Regional Manager Retail Lease Admin

SCENTRE GROUP LIMITED; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Five days paid Life Leave

Four weeks annual leave (pro-rated)

18 weeks gender neutral paid parental*

Free parking at Westfield destination

Job summary

Scentre Group in Sydney leads regional retail administration within a diverse portfolio of Westfield destinations. The role partners with Leasing and key stakeholders to secure income, manage risk, and deliver commercial outcomes, while coaching a high-performing Retail Administration team.

They will drive governance, strategic improvements, and cross-destination collaboration to improve processes and outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in retail lease administration, leasing, or a similarly complex commercial environment.
• Ability to balance commercial opportunity with risk using sound judgement and stakeholder management.
• Deep knowledge of retail leasing, commercial agreements, and risk management.
• Ability to interpret complex information and navigate competing priorities.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead Retail Administration across a portfolio, driving commercial outcomes, income protection, governance, and risk management.
• Build strong relationships across Leasing, destinations, retailers, and stakeholders to navigate complexity and solve problems.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team, fostering accountability, critical thinking, and continuous improvement.
• Manage priorities, resources, and complex transactions while maintaining accuracy, quality, and speed.
• Apply sound commercial judgement to mitigate legal, financial, and operational risks and resolve high-risk matters.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, leverage insights, and drive consistency, collaboration, and business improvement.

Skills

Retail lease administration

Leasing

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Commercial judgement

Risk management

Governance

Job description

Regional Manager – Retail Lease Administration

Our Story

Scentre Group is the owner and operator of 42 Westfield living centres in Australia and New Zealand; partnering with the world’s leading retail and luxury brands to create a unique shopping and leisure experience for our customers. A career with us fosters the chance to be a part of a company that is transforming the digital and physical retail space. Every day, our people play a vital role in our purpose to ‘create extraordinary places, connecting and enriching communities.’

The Businesses team brings together Leasing, BrandSpace Media, Retail Design & Delivery, Strategic Partnerships and Retail Admin to build strong partnerships, create commercial opportunities and support the ongoing performance of Scentre Group’s destinations.

Within Businesses, Retail Admin provides the operational and administrative capability that enables our customer -facing and commercial teams to work effectively. The team supports critical processes, coordination, reporting and governance across the portfolio, helping create consistent ways of working and ensuring our people have the information and support they need to deliver strong outcomes for retailers, partners and the business.

Your Opportunity

The Regional Manager - Retail Administration leads a portfolio of destinations, partnering with Leasing and key stakeholders to secure income, manage risk, and drive commercial outcomes. Leveraging strong retail leasing and property expertise, they navigate complex issues, build trusted relationships, and influence decision-making.

They lead and develop a high-performing Retail Administration team through coaching, feedback, and development opportunities, fostering accountability, critical thinking, and continuous improvement. By connecting insights across destinations and transactions, they identify risks and opportunities, strengthen governance, improve processes, and deliver strong commercial results.

You will have overall accountability for:

• Lead Retail Administration across a portfolio, driving commercial outcomes, income protection, governance, and risk management.
• Build strong relationships across Leasing, destinations, retailers, and stakeholders to navigate complexity and solve problems.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team, fostering accountability, critical thinking, and continuous improvement.
• Manage priorities, resources, and complex transactions while maintaining accuracy, quality, and speed.
• Apply sound commercial judgement to mitigate legal, financial, and operational risks and resolve high-risk matters.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes, leverage insights, and drive consistency, collaboration, and business improvement.

What will set you apart from the rest?

• We're looking for a commercially astute people leader with strong experience in retail lease administration, leasing, property, or a similarly complex commercial environment.
• You understand how to balance commercial opportunity with risk, using sound judgement, critical thinking, and strong stakeholder management skills to deliver positive business outcomes.
• You bring deep knowledge of retail leasing, commercial agreements, and risk management, with the ability to interpret complex information, solve problems, and navigate competing priorities.
• You are comfortable working across multiple stakeholders, using strong relationships and influence to drive collaboration, resolve issues, and achieve results.
• You are a trusted and credible leader who enjoys developing others, fostering accountability, curiosity, and critical thinking within their team.
• You are proactive, adaptable, and solutions-focused, with a track record of leading high-performing teams, improving ways of working, and delivering strong commercial outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

About us

Scentre Group owns 42 Westfield destinations across Australia and New Zealand. We create extraordinary places and experiences that connect and enrich communities.

We are focused on our customers and creating more reasons for more people to visit our Westfield destinations more often and for longer.

With approximately 75 professions within our business, our team has the expertise to design, construct, operate, manage and market our Westfield destinations and platforms.

We want to be the place where talent thrives. To support you thriving with us, we promise to respect, inspire and develop you, and that you will do work that matters.

Diversity, equity and inclusion underpins our culture, and our vision is that ‘Everyone Belongs’. We foster a workplace experience where everyone feels valued, supported and motivated to realise their full potential.

We aspire to create a workforce reflective of the communities in which we operate and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or life stage. If you require support or adjustments during the application process, please contact us confidentially at [e-mail].

We offer a range of unique benefits designed to support your wellbeing, career development and lifestyle, including five days paid Life Leave on top of your four weeks annual leave (pro-rated for part-time), 18 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave for primary carers, with no qualifying period and super paid for the duration of the leave period and free parking at your local Westfield destination.

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