Senior Development Manager

Are you a seasoned property professional looking for your next opportunity? Join our Gold Coast team and play a key role in shaping the coastline through landmark developments. With relocation assistance available, the time to apply is now.

McNab is one of Australia’s largest privately owned construction companies, delivering landmark projects that combine scale and expertise, with a relationship-based approach.

At McNab, you won’t just join a company – you’ll join a team that’s shaping the future of Construction, Development, and Property in SEQ. From landmark builds to community-focused developments, you’ll work across a wide range of exciting projects. We’re all about strong partnerships, commercial smarts, and delivering certainty – and we’re looking for someone who shares those values. With 9 out of 10 projects from repeat clients, we focus on long-term relationships built on genuine care and trusted performance.

About the role

Join our dynamic McNab Development team as a Senior Development Manager at our Gold Coast Office. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of some incredible developments and to play a pivotal leadership role within our team. Reporting directly to the Head of Property Development, you will oversee a talented team including Development Managers, Assistant Development Managers, and Graduates.

In this senior position, you will collaborate closely with our Sales & Product Manager to devise effective sales and marketing strategies and partner with the Construction Project Manager to ensure successful project delivery. Your extensive experience will be instrumental in executing our strategies, from site acquisition and funding to product concept and feasibility analysis. Additionally, you will contribute to marketing initiatives and project revenue generation. Working alongside our Construction Project Manager, you will also guide the construction delivery and settlement processes.

As a key leader within our Development Team, you will not only drive project success but also cultivate a positive culture through mentorship and coaching. Your leadership will inspire your team to excel and foster their professional growth.

About You

We are looking for a candidate with experience in multi-residential and commercial developments, as well as a solid understanding of the local market. A passion for the development process and a commitment to building strong internal and external stakeholder relationships are essential. You should be solutions-focused, capable of collaborating with diverse teams, and adept at identifying trends.

We are seeking the following:

• A degree in Property Economics, Business, Marketing, or a related discipline is highly desirable.
• A commitment to coaching and mentoring team members, promoting knowledge sharing and career development.
• Proven ability to work within development strategies, challenging concepts to achieve team objectives.
• Experience in developing and executing sales and marketing strategies aligned with project concepts to meet pre-sales targets and drive revenue.
• Strong passion for property development, with a keen interest in market intelligence and successful sales strategies.
• Proactive in identifying, negotiating, and resolving potential project issues, and knowing when to escalate them appropriately.
• Exceptional relationship-building skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with key stakeholders both internal and external.
• Demonstrated success in a similar role with a strong track record.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with a confident yet humble demeanour.
• An entrepreneurial mindset, with a willingness to embrace feedback and a desire to continuously learn and grow.

About McNab

McNab is one of the largest Construction, Development and Property groups in Australia, with turnover now exceeding $1bn each year. Despite our growth and size, we've never lost our small company DNA - which centres around genuine care for our staff, customers and all our stakeholders. Success for us isn't about awards or growth, it's when we deliver so well that our customers are proud to wear a McNab T-Shirt on weekends!

We genuinely care. We make it easy. We deliver certainty.

This is our promise - to our clients, and everyone we deal with. Delivering on these three things really, really well is what drives us at McNab. Everything we do, from recruiting and training to performance and promotion, centres around this promise.

We leverage the entire McNab Group to deliver certainty for our clients at a time of unprecedented uncertainty in the industry. And our approach works. From delivering our own property developments, to manufacturing our own building products, and a plethora of aligned businesses, your career at McNab goes well beyond traditional construction roles.

McNab benefits:

• Birthday leave.
• Annual health and fitness subsidy.
• Parental leave program.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program.
• Internal development opportunities through tailored training programs.

This is an outstanding opportunity to build a strong career with a reputable construction company that genuinely cares about the development of all staff - if this is something you want to be a part of APPLY NOW!