Director - Residential Development - Value & Risk Advisory

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Uncapped earnings potential

18 weeks paid paternity leave

Health & Wellbeing programs

Learning & Development platforms

Premium offices

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated in Brisbane seeks a Director to lead residential development valuations from land acquisition through construction financing to asset assessment. You will shape strategy and support multi-million-dollar investment decisions.

You will provide feasibility guidance, engage lenders and developers, and mentor junior staff while keeping ahead of market trends and valuation methodologies. This role offers uncapped earning potential and access to JLL's global network.

Qualifications

• Extensive residential valuation experience focusing on development sites and projects.
• Strong ability to model development feasibility and financial scenarios.
• Proven track record managing complex assignments for institutional clients.
• Excellent communication to translate complex analysis into actionable insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead comprehensive valuations across the residential development lifecycle.
• Provide guidance on feasibility studies, market positioning and highest and best use.
• Develop client relationships with lenders, funds and developers to drive revenue growth.
• Mentor junior team members and stay ahead of market trends and methodologies.

Skills

Residential valuation

Development feasibility

Financial modelling

Client relationship management

Team leadership

Education

CPV certification

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way. Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

Join JLL's Value & Risk Advisory team as Director and become the trusted advisor to major lenders, developers, and institutional investors navigating Brisbane's dynamic residential market. You'll lead valuation strategy across the entire development lifecycle - from land acquisition and construction financing to completed asset assessment - with your analysis directly informing multi-million-dollar investment decisions.

What You’ll Do.

• Lead comprehensive valuations across the residential development lifecycle - greenfield sites, projects under construction, and completed developments.
• Provide strategic guidance on feasibility studies, market positioning, and highest and best use assessments that shape project direction.
• Develop deep client relationships with lenders, funds, and developers while driving business development and revenue growth.
• Mentor junior team members and stay ahead of market trends, planning frameworks, and emerging valuation methodologies.

What You Bring.

• Extensive residential valuation experience with specialised expertise in development sites and project valuations.
• Proven ability to manage complex, high-value assignments for institutional clients.
• Strong analytical capabilities in development feasibility and financial modeling.
• Professional valuation qualification (CPV) with active industry membership.
• Exceptional communication skills - you translate complex analysis into clear, actionable insights.
• Established network within Brisbane's residential development sector and demonstrated team leadership experience.

What We Offer.

• Uncapped earning potential.
• Our salary and commission structure rewards top performers.
• Recognition benefits.
• Corporate discounts and offers 'You' Days.
• 18 weeks paid paternity leave.
• Health & Wellbeing programs.
• Learning & Development platforms.
• Paid time off for volunteer work.
• Premium offices.
• Access to JLL's global network and resources.

As an organisation, we don’t just accept that we are a place of many different people, but we embrace it, we celebrate it, and we proactively support the needs that difference brings. JLL is committed to equal opportunity and building an inclusive workplace. This is why, for more than a decade, we continue to rank among the World’s Most Ethical Companies. We support applications from all underrepresented groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, LGBT+, people with disability and people of all age, religions and race. We are dedicated to offering veterans from all ranks and services a successful civilian career as they transition out of the military. We recognise and appreciate the skills acquired in their service careers as vital and transferable to our workforce.

Location: On-site - Brisbane, QLD