Development Manager

Tribe Group; Auckland; On-site; NZD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Auckland Airport is seeking a Development Manager to champion enterprise outcomes within a project team, ensuring commercial, operational, customer and regulatory needs are balanced across the terminal lifecycle.

You will lead tenancy/occupancy planning, stakeholder integration, and commercial documentation to ensure spaces deliver value and benefits through their lifecycle. A collaborative, results-focused approach is essential for success on major infrastructure programmes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in property, commerce, engineering, project management, planning, law or a related discipline.
• Experience in infrastructure development, property development, asset development, major projects, airport operations, commercial management or related fields.
• Demonstrated experience developing and maintaining business cases through project lifecycles.
• Experience operating as a client-side representative within major infrastructure programmes.
• Experience balancing commercial, operational and customer outcomes within complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong understanding of project development, governance and stage-gate processes.
• Experience with commercial developments, tenant relocations or operational transition programmes.
• Familiarity with development agreements, leasing, licensing and property management processes.

Responsibilities

• Space ownership and business outcomes
• Embedded project integration and development management
• Occupancy Planning and Integration
• Development Agreements and Commercial Documentation
• Space Planning and Enterprise Coordination
• Financial and Commercial Management

Skills

Client-side representative

Stakeholder management

Governance

Tenant relocations

Leasing & licensing

Education

Bachelor's degree (property/commerce/engineering/project management/planning/law)

Job description

About The Opportunity

Auckland Airport is more than an airport. They’re critical national infrastructure, connecting New Zealand to the world and helping drive economic growth for the country.

As the Development Manager, embedded within a project team, you will act as Auckland Airport's champion for enterprise outcomes for specific areas within the terminal, ensuring commercial, operational, customer and regulatory requirements are balanced and integrated throughout a project’s lifecycle.

You will be the point of accountability for tenancy/occupancy planning, stakeholder integration, commercial arrangements and benefit realisation to ensure each space delivers its intended value throughout its lifecycle.

• Space ownership and business outcomes
• Embedded project integration and development management
• Occupancy Planning and Integration
• Development Agreements and Commercial Documentation
• Space Planning and Enterprise Coordination
• Financial and Commercial Management

A full position description is available.

What You’ll Bring

You will probably have a Bachelor's degree in property, commerce, engineering, project management, planning, law or a related discipline and have contract management or commercial management qualifications. Experience in infrastructure development, property development, asset development, major projects, airport operations, commercial management or related fields will be important and demonstrated experience developing and maintaining business cases through project lifecycles will be evident.

• Experience operating as a client-side representative within major infrastructure programmes.
• Experience balancing commercial, operational and customer outcomes within complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong understanding of project development, governance and stage-gate processes
• Experience with commercial developments, tenant relocations or operational transition programmes.
• Familiarity with development agreements, leasing, licensing and property management processes.

With a strong enterprise mindset and a highly collaborative and relationship-focused approach, you will be comfortable operating through complexity and ambiguity. Your strong judgement and decision-making capability will be evident by your background and previous projects and integrity and professionalism will be there for all to see.

What’s On Offer

This is an opportunity to work on projects with real impact, where you'll join a collaborative team delivering nationally significant infrastructure that supports the future growth, safety and resilience of New Zealand's aviation network.

• Competitive remuneration package
• Free onsite parking
• Flexible working arrangements where operationally appropriate
• Professional and growth opportunities
• A supportive and inclusive team environment

To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.