North America. SLAM is active across a broad set of sectors including clean energy and renewables, utilities, communications, transport and social infrastructure. We offer a supportive and internationally oriented working environment, underpinned by a collaborative culture and long-term investment philosophy. The platform combines the agility of lean deal teams with the stability and governance of a major institutional asset manager. Employees benefit from a well-structured compensation framework, including a generous pension scheme and broader benefits, providing a strong and secure foundation alongside meaningful professional autonomy. We are seeking a Head of Value-Add Infrastructure to lead its dedicated value-add investment strategy.

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Head Value-Add Infrastructure (f/m/d)

Zürich

Full time

Swiss Life Asset Managers is one of Switzerland's largest institutional asset managers, overseeing CHF 285bn on behalf of the Swiss Life Group and external clients. Its Infrastructure Equity platform, established in 2011, manages more than CHF 10 billion. The team has executed more than 60 direct investments over the past 13 years and currently manages over 40 assets across its various strategies. The platform invests in core, core+ and value-add infrastructure businesses across OECD markets, with a particular focus on Europe and North America. SLAM is active across a broad set of sectors including clean energy and renewables, utilities, communications, transport and social infrastructure.

We offer a supportive and internationally oriented working environment, underpinned by a collaborative culture and long-term investment philosophy. The platform combines the agility of lean deal teams with the stability and governance of a major institutional asset manager. Employees benefit from a well-structured compensation framework, including a generous pension scheme and broader benefits, providing a strong and secure foundation alongside meaningful professional autonomy.
We are seeking a Head of Value-Add Infrastructure to lead its dedicated value-add investment strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Value-Add strategy by defining sector priorities and originating opportunities in small-cap infrastructure businesses that are driven by secular growth trends
  • Lead full-cycle investment execution
  • Provide strategic leadership across the Value-Add portfolio. Take leadership responsibility for a small number of portfolio companies
  • Drive fundraising efforts for Value-Add Fund II and preparation for Fund III, supporting our sales people and investor relations efforts
  • Lead and develop a growing team, fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture, and providing coaching and oversight to support portfolio growth and increased deal activity.

Experience

  • Strong track record originating and executing direct infrastructure investments, preferably in value-add or higher-growth infrastructure.
  • Comfortable with the full lifecycle of infrastructure investing, including shaping value-creation plans and ensuring delivery.
  • Broad grounding across multiple infrastructure verticals; the role requires a generalist rather than a single-sector specialist.
  • Exposure to European markets preferred; OECD experience essential.
  • High degree of autonomy, accountability and commercial judgement.
  • able to support management teams while maintaining appropriate challenge.
  • Pragmatic, collaborative and comfortable operating with proximity to management teams and day-to-day decision-making. Strong investor mindset.
  • Proven ability to manage, develop and motivate a high performing team

Only direct applications will be considered for this vacancy and we do not accept dossiers from recruitment agencies.

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Working conditions

Working conditions Our employees are our most valuable asset. At Swiss Life Asset Managers, we place particular emphasis on compensating them fairly and in line with the market. In addition to the basic salary, compensation consists of a bonus based on the company's success and personal performance. Full-time employees are entitled to at least 25 days off per year. We celebrate service anniversaries every five years.

Remote Working from Abroad

Remote Working from Abroad With our Remote Working from Abroad offering, we enable our employees to work from Abroad for a specific number of days per year

Grow with us

Grow with us For us, all employees are talents whom we want to promote in the best possible way. With this aim in mind, we have founded our own AM Academy, through which we provide our employees with a broad range of training opportunities. We also support them with external training and development.

Family

Family At Swiss Life Asset Managers we want to meet the needs of young families. We therefore offer female employees six months' maternity leave, of which at least 16 weeks are on full pay. Male employees can take three weeks' paternity leave. We recognise the value of caring and offer a wide range of childcare and family support services.

Flexibility

Flexibility We address the individual needs of our employees and aim to create optimal framework conditions. Employees of Swiss Life Asset Managers can work with their manager to determine the right working model for them (e.g. flexible working hours, mobile office, time-out models).

Health & wellbeing

Health & wellbeing The health and wellbeing of our employees is particularly important to us. To this end, we offer a sports club in Switzerland with an attractive offer. Our canteen in the main building offers fresh and balanced meals every day. Social Care Consulting offers confidential and personal support in the event of restrictions due to operational, health, personal or financial issues.

Discounts

Discounts Working at Swiss Life Asset Managers has many advantages. We offer our employees attractive discounts in the following areas: Swiss Life investment products; mortgages and financial planning; conditions for venturers; public transport; Reka cheques and meals allowances.

Pension and social benefits

Pension and social benefits We are there for our employees – in any case. We offer above-average benefits in the event of accident and illness. We also guarantee a discount of 65% on the premium contribution for pillar 3 life insurance and pay an average of 70% employer's contributions to the pension fund (savings and risk contributions).

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