Senior Manager, Workplace Property & Travel
At AustralianSuper, we truly care about our colleagues. We know work and life are intertwined. That's why we support the diverse needs of everyone and have policies that enable us all to thrive and be truly flexible. We ensure diversity is celebrated for the opportunity it provides us all to learn and grow and deliver better outcomes for members. We are dedicated to building a high‐performance environment underpinned by a strong risk culture, ensuring we deliver the best outcomes for our members.
Your New Role
Reporting to the Head of Financial Control, the Senior Manager, Workplace Property & Travel provides strategic leadership for the Fund's workplace property portfolio, accommodation strategy and global travel management. The role has accountability for engaging and managing key property managers, landlords and other high‐profile external stakeholders across a complex, multi‐site environment.
This role balances strong commercial and property leadership with oversight of workplace operations and travel, ensuring AustralianSuper's workplaces are safe, compliant, cost‐effective and aligned to colleague and Fund needs.
Key Duties
* Providing strategic leadership for the Fund's global workplace property portfolio, accommodation strategy and workplace standards.
* Engaging, managing and influencing key property managers, landlords and high‐profile external stakeholders across all locations.
* Managing the global portfolio of leases and subleases, including negotiations, landlord and tenant obligations.
* Managing complex property contracts and third‐party supplier relationships, ensuring performance, risk and governance expectations are met.
* Overseeing facilities management, workplace asset management and office capital works including relocations and fit‐outs.
* Leading global travel management, ensuring effective governance, cost control, risk management and compliance.
* Building strong internal stakeholder relationships and providing data, insights and reporting to support evidence‐based decision making.
* Supporting WH&S obligations, including emergency response, incident management and business continuity planning.
What You'll Need
* Extensive senior‐level experience in workplace operations, property and facilities management within a complex organisation.
* Strong knowledge of commercial property leasing, vendor management and contract governance.
* Experience with P&Ls, financial models, budgets and BI tools.
* Demonstrated experience leading large, multi‐disciplinary teams and external service providers.
* Proven ability to manage major capital works, workplace projects and competing priorities.
* Experience overseeing travel management with a focus on governance, risk and compliance.
* Highly developed leadership, stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
Life at AustralianSuper
AustralianSuper is committed to colleague development, and we support our people with ongoing learning, coaching and training, as well as career opportunities across our expanding global organisation. We offer generous leave entitlements and promote a blended working environment in which all roles can flex, and we're happy to discuss what this looks like for you.
We cultivate a workplace that champions safety, respect, inclusiveness and diversity. We are committed to supporting our diverse workforce in a way that is inclusive and embraces diversity in all its forms. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process or the role, please let our recruitment team know.
Requirements
Australian or New Zealand citizenship or Australian permanent residency status is required.
Agencies please note: this vacancy is being managed directly by AustralianSuper's Talent Acquisition team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional support. Thank you.
Apply now, if you share our values of Energy, Integrity, Generosity of Spirit and Excellent Outcomes and would like the opportunity to work in a challenging, growing and rapidly evolving team to deliver outstanding results.
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