Position: Senior Development Manager

Location: Sydney

Overview The Senior Development Manager is accountable for leading and progressing the project through its development program and into readiness for delivery. The role provides clear end-to-end ownership of the project, integrating planning and approvals, land, environment, stakeholder, technical, grid and commercial activities. The position maintains accountability for project priorities, decisions, schedule, budget, risk and key milestones while coordinating internal teams, project partners, consultants and external stakeholders.

Key Accountabilities

End-to-End Project Leadership

- Act as the single accountable development lead for the project.
- Establish and maintain the integrated project development strategy, priorities and critical path.
- Coordinate internal and external contributors across all project workstreams.
- Maintain clear ownership of actions, decisions, dependencies and milestones.
- Ensure the project progresses in line with agreed business and project objectives.

Planning, Environment and Approvals

- Lead the planning and approvals strategy for the project.
- Coordinate the preparation, review and submission of required planning and environmental documentation.
- Appoint and manage specialist consultants and ensure deliverables are integrated into the broader project program.
- Manage responses to regulator requests and requirements arising through assessment processes.
- Ensure planning, environmental, land and technical inputs remain aligned.

Land and Stakeholder Management

- Coordinate land access, land agreements and associated site requirements.
- Maintain effective relationships with landowners, neighbours, councils, government agencies, Traditional Owner groups and local communities.
- Work with Communications and Stakeholder Engagement to deliver clear and coordinated engagement.
- Identify and address stakeholder risks that may affect project progression or social licence.

Technical and Commercial Integration

- Coordinate project inputs from Engineering, Grid, Commercial, Legal, Finance, Procurement and Project Delivery.
- Ensure technical development and layout decisions reflect planning, land, environmental and commercial constraints.
- Support commercial assessments, partner discussions and project decision-making.
- Ensure development decisions appropriately consider future delivery, construction and operational requirements.

Project Governance

- Own the integrated development schedule, budget, risk register and project reporting.
- Monitor project expenditure against approved budgets and applicable project cost allocation arrangements.




- Lead regular project governance and working-group meetings.
- Prepare approval papers and supporting materials for internal decision gates.
- Escalate material risks, delays, budget changes and decisions requiring leadership intervention.

Transition to Delivery

- Establish development completion and delivery readiness requirements.
- Work with Project Delivery and other functions to prepare an orderly project handover.
- Ensure key approvals, commitments, assumptions, risks and stakeholder arrangements are documented.
- Continue to support the project through transition where required.

Broader Development Support

- Provide targeted senior development support to the broader portfolio where agreed and where project priorities permit.
- Share project knowledge and support capability development across the Development team.
- Ensure broader support does not dilute primary accountability for the project.

Risk and Safety

- Proactively identify key project risks and ensure appropriate mitigation and escalation.
- Ensure project development is conducted safely and in accordance with the company's systems, policies and processes.
- Lead by example and support continuous improvement in safety, quality and project practices.

Health, Safety, Environment and Quality (HSEQ)

- Conduct work in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.
- Comply with relevant legislation including the Workplace Health and Safety Act and Environmental Protection Act.
- Comply with site specific WH&S; policies and procedures and Environmental Authorities.
- Take responsibility for the health and safety of yourself and others when carrying out duties.
- Utilise appropriate resources, equipment, materials and facilities for the safe and quality performance of work.
- Promptly report hazards and incidents through correct processes and take immediate corrective action where appropriate.
- Familiarise yourself and comply with site-specific safety requirements.

Personal Conduct

- Strive to always achieve the highest professional standards.
- In the course of your work, treat others with courtesy, respect, and sensitivity to their rights.
- Refrain from all forms of bullying or harassment and discrimination based on gender, race, religious belief, political affiliation, pregnancy,



disability, sexual orientation, or illness.
- Respect everyone’s rights to privacy and keep personal information in confidence.
- Seek advice from your supervisor where a colleague’s behaviour is perceived to be in breach of company expectations, and report any suspected corrupt, criminal, or unethical conduct to your supervisor or PPC.
- Refrain from acting in any way that would unfairly harm the reputation and/or career prospects of other employees.
- Take no improper advantage of any official information gained in the course of your employment.
- Refrain from allowing personal political views and/or affiliations or other personal interests to influence the performance of duties or exercise of responsibilities.
- Refrain from allowing personal relationships to affect professional relationships.

Personal Competencies

Qualifications and Skills

- Tertiary qualification in engineering, environmental science, planning, project management, business or a related field.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office and relevant project, spatial or stakeholder management systems.
- Current Australian driver's licence.
- Willingness and flexibility to travel to project and remote sites.
- Full legal rights to live and work in Australia.

Knowledge / Experience

- Extensive experience leading the development of large or complex renewable energy or infrastructure projects in Australia.
- Demonstrated end-to-end accountability for progressing a utility-scale project through major development and approval milestones.
- Strong knowledge of planning, environmental approvals, land, stakeholder, grid, technical and commercial development pathways.
- Proven ability to integrate multidisciplinary workstreams and maintain accountability for schedule, budget, risk and decisions.
- Experience managing complex project partnerships or joint development arrangements is desirable.
- Experience leading regulator, landowner, community and consultant relationships.
- Robust commercial judgement and experience leading complex negotiations.
- Highly developed communication, problem-solving and decision-making skills.

Personal Development To ensure success in the position, take personal ownership for ongoing development of the following qualities:

- Capacity to promote and uphold the company’s values.
- Ability to work autonomously and meet deadlines.
- Very strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Highly effective communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to contribute towards the implementation of systems and initiatives to meet the needs of the organisation.

📌 Senior Development Manager (Sydney)
🏢 Talesca
📍 Sydney