2026 P.A.C.E. Graduate Program - Real Estate Investments - London

*Please note, this position is based in London, UK.

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About DWS  

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About the DWS P.A.C.E. Graduate Program  

Our 2-year P.A.C.E. Graduate Program begins with an intensive onsite onboarding program with all global P.A.C.E. participants in Frankfurt, Germany. You will then join your assigned division and complete four six-month rotations there. Throughout the program you will have the opportunity to implement your technical training in a practical setting with expert guidance and to grow your network within DWS.   

As a P.A.C.E. participant you will:  

• Be part of the Global P.A.C.E. community 

• Collaborate with a wide range of colleagues across different departments 

• Challenge the norm and contribute your own ideas and improvement suggestions  

• Solve challenges together with your team 

• Be empowered with accountability for your actions

 
About the Real Estate Team 

With a platform and approach to real estate investing developed over 45 years, DWS real estate is ranked among the world’s largest real estate managers. Our mission is to deliver superior long-term, risk-adjusted returns, yield-generating opportunities, preservation of capital, and diversification. We seek competitive, sustainable returns through a disciplined investment process and take a rigorous life cycle approach to identify, implement and monitor investment themes and tactics.  

The real estate team in the UK is an integrated part of the global real estate division. With portfolio and asset management, transactions, sustainability, finance, product, and research, the UK hub operates across all functions of the real estate division, forming one of the main pillars of the real estate business. 

As a Real Estate P.A.C.E. Graduate you will:   

• Experience multiple real estate functions including portfolio management, asset management, transactions, and research. 

• Supporting the transaction team to appraise key market dynamics in the underwriting of live real estate transactions. 

• Analyse major real estate topics to support the formulation of investment strategy, respond to market events and support client requests. 

• Facilitate the asset management team in their engagement with current and future real estate occupiers, and day to day operations of real estate assets. 

• Supporting the real estate team with the production of internal and external stakeholder documentation and analysis. 

The Team is looking for:  

• Proactive, Agile, Curious and Entrepreneurial Graduates 

• Must have graduated or be on track to graduate from a bachelor’s or master’s degree in either 2025 or 2026. 

• Must possess less than 12 months of full-time, relevant work experience (excluding internships). 

• Must be available to start full-time work on the 7th September 2026.  

• A keen interest in the real estate industry and global real estate trends. 

• An understanding of significant macroeconomic and capital market drivers of real estate. 

• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel. Statistical modelling experience would be beneficial but not essential. 

• An ability to work independently and within a team across multiple real estate functions. 

Our Application Process:

• Online application 

• Online tests 

• Video interview 

• Assessment Center 

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• Must have graduated or be on track to graduate from a bachelor's or master's degree in either 2025 or 2026.
• Must posses less than 12 months of full-time, relevant work experience (excluding internships).
• Must be available to start full-time work on the 7th September 2026.
• See above for full requirements.

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