Strategic Growth & Ventures Lead — Remote

Dobrov&Family Group; Union (NJ); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Result-based bonuses

Direct influence over strategy

Job summary

Dobrov&Family Group, located in Union, NJ, is looking for a Head of Growth & Strategic Ventures to lead its expansion efforts. The role requires a hands-on leader with over 10 years of experience in launching ventures and executing real estate deals. You'll work closely with the CEO to drive business growth, originate investment opportunities, and implement capital strategies.

We offer competitive compensation with tangible incentives, authority over strategic decisions, and the opportunity to build new platforms from scratch. Join us to have a meaningful impact on our growth trajectory.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with a proven track record of launching ventures.
• Deal-making experience on complex real estate or M&A transactions.
• Strong financial capability: IRR modeling, capital stacks, and waterfalls.

Responsibilities

• Originate off-market investment opportunities across EU and DACH regions.
• Structure group-wide capital strategies including debt and equity.
• Drive a tech-enabled investment approach with operational efficiencies.

Skills

Deal origination

Capital structuring

Execution of real estate deals

Financial modeling

Negotiation

Job description

Dobrov Family Group is entering its next growth phase, expanding beyond core real estate development into new markets, new asset classes, and new capital structures. We are seeking a senior commercial leader to act as the group’s growth and venture engine, someone who combines deal origination, capital structuring, and execution.This role is not advisory. It is designed for a hands-on operator with an ownership mindset who is comfortable taking ideas from concept to capitalisation and delivery, with direct accountability for results.As Head of Growth & Strategic Ventures, you will work as a close partner to the CEO, operating across two mandates: New Ventures and Portfolio Acceleration.You will operate with vertical authority over new ventures and horizontal influence across existing business units, earning the right to intervene by consistently delivering measurable value.

Job Responsibilities

Originate off-market investment opportunities across EU, DACH, and selected European markets

Structure group-wide capital strategies, including debt, equity, joint ventures, and promote structures

Lead early-stage execution of new ventures: market entry, deal closing, permitting, team build-out, and stabilisation

Actively raise capital from banks, family offices, and institutional partners

Drive a tech-enabled investment approach, introducing PropTech and operational efficiencies across the portfolio

Partner with business unit leaders to improve returns through capital optimisation, investor access, and strategic pivots

What you bring on board

10+ years of experience with a proven track record of launching ventures, platforms, or business units

Proven deal-making and closing experience on complex real estate, infrastructure, or M&A transactions in Western Europe

Strong financial capability: IRR modeling, capital stacks, waterfalls, and investment structuring

Confident operating with senior stakeholders and challenging established approaches when returns justify it

Commercially pragmatic, decisive, and outcome-driven

Experience with energy, logistics, or PropTech is a strong advantage

What we offer

Competitive compensation with tangible incentives and result-based bonuses

Direct influence over strategy, capital allocation, and new market entry

A role measured by P&L, value creation, and realised returns, not process or reporting

Authority to build new platforms from zero to scale, including market entry, energy storage, and venture capital initiatives

International deal flow and investor exposure, working directly with banks, family offices, institutional LPs, and strategic partners