Based at East Maitland | Senior Leadership Role | Property strategy meets operational impact
Shape the places where great dental care happens.
We’re seeking a commercially minded, hands-on Property and Leasing Manager to lead our Property Services team and drive network growth and optimisation across our national footprint.
From securing and negotiating new leases to expanding, relocating or refreshing existing sites – this role is at the centre of ensuring our dental centres are scalable, safe and ready to deliver outstanding care. You’ll provide strategic leadership across all property activity, while guiding a high-performing team to manage leasing, maintenance, and new centre development.
You’ll be based at our East Maitland head office with the flexibility to work from home as needed.
What you’ll be doing
In this broad and high-impact leadership role, you’ll:
Deliver strategic property leadership
* Set and execute a national property strategy aligned to business goals.
* Lead all aspects of the property lifecycle, from new builds and relocations to lease renewals and centre refurbishments.
* Develop centre-by-centre plans and performance tracking to drive smart decision-making.
Own and manage our lease portfolio
* Negotiate lease extensions, options and new site contracts.
* Build strong, ongoing relationships with landlords to secure favourable terms.
* Gather and analyse market data to identify new opportunities and reduce risk.
Optimise our national network
* Contribute to due diligence on new sites and provide strategic recommendations.
* Implement scalable processes for growth – including contractor engagement, compliance and supplier onboarding.
* Visit and assess properties for suitability and ensure all landlord contributions are secured.
Support and maintain our existing centres
* Partner with Operations and key business units on centre upgrades, expansions, and closures.
* Manage vendor relationships across trades and services, ensuring quality and efficiency.
* Monitor health and safety compliance across all works and service providers.
Are you what we're looking for?
You have good life skills and know how to effectively manage differing objectives. You're a self-starter who can work both independently as well as lead a team, jumping in to help with a ‘we’ll get it done’ nature when the need arises. In addition to this you have:
* Solid experience across leasing, commercial property, project management, and facilities maintenance.
* Strong leadership skills with experience managing and mentoring team members.
* Proven commercial acumen and negotiation expertise.
* A practical mindset, able to pivot from strategy to hands-on delivery.
* Outstanding relationship-building and stakeholder engagement skills.
* Tertiary qualifications in property, business or a related field (preferred).
* Ability to travel as needed across our network of centres
Are we what you're looking for?
Pacific Smiles is a growing, purpose-led healthcare organisation with more than 110 centres across Australia. With over 1800 team members, we pride ourselves on our collaborative culture, strong values, and commitment to delivering the best patient experience.
Here’s what you can expect:
* Flexible working to support your lifestyle
* A leadership role with national impact and growth opportunity'
* A team that gets stuck in and delivers results
* Recognition programs, wellness initiatives and a great office culture
Keen to lead where quality care begins?
Apply today and help shape the future of our dental network – one lease and one location at a time.
Apply by 15th July
Questions? Reach out to Stephanie at stephanie.jones@pacificsmiles.com.au