Lendlease is a market leading Australian integrated real estate business with an international investment platform.
We employ our decades-long experience, bold thinking and global expertise to shape cities, delivering innovative, sustainable places and infrastructure for governments, businesses and communities. Our Development business is predominantly focused on the creation of mixed-use precincts that comprise apartments, workplaces and associated leisure and entertainment amenity.
As Executive Director Operations, you will be a key strategic partner to the Development CEO and CFO, ensuring the profitable and efficient execution of high-value projects across Australia and international markets. Your leadership will optimize operational performance, maintain strong margins, and elevate governance and risk management. This role demands agility in solving high-risk, complex business problems managing technical competencies as well as leading cross functional teams to achieve commercial and strategic objectives.
Your role:
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Working closely with the CEO and CFO on strategy development and execution as well as operational insights
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Maintain margins on development fees, drive operational productivity, cost base and revenue growth to ensure development profitability
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Facilitate key investment decisions and coordinate board-level submissions
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Ensure consistency of approach and delivery cross the development project portfolio through seamless collaboration between internal tams and external partners
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Build relationships with investors, government agencies, and key industry stakeholders
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Foster a high-performance culture, developing and mentoring teams across Australia and international markets.
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What You Bring:
Proven leadership in real estate development, with a strong track record of delivering large-scale complex projects
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Superior people management skills, with a passion to drive performance and enhance culture with the ability to inspire, mentor and build high-performing diverse teams
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Strong commercial acumen with expertise in revenue optimization, cost control, and risk mitigation
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An expert problem solver in high-risk, high-value project environments
Exceptional stakeholder management and negotiation skills, with experience in government and industry relations
This is a dynamic opportunity to lead strategy, drive growth and deliver impactful projects in a global leadership role.
Ready to lead, innovate, and deliver? Apply now
At Lendlease we offer workplaces that unite diverse minds; where respect, equitable treatment and equitable opportunity are just the norm. We remain committed to supporting under-represented groups and providing a wide range of inclusion initiatives, so that everyone is supported to thrive.
Our commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is reflected in our Elevate Reconciliation Action Plan, our Bronze Award with the Australian Workplace Equality Index by Pride in Diversity, and our generous parental leave policy of 26 weeks to any parent regardless of gender.
Lendlease welcomes applicants regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, people with a disability, sexual orientation, or life stage. If you do not meet all the criteria or require adjustments to proceed with your application, we encourage you to reach out for a further discussion.
What We Do
Together we create value through places where communities thrive.
Every day, people around the world live, work, shop, play or travel via an asset created by Lendlease.
Lendlease is an international company with an Australian heritage, as well as local expertise across the core markets of Australia, Asia, the Americas and Europe.
Very few organisations can build cities from scratch, including the infrastructure to connect people, with skills to design, develop, fund, build and manage, but we can. Our projects span key sectors including development, construction, communities and healthcare development.
We purposefully seek to hire people who share our values and passion to make a positive impact. Whether big or small, we make a difference and all of us have a part to play in our success. Together we make a difference.
