Snr Manager Development

**_Together we shape thriving communities, public spaces, places and economies._**

- **Permanent full-time (35 hours per week) opportunity,**
- **Office location Sydney Olympic Park with flexible working supported**
- **Salary relative to experience, and ranges from $149,740 to $173,173 + super**

**What’s in it for me?**

Join our team for a **fantastic culture** with dynamic collaboration and **genuine long-term career support**. We offer **flexibility in work arrangements**, diverse and fulfilling assignments, and prioritise **work/life balance**and wellbeing with initiatives like flex leave and access to support programs. Additionally, **we** are committed to **fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace** where everyone feels welcome, respected, and empowered to succeed.

**The role**:
This role leads complex property negotiations and development transactions that balance commercial, social, and legacy objectives for the precinct. It involves shaping strategies that drive investment, sustainability, and value creation, while ensuring compliance with planning and governance frameworks. The position provides strategic advice on development opportunities, oversees lease and transaction structures, and manages stakeholder engagement across government, industry, and community partners.

You’ll be working in a dynamic environment where competing priorities, regulatory requirements, and stakeholder expectations often intersect. Success in this role means navigating these challenges with strong commercial acumen, integrity, and foresight—ensuring projects are delivered to a high standard, risks are managed proactively, and outcomes contribute to the precinct’s long-term vision.

For more information read the full Role Description: Senior Manager Development Transactions

**What you will bring to the role**

- Strong experience and successful track record in real estate/property transactions in government and/or private sector
- Demonstrated commercial and financial understanding with experience in feasibility modelling
- Strong communication skills including negotiation, presentation, dispute resolution and influencing skills.
- Experience in the preparation of accurate and timely reports for distribution to Senior Executives.
- Excellent understanding of design, development and delivery process of residential and commercial projects
- Significant experience in real estate development and/or capital transactions.
- Comprehensive understanding of financial management practices, including budget and reporting
- Experience in scoping, procuring and managing service provider contracts and deliverables

**What is an essential requirement**:

- Tertiary qualifications in a property related discipline which may include planning, property valuation/economics, property law, property development or engineering.

**About us**

The Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI) improves the liveability and prosperity of NSW. To achieve this, we: create vibrant, productive spaces and precincts; manage lands, assets and property effectively and deliver affordable and diverse housing. We strive to be a high-performing, world-class public service organisation that celebrates and reflects the full diversity of the community we serve and builds the cultural capability of our department to improve outcomes with and for Aboriginal people, communities and entities.

We are an inclusive and accessible workplace, where your individual contributions are valued, and where everyone is encouraged to feel a sense of connection and belonging. DPHI supports various employee affinity groups, practices flexible working, offers job share and workplace adjustments.

**Join us**

Applications close **Thursday, 20**th** November 2025 at 11.55pm**
- A recruitment pool may be created for ongoing and temporary opportunities of the same role or role type that may become available over the next 18 months._