Lawyer -conveyancing manager nsw (sydney)

We're looking for a strategic and experienced Lawyer, Conveyancing Manager to join our Sydney-based office to lead our Contract Services team and drive excellence across our contracts process. This role is pivotal in ensuring seamless customer experiences, managing complex legal arrangements, and partnering with internal stakeholders to meet sales and settlement targets.

• Act as a strategic business partner to internal stakeholders, enhancing the internal customer experience.
• Lead a team of Contract Specialists, managing workloads and forecasting to ensure operational efficiency.
• Oversee the preparation and management of contracts, variations, cancellations, and terminations.
• Handle escalations from Strategic Partners and ensure timely resolution.
• Monitor and mitigate risks in the contracts process, including trust account and hardship requests.
• Review and sign financial and transfer documents in PEXA during peak periods.
• Improve templates, SOPs, playbooks, and training materials in response to regulatory updates.
• Provide tactical oversight of Legal Representatives and Strategic Partners.
• Ensure compliance with all policies and procedures, including trust accounting and escalation protocols.

• Licensed Conveyancer or Lawyer (Essential)
• Minimum 5-7 years of conveyancing or relevant legal experience.
• Strong business partnering experience with internal and external stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of contract management and transaction processing.
• Experience leading high-performing teams and managing operational risk.

• Customer‐centric with a proactive and adaptive approach.
• Collaborative leader who builds robust relationships and drives change.
• Sound judgment and decision‐making capabilities.Committed to excellence, compliance, and continuous improvement.

You're passionate about creating seamless and compliant contract processes that support business success. You thrive in leadership roles where you can make a meaningful impact, and you're looking for a role that offers challenge, variety, and the chance to shape best practice across a national function.

We offer competitive remuneration and benefits, including free or subsidised lifestyle, health, well‐being, and financial services products.