Senior Design Manager – Services

Lead the Design & Services Strategy Behind Landmark Developments

We're working with a highly regarded property and construction organisation to appoint a Senior Design Manager . This is an outstanding opportunity for an experienced design management professional to take ownership of the services function across a diverse portfolio of major developments.

You will be working across commercial offices, mixed-use precincts, Build-to-Sell and Build-to-Rent projects, you'll play a key role in driving technical excellence, influencing project outcomes, and leading multidisciplinary design teams from concept through to completion.

What's on Offer

- Join a market-leading developer delivering landmark projects across Australia.
- Work across a diverse portfolio of large-scale commercial and residential developments.
- Strategic leadership position with genuine influence across design, construction and development.
- Collaborative, high-performing culture focused on innovation, sustainability and quality.
- Excellent long-term career progression within a stable and growing business.

The Role As the Senior Design Manager, you'll provide technical leadership across multiple projects while ensuring services design aligns with programme, budget, buildability and commercial objectives.

Key responsibilities include

- Lead the services and technology design function across multiple major developments.
- Manage multidisciplinary consultant teams from concept design through to project completion.
- Drive design coordination,



buildability, value engineering and risk mitigation.
- Oversee consultant procurement, tendering and contract negotiations.
- Manage project programmes, budgets and commercial performance.
- Champion sustainability initiatives including Green Star, NABERS and innovative building solutions.
- Lead stakeholder engagement across development, construction, consultants and external authorities.
- Mentor and develop high-performing design management teams.
- Ensure projects achieve the highest standards of technical delivery, quality and compliance.

About You We're looking for an experienced design management professional who thrives in complex project environments and enjoys leading high-performing teams.

You will bring

- Tertiary qualifications in Engineering, Construction Management, Architecture or a related discipline.
- Significant experience delivering complex commercial or residential developments.
- Strong technical understanding of building services, design management and multidisciplinary coordination.
- Proven experience managing consultants, contracts, budgets and project programmes.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Commercial acumen with the ability to balance quality, programme and cost outcomes.
- A cooperative leadership style with a passion for mentoring and developing teams.

Apply now or contact Simon Whiteside on 0429 556 871 / [email protected] for a confidential discussion about this opportunity.

📌 Senior Design Manager - Services (Sydney)
🏢 Buildability Group
📍 Sydney