Design & Sustainability Executive Director

ExecThread, Inc.; Sydney; On-site; AUD 312,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

ExecThread, Inc. seeks an Executive Director for Design & Sustainability to lead the vision for a premier waterfront renewal project in Australia.

You will shape the design, place, and sustainability strategy, balancing public aspirations, policy objectives, and commercial realities to deliver outstanding outcomes. The role requires executive leadership, a strong design background (architecture/urban design/master planning), and eligibility for NSW architect registration.

Qualifications

• Executive leadership experience with large-scale design projects.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and partnership-building skills.
• Experience leading design and sustainability strategy across master planning initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and sustainability strategy for the waterfront renewal project.
• Provide strategic leadership for major design competitions and master planning processes.
• Embed sustainability, resilience and country-reconnecting principles across planning and design initiatives and build influential partnerships.

Skills

Executive leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic leadership

Education

Architecture degree

Urban design degree

Job description

ExecThread, Inc. seeks an Executive Director for Design & Sustainability to lead the vision for a premier waterfront renewal project in Australia.

You will shape the design, place, and sustainability strategy, balancing public aspirations, policy objectives, and commercial realities to deliver outstanding outcomes. The role requires executive leadership, a strong design background (architecture/urban design/master planning), and eligibility for NSW architect registration.