Senior Development Manager – Sydney A rare opportunity to shape a diverse national property portfolio.

We are partnering with a well-established private property group with a $2bn+ Australian portfolio spanning Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

The business is entering an exciting period of transformation, with a renewed focus on active redevelopment, repositioning, divestment and joint venture opportunities. This creates an opportunity for an experienced Senior Development Manager to play a key role in shaping the future of the portfolio.

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Head of Development, Australia, you will take end-to-end ownership of development and redevelopment opportunities across a diverse portfolio of residential, commercial, retail and hospitality assets.

You will have significant involvement across feasibility, highest and best use, planning and approvals, development strategy, delivery, redevelopment and divestment, working closely with senior leadership and key external stakeholders.

A key component of the role will be leading and developing a small team of Assistant Development Managers, while helping to further build the development function.

Key responsibilities

- Lead development projects from feasibility and strategy through to delivery.
- Assess highest and best use, redevelopment, divestment and JV opportunities.
- Drive planning, approvals,



government negotiations and stakeholder engagement.
- Oversee project budgets, feasibilities, programmes, cost plans and commercial outcomes.
- Manage consultants, contractors, JV partners and other key stakeholders.
- Contribute to acquisitions, due diligence and new opportunity identification.
- Present development strategies and recommendations to senior leadership.
- Lead, mentor and develop 1–2 Assistant Development Managers.

About You

We are looking for an experienced development professional with:

- 8+ years' property development experience across signficant mixed use projects
- A strong track record across the full development lifecycle.
- Front-end expertise across feasibility, highest and best use and planning.
- Strong commercial acumen and financial capability.
- Experience managing complex stakeholder and approval environments.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Proven experience leading, mentoring and developing junior team members.
- The confidence to operate autonomously and influence senior decision-makers.

Why this prospect?

This is more than a project delivery role. You will have the opportunity to influence what gets developed, repositioned, divested or pursued through JV, while taking a leadership role within a growing Australian development function.

📌 Senior Development Manager (Sydney)
🏢 Capstone Recruitment
📍 Sydney