Senior Development Manager

Stockland; Waterloo; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Stockland is leading the Waterloo Renewal Project in Sydney, transforming a major precinct into a thriving mixed-use community with residential, retail and infrastructure components. You will play a pivotal role in delivering this city-changing project, ensuring safety, quality and value while coordinating with government bodies and external partners.

You will partner with development managers and delivery teams, guiding strategies and decisions across multiple stages to achieve commercial and

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering large-scale residential, mixed-use, infrastructure or urban renewal projects.
• Proven client-side, developer or consultancy leadership on complex delivery from inception to completion.
• Experience working with government bodies and statutory authorities.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist project delivery leadership across the full project lifecycle.
• Lead delivery strategies with development managers, consultants, contractors and authorities.
• Navigate complex stakeholder environments and drive delivery excellence.
• Collaborate to deliver Waterloo Renewal Project's residential, retail and infrastructure components.

Skills

Large-scale project delivery

Stakeholder management

Strategic thinking

Leadership

Education

Tertiary qualification in Construction Management / Engineering / Property / Project Management

Job description

The Opportunity - Join us in shaping a better future for people, communities, and the planet.

Help build places people love to live.

We're Looking For

A highly experienced project delivery professional who wants to play a key leadership role on one of Australia's largest and most significant urban regeneration projects.

The Waterloo Renewal Project is a once in a generation opportunity to help transform a major Sydney precinct into a thriving mixed use community. Delivering a diverse range of medium and high density residential apartments, alongside Build to Sell, social housing, affordable housing apartments, retail and community uses, public domain and precinct infrastructure, Waterloo represents one of the most complex and transformative urban renewal projects currently underway in Australia.

Working across a project of significant scale and complexity, you will partner with development, project and delivery leaders, government bodies, statutory authorities and industry partners to shape and deliver a precinct that will create lasting value for future generations.

What You'll Do

• Provide specialist project management expertise across the full project lifecycle, from project inception through to completion, ensuring project outcomes are delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest standards.


• Join Waterloo Renewal team and play a key role in the delivery of the Waterloo Renewal Project, contributing to the successful delivery of medium and high density residential apartments, retail and community uses, public domain works and precinct infrastructure.


• Partner with Development Managers, consultants, contractors, government agencies and authorities to establish and execute delivery strategies that support project objectives, programme outcomes and commercial performance.


• Support project leadership in navigating the complexities of a large scale urban renewal project, influencing key decisions, managing stakeholder relationships and driving delivery excellence across multiple project stages.


• Contribute to Stockland's vision of creating connected, sustainable and thriving communities while helping deliver a project that will redefine a significant part of Sydney for decades to come.

About You

You're energised by large scale residential and mixed-use developments that leave a lasting impact on cities and communities. You thrive in complex stakeholder environments where you can influence outcomes, build trusted relationships and successfully navigate delivery challenges.

You're looking for an opportunity beyond traditional project management, where you can contribute to project strategy, work closely with senior leaders and play a meaningful role in delivering one of Australia's most significant urban renewal projects.

Experience & Skills That Count

• Extensive experience delivering large scale residential, mixed use, infrastructure or urban regeneration projects, including medium and high-density apartment developments


• Proven client side, developer or consultancy experience leading complex project delivery outcomes from inception through to completion


• Demonstrated experience working with government bodies, statutory authorities and key external stakeholders across major developments


• Strong commercial, programme and risk management capability with experience managing consultants and contractor teams


• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Construction Management, Engineering, Property, Project Management or a related discipline

The Right Mindset

• Passionate about delivering city shaping projects that create long term community value


• Collaborative and relationship focused, with the ability to influence across diverse stakeholder groups


• Strategic, commercially minded and motivated by complex delivery challenges

The Stockland Proposition

We're a community: a supportive, empowered team that works as one to create better places and experiences for everyone, including ourselves. We're committed to building an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives are welcomed, and everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging. If you need adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know.