Senior Development Manager

The Opportunity - About the Role

Senior Development Manager role based on the Sunshine Coast. The opportunity involves overseeing a large-scale Masterplanned Development, managing a high-performing team, and driving profitability across the full development lifecycle.

This role will have responsibility across two Masterplanned Communities projects. Twin Waters West and Aura.

Twin Waters West is a boutique coastal community offering around 450 homes nestled between the Maroochy River and the Sunshine Motorway. Aura is a vibrant, Masterplanned city on the Sunshine Coast, set to deliver over 20,000 homes with schools, parks, and a thriving town centre.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Development Manager and Assistant Development Manager to deliver large-scale residential projects with strong ESG sustainability, community and financial outcomes.
• Oversee all phases of project across the development delivery cycle.
• Collaborate with internal teams, including Sales, Marketing, Finance, Capital and Investment Funds, to provide performance insights and ensure alignment with financial goals.
• Secure planning and environmental approvals to enable project progression.
• Monitor market trends and adjust product offerings to maintain competitiveness.
• Build and manage relationships with government authorities, consultants, contractors, and community stakeholders.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards.
• Champion and embody Stockland's values by fostering an inclusive, high-performing culture that supports collaboration, innovation, and respect across all teams and projects.

About you

You're recognised as a trusted and high performing development expert, with a strong business/customer focus. You will have significant experience in Residential Land Development ideally working across multiple projects or a large project. You have previous experience leading a team and working collaboratively in a high compliance environment.

To be successful in this role you will also have the following skills and qualifications:

• Proven experience in residential land development, ideally across multiple or large-scale projects.
• Strong leadership and team management skills.
• Expertise in planning and development approvals.
• Commercial acumen and customer-focused mindset.
• Experience in placemaking and visioning is highly desirable.
• Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Property, Urban Planning, Engineering).

The Stockland Proposition

At Stockland, our portfolio is diverse and so are the opportunities for professional development. We are committed to providing our people with broad experiences to build a successful career.

Our customers come from diverse backgrounds and we want our teams to reflect this. So, we are highly committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative culture where everyone can thrive.

We offer competitive remuneration and benefits, including free to access or subsidised lifestyle, health, wellbeing and financial services products

Apply today – Stockland – a better way to live

Due to the permanent nature of this role, we can only accept applications from Australian Citizens, Permanent Residents or Open Work Visa holders with more than 12 months validity from their role start date.

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