Commercial Asset Manager; FTC

About Lendlease

Lendlease is Australia’s leading real estate business with international operations. Our core expertise is in investment management, development and construction. For more than 60 years we have created thriving places around the globe. Our global investment management platform spans Asia, Australia, Americas and Europe, managing approximately A $48.9 billion in property assets via funds and separate mandates. We invest on behalf of pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, investment managers and insurance companies, offering our investment partners access to quality property assets.

Lendlease is recruiting for a Commercial Asset Manager on a 12‑month fixed‑term contract. The role involves monitoring and driving asset performance against the asset business plans for 21 Moorfields (single‑let commercial office) and The Turing Building, Stratford (a part‑leased multi‑let commercial office). Responsibilities focus on ongoing performance, medium‑term strategies and initiatives to drive asset value enhancement and support leasing activities, providing specialised knowledge to colleagues and peers throughout RIBA development phases.

• Oversee Property Manager(s) ensuring they deliver services to a high standard, on time and on budget, including reporting and the provision of asset‑level data
• Manage a range of third parties to deliver high‑quality outcomes
• Participate in the valuation process, including liaising with independent valuers to provide relevant data and preliminary briefings
• Finalize asset valuations to present to the Fund Manager to assess the impact on returns and support informed decision‑making
• Support the leasing manager to drive occupancy and building adaptability
• Work with peers across the business, including development colleagues, to advise and provide guidance on the design process, ensuring operational excellence
• Establish a vision and strategy for commercial, operational excellence and asset management in the region, seek endorsement with third‑party support and execute the delivery of the roll‑out successfully
• Where and if required provide support for disposal, reinvestment and capital strategy of the buildings; report to third‑party investors on a quarterly or as‑required basis, working with Fund Management teams
• Opportunity to gain a breadth of experience as the growth strategy unfolds, including potential exposure to the life science sector

• Relevant tertiary qualifications in Property, Economics, Business, or Finance, combined with advanced knowledge of the role
• Experience in a commercial office asset management role, and/or expert knowledge of property/asset management industries, asset valuations methodologies and principles, strong project‑management, planning and communication skills, including written and verbal communication
• Experience in stakeholder management
• Fund modelling experience

• Industry‑leading pension scheme
• Private medical health benefit and dental plan options
• Enhanced parental leave
• Life assurance
• 25 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell additional days
• Well‑being leave
• Health and wellbeing support and initiatives
• 24/7 confidential employee assistance program
• Discounted gym membership to over 2,500 gyms nationwide

• Seniority level:
  Mid‑Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Management and Manufacturing