Fund Manager

Lendlease Investment Management Australia has a long-established history of real estate investment and asset management. From launching our first unlisted fund in 1989 and growing to a >$30 billion investment platform, we are evolving to meet investors’ changing needs and responding to global themes with new investment solutions and refreshed strategies that are at the forefront of sustainability. We have established trusted relationships with institutional investors over the decades through wholesale unlisted funds, club vehicles, mandates and capital partnerships. Investors benefit from the breadth of Lendlease’s deep expertise in real estate innovation and creation through the opportunity to invest in a unique global pipeline of opportunities in key gateway cities that few others can match. With a strong focus on long-term investment returns and active asset management strategies, our investment teams seek to extract maximum value from asset portfolios while generating vibrant experiences for those who work, live and play in our assets - creating places where communities thrive. A position has recently become available for a Fund Manager | Build to Rent to join our Australian Investment Management business based at Barangaroo, Sydney. This is a full time, permanent opportunity, reporting to the Head of New Business, Investment Management Australia. As the Fund Manager, your primary focus will be to execute the programmatic venture strategy, working closely with Development to continue to expand Lendlease’s position in this space You will be responsible for the performance of the fund, establishing and driving its strategic direction and be the primary point of relationship and accountability with investors. Your new role will see you implement the Fund strategy and business plan and identify new opportunities, as well as oversee the marketing of the fund and manage key relationships with capital partners and the wider Lendlease business. Given the development led nature of the strategy, the Fund Manager will work with relevant Lendlease team members including capital transactions, origination and development to drive and oversee the acquisition of investment opportunities from conception through to completion. To be successful in this role, you’ll need to have strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, the ability to negotiate, a collaborative mindset across the broader business, an ability to foster external relationships, and a deep understanding of residential development and operating asset performance drivers. The ideal person will bring the following skills and experience to the team: - Relevant Tertiary qualifications in Business, Commerce, Property or Finance Experience - Minimum of 10 years’ experience in Investment Management or residential development - Proven strategic capability with the ability to navigate through complex environments, ambiguity and change - Strong analytical ability and attention to detail - Client and outcome focused approach - Well-developed interpersonal skills, in order to establish and maintain a positive and cooperative relationships with key internal and external stakeholders Lendlease is a diverse, flexible and inclusive employer of choice. We engage, enable, and empower our people. Inclusion sets us all up for success. We embrace the value of a vibrant and diverse workforce and recognise that our people have different experiences and needs at different times. Lendlease is a diverse, flexible and inclusive employer of choice. We engage, enable and empower our people and support their individual needs. Inclusion sets us all up for success.