Design Manager- Integrated Mixed -Use

Our Story

Scentre Group is the owner and operator of 42 Westfield living centres in Australia and New Zealand; partnering with the world’s leading retail and luxury brands to create a unique shopping and leisure experience for our customers. A career with us fosters the chance to be a part of a company that is transforming the digital and physical retail space. Every day, our people play a vital role in our purpose to ‘create extraordinary places, connecting and enriching communities.’

Your Opportunity

The Integrated Mixed -Use team is responsible for unlocking the long -term value of Scentre Group’s destinations through residential and mixed -use development. As an emerging capability within the business, the team is focused on establishing the strategy, pipeline and delivery approach for integrated precinct development across the portfolio that responds to changing customer behaviour, urban growth and community needs.

Working at the intersection of strategy and delivery, the team partners closely with Asset Management, Development, Design & Construction, Finance and broader business functions. A key focus is building the capability, processes and partnerships required to move from early -stage opportunity identification through to feasible, approvable and deliverable outcomes.

You will have overall accountability for:

The Design Manager – Integrated Mixed -Use manages and coordinates design activity across allocated integrated mixed -use development projects, helping translate development opportunities into high -quality, commercially viable and deliverable design outcomes. Working from early feasibility and concept development through planning and authority approvals and into pre - construction, the role coordinates multidisciplinary design teams, develops and manages design briefs and ensures consultant outputs meet project, regulatory and commercial requirements.

• Lead and coordinate design activities across mixed-use projects from feasibility and concept through approvals and pre-construction.
• Develop and manage design strategies, briefs, consultant teams, and deliverables to ensure quality, compliance, feasibility, and alignment with project objectives.
• Drive design coordination, programs, approvals, and stakeholder engagement across internal teams, consultants, authorities, and external partners.
• Identify and manage design, planning, technical, and buildability risks while supporting the transition from design to delivery and continuous improvement initiatives.

What will set you apart from the rest?

Experience in the following:

• Experience managing design for residential, mixed-use, or complex development projects.
• Strong understanding of design, planning, commercial, and construction outcomes.
• Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary consultants and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of planning controls, regulations, buildability, and project delivery.
• Strong organisational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Proactive, collaborative, and solutions-focused, with the ability to identify risks and drive successful project outcomes.

About us

Scentre Group owns 42 Westfield destinations across Australia and New Zealand. We create extraordinary places and experiences that connect and enrich communities.

We are focused on our customers and creating more reasons for more people to visit our Westfield destinations more often and for longer.

With approximately 75 professions within our business, our team has the expertise to design, construct, operate, manage and market our Westfield destinations and platforms.

We want to be the place where talent thrives. To support you thriving with us, we promise to respect, inspire and develop you, and that you will do work that matters.

Diversity, equity and inclusion underpins our culture, and our vision is that ‘Everyone Belongs’. We foster a workplace experience where everyone feels valued, supported and motivated to realise their full potential.

We aspire to create a workforce reflective of the communities in which we operate and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, cultural background, faith, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or life stage.  If you require support or adjustments during the application process, please contact us confidentially at [email protected].

We offer a range of unique benefits designed to support your wellbeing, career development and lifestyle, including five days paid Life Leave on top of your four weeks annual leave (pro-rated for part-time), 18 weeks gender neutral paid parental leave for primary carers, with no qualifying period and super paid for the duration of the leave period and free parking at your local Westfield destination.

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* While recruitment agencies may form part of our hiring process for select opportunities, we will not be engaging agency support for this role. Scentre Group does not accept unsolicited candidate CVs from agencies and any unsolicited CVs submitted will not be accepted.