Niam Group is a leading private markets firm in the Nordics, focused on Real Estate, Infrastructure and Credit. Founded in 1998, Niam was among the first to introduce real asset private equity to the Nordic region. Over the past decades, the team has executed some of the region’s most notable transactions. Since inception, Niam has raised more than EUR 7 billion in capital and currently holds around EUR 5 billion in assets under management across 11 active funds. The firm is headquartered in Stockholm with offices in Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Luxembourg, London, and Zurich. As our platform continues to expand, we remain dedicated to the values that define both Niam and the Nordics: transparency, integrity and resilience.
Having set up our presence in Zurich in 2025, we are currently looking to strengthen our DACH capital formation team as part of our long-term commitment and growth ambition in the region. In this role you will work as part of a tight knit local team of three alongside Niam's Deputy CEO and the Director Capital Formation covering DACH. For proactive, service-oriented candidates with high-integrity and curiosity this position presents an opportunity to work directly with seasoned Real Estate, Infrastructure and Private Credit professionals internally as well as decision makers at leading capital allocators. Our culture is deeply rooted in Nordic values and centred around teamwork, flat hierarchies and meritocracy, allowing you to have an impact from day one as you contribute towards reaching Niam's high ambition levels. Over time, this role offers the opportunity to assume responsibility for investor relationships and fundraising initiatives.
Main Responsibilities and Tasks
- Support investor coverage and relationship management across the DACH region, including research and identification of prospective investors, market trends, and strategic opportunities.
- Perspective to attend investor meetings and events, taking ownership of selected investor relationships over time.
- Support Niam’s real estate, infrastructure and credit fundraising processes end-to-end, by preparing briefing materials ahead of investor meetings, coordinating and supporting responses to investor questions and due diligence requests and working closely with the investor relations team during the onboarding process.
- Support the planning and execution of investor roadshows, conferences, events and other market-development initiatives.
- Monitor developments across private markets and the DACH institutional investor landscape, including investor appetite, allocation trends, regulatory developments, competing products and fundraising activity.
- CRM management: Maintain complete, accurate and timely information in Niam’s CRM system (DealCloud), including investor profiles, meeting notes, relationship history, pipeline status and follow-up activities.
Experience and Qualifications
- Relevant academic degree in finance, economics, business administration, real estate, engineering or a comparable discipline.
- Initial relevant experience (approximately 2 years) in investor relations, client services, business development, private markets, investment banking, asset management, management consulting or another related field.
- Understanding of private markets with a particular interest in real estate, infrastructure and private credit
- Experience working with institutional investors is an advantage.
- Understanding of the German, Austrian or Swiss institutional investor landscape is an advantage.
- Professional fluency in English, both written and spoken. Professional fluency in German, is an advantage.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to structure complex information into clear and compelling messages.
- High proficiency in PowerPoint, Excel and other relevant business applications. Experience working with CRM systems is an advantage.
Skills and Behaviours
- Strong commercial interest and an ability to understand investor needs.
- High integrity, discretion and sound judgement.
- A structured, reliable and detail-oriented approach.
- Confidence in working with senior internal and external stakeholders.
- Strong ownership and the ability to manage several workstreams and deadlines simultaneously
- A proactive and service-oriented mindset, combined with personal accountability.
- A pragmatic and entrepreneurial approach suited to a high-performing investment organisation.
To apply for the role, upload your CV and answer the required questions.
Company: Niam AB
Function: Analyst Capital Formation
Location: Zurich
Reports to: Alessandro Lanfranchi, Director Capital Formation