Senior Director, Investment

About Us

At Development Victoria, we're passionate about making Victoria a great place to be. We create vibrant places across our state, through diverse and strategic property development and urban renewal projects.

As the Victorian Government's development arm, we revitalise iconic public buildings, create important community, creative and sporting facilities and repurpose public land, for all Victorians. We also build great homes and communities where people and businesses can thrive, catering for different budgets, lifestyles, and people - designed to be sustainable and affordable.

Your New Role

Reporting to the Executive General Manager – Investment Portfolio & Management, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the strategic direction of Development Victoria. This executive leadership position is responsible for aligning commercial outcomes with organisational goals and government policy priorities. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, including First Peoples Partnerships, Planning, Sustainability, and Social & Economic Impact—embedding impact at the front end of projects to improve outcomes across the portfolio.

Please note: This is a standard executive contract with a maximum term of five years.

Core Accountabilities:

• Champion a culture of accountability, inclusion, and high performance through coaching and feedback.
• Define and communicate strategic priorities that influence policy and practice across government and industry.
• Lead strategic planning and evaluation to continuously improve organisational effectiveness.
• Collaborate with the Chief of Staff and Delivery teams to manage key relationships and stakeholder engagement.
• Conduct market intelligence and analysis to inform strategic decisions.
• Assess and prioritise initiatives in collaboration with the delivery and enabling functions.
• Monitor strategic alignment and impact to drive continuous improvement.
• Represent Development Victoria in industry and government forums to promote strategic interests.
• Lead engagement with stakeholders to ensure alignment with community and customer expectations.

About You

• Tertiary degree or higher qualification in property, finance, construction, architecture, design, engineering, project management or related fields.
• An outstanding record of achievement for strategy development for the timely management and delivery of major construction, infrastructure, or property development projects within complex and competing environments.
• Skilled at operating within varied and complex markets, with a track record of achieving commercially viable outcomes in line with public value objectives.
• Deep understanding of the Victorian policy environment, including planning systems, economic policy levers, and key government frameworks such as the Housing Statement.
• Demonstrated ability to lead large, multidisciplinary teams and foster a high- performance, collaborative team culture.
• Extensive experience building and maintaining complex stakeholder relationships across all levels of government, including senior executives, ministers, local councils, Traditional Owners, and private sector partners.
• Experience engaging with peak bodies and maintaining influential networks across industry, government, and community sectors, with advanced negotiation, influencing, and consultation capabilities.

Employee Benefits

• We drive strong collaboration and support our teams to work virtually and flexibly.
• Professional development opportunities available including;
• Study support
• Mentoring programs
• Opportunity to participate in cross functional working groups that drive diversity and inclusion and sustainability initiatives.
• Novated leasing
• Purchase leave
• Paid parental leave
• Technology salary sacrifice
• Employee referral bonuses
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives such as EAP and mental health and wellbeing leave
• Access to group life & group salary continuance insurance
• Modern onsite facilities

Application Process

• Please apply via our careers page linked to this advertisement, applications will not be accepted via email.
• Advert may close prior to the closure date if a high volume of applications is received so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
• Please note: The preferred candidate will be required to complete a national police record check prior to an offer of employment being made.
• At Development Victoria, we work flexibly and value diversity, and we invite you to talk to us about any preferences or adjustments you may value or require to either our recruitment process or the role itself. If you identify as a person with disability, please let us know how we can provide additional support to your application.
• Application Deadline: Please submit your application by 16th November 2025. Applications received after this date may not be considered.

If you require further information about this role, please contact Recruitment Enquiries

We respectfully request no agency approaches. We will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes being sent to anyone here in our business.