We're reimagining the way Australians live, work, and play. We own and manage some of the most recognisable and loved retail destinations across Australia.

 
We’re evolving our portfolio into destinations that offer a broad selection of retail, residential, and office spaces. Through our diverse portfolio, data-led decision-making, and nationwide development pipeline, we do things differently.

We are Vicinity.

Role purpose

Job Opportunity: Development Operations Manager

We’re seeking a proactive Development Operations professional to support the delivery of major projects and ensure our assets operate to best practice standards. In this role, you’ll shape design requirements, influence project outcomes, and partner across the business to drive operational excellence.

Role Purpose

Co-ordinates across the enterprise to develop design and operational standards, specifications and best practices for all capital investments across the portfolio. Develops operating processes and guardrails to ensure the delivery of all projects in line with standards and works as a key customer for the development team ensuring that detailed designs align to the standards and are successfully delivered to meet the expectations of the operations team. The role will also ensure consistency in the delivery of outgoings feasibilities and development completion opening processes.

Key Role Relationships

• National Operations Functions
• PMLT
• Centre & Operations Managers
• Development Team and Principal Contractors
• Property Investment Analytics Team
• Design Team
• Finance & Information Technology Team
• Legal, Risk & ESG Team
• Tenancy Delivery
• National & Regional Service Providers

What you'll do

• Maintain and evolve the Vicinity Project Design Requirements (PDR) to reflect leading operational standards.
• Act as the operational voice throughout development concept design, detailed design, construction, delivery, and handover.
• Lead operational feasibility assessments for development and acquisition projects.
• Partner with Tenant Delivery and Minor Projects teams to enable safe, efficient works within live centres.
• Oversee the systems, processes, and documentation that support ongoing asset operations, including as‑builts, O&Ms, and warranties.

What you’ll bring

• Experience in retail operations management and exposure to major projects in a national portfolio.
• Strong technical knowledge of building operations, legislation, and health & safety.
• Ability to build influential relationships and collaborate across multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Excellent reporting, budgeting, communication, and leadership capability.

Who you are

You role‑model values such as Respect, Integrity, Customer Focus, Collaboration, and Excellence, bringing a solutions‑focused and improvement‑driven mindset to everything you do.

Why Vicinity?

Our benefits program focuses on creating an awesome place to work in which our people are rewarded and recognised. This includes:

• Flexible working options

• Birthday leave & purchased additional leave

• $1,000 worth of VCX securities rewarded for eligible team members

• Generous Parental Leave

We live and work by our values of Respect, Integrity, Customer Focus, Collaboration and Excellence. They are the foundation to everything we do and provide us a north star with which we can shape meaningful places where communities connect.

At Vicinity we embrace and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive work environment where we attract, retain and develop our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

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Email: [email protected]

Phone: +61 3 7001 4000 (request to speak to our Talent Acquisition team)

Note: To be eligible to apply for this position, you must have existing, relevant Australian work rights. At the later stages of the recruitment process the shortlisted candidate/candidates will be required to undergo a Criminal History Background/Police Check as a mandatory part of the process. Additional qualification checks may also be required dependant on role and level.