Development Manager

About the Opportunity
Auckland Airport is more than an airport. They’re critical national infrastructure, connecting New Zealand to the world and helping drive economic growth for the country.
As the Development Manager, embedded within a project team, you will act as Auckland Airport's champion for enterprise outcomes for specific areas within the terminal, ensuring commercial, operational, customer and regulatory requirements are balanced and integrated throughout a project’s lifecycle.
You will be the point of accountability for tenancy/occupancy planning, stakeholder integration, commercial arrangements and benefit realisation to ensure each space delivers its intended value throughout its lifecycle.

• Space ownership and business outcomes
• Embedded project integration and development management
• Occupancy Planning and Integration
• Development Agreements and Commercial Documentation
• Space Planning and Enterprise Coordination
• Financial and Commercial Management

A full position description is available.

What You’ll Bring
You will probably have a Bachelor's degree in property, commerce, engineering, project management, planning, law or a related discipline and have contract management or commercial management qualifications. Experience in infrastructure development, property development, asset development, major projects, airport operations, commercial management or related fields will be important and demonstrated experience developing and maintaining business cases through project lifecycles will be evident.

• Experience operating as a client-side representative within major infrastructure programmes.
• Experience balancing commercial, operational and customer outcomes within complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong understanding of project development, governance and stage-gate processes
• Experience with commercial developments, tenant relocations or operational transition programmes.
• Familiarity with development agreements, leasing, licensing and property management processes.

With a strong enterprise mindset and a highly collaborative and relationship-focused approach, you will be comfortable operating through complexity and ambiguity. Your strong judgement and decision-making capability will be evident by your background and previous projects and integrity and professionalism will be there for all to see.

What’s on Offer
This is an opportunity to work on projects with real impact, where you'll join a collaborative team delivering nationally significant infrastructure that supports the future growth, safety and resilience of New Zealand's aviation network.

• Competitive remuneration package
• Free onsite parking
• Flexible working arrangements where operationally appropriate
• Professional and growth opportunities
• A supportive and inclusive team environment

Next Steps?

To keep things simple, we ask that all applications are submitted through this advert. We’ll review applications as they come in and be in touch.

For any questions give Daniel Percival a call on [027 4030801](tel:027 4030801) and quote Job ID: 18351 for a confidential chat.

To apply for this vacancy, you MUST be a New Zealand citizen, resident, or have already secured the right to work in New Zealand and therefore hold a valid visa.

At the appropriate stage we will request your references, we ask that you do not include them on your CV when applying.  

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