Senior Tenancy Delivery Manager

Deliver new retail experiences at Melbourne Airport by leading end-to-end tenancy projects in a fast-paced, high-profile environment.

Melbourne Airport is in the midst of significant investment across retail, infrastructure and passenger experience. We are continuing to transform the airport precinct to meet the needs of millions of travellers each year and are currently looking for an experienced Senior Project Delivery Manager to lead the delivery of retail tenancy projects across the airport, ensuring new and refurbished retail spaces are delivered safely, efficiently and ready to welcome travellers.

This is a unique opportunity to work in a complex, high-profile environment where retail, aviation operations and large-scale infrastructure intersect.

Explore how we are thinking big with exciting projects like the Third Runway, state-of-the-art terminals, and thriving business park developments. You can also learn more about life at Melbourne Airport – our culture, values, and what makes us unique at https://www.melbourneairport.com.au/corporate/our-culture-and-values. Join us in shaping the future of aviation as we propel Melbourne Airport towards becoming Australia's favourite Airport destination.

Key responsibilities:

The role's duties and accountabilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of retail tenancy projects across the airport, including base build, landlord works, Category 1 works and tenant fit-outs
• Take full accountability for delivery outcomes, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget and aligned to leasing strategy and design intent
• Manage a portfolio of retail tenancy projects across varying stages, maintaining integrated programmes aligned to leasing milestones and opening dates
• Monitor programme performance, proactively manage risks and implement corrective actions to protect retailer opening timelines
• Work closely with Retail, Leasing, Design and Operations teams to enable successful retailer openings and high-quality retail environments
• Act as the key interface with tenants, consultants, contractors and authorities throughout the delivery lifecycle
• Oversee tenant fit-out approvals, ensuring compliance with lease requirements, design guidelines and statutory obligations
• Ensure timely handover to Retail Operations and manage defect rectification where required
• Lead and mentor a direct report, fostering a collaborative and high-performing delivery culture
• Establish and maintain clear delivery standards, governance and documentation for retail tenancy works
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery processes to improve efficiency, manage risk and strengthen programme certainty
• Ensure all works comply with WHS, regulatory and airport operational requirements while maintaining clear reporting on delivery performance

The successful candidate will have:

You are an experienced project delivery leader with strong commercial awareness and a track record delivering retail or commercial fit-out projects in complex operational environments.

You bring a collaborative approach, strong stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining programme certainty.

You will ideally bring:

• Extensive experience delivering retail tenancy, fit-out or commercial property projects
• Strong understanding of base build, Category 1 works and tenant fit-out delivery
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities
• Experience working closely with leasing, design, retail operations and project teams
• Strong commercial acumen including budget, contract and consultant management
• Proven people leadership experience and the ability to mentor and develop others
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and negotiation skills
• Tertiary qualifications in Construction Management, Project Management, Engineering, Architecture or a related discipline

We understand that not everyone will feel they meet all of these 100%. However, if you feel you have the attitude and aptitude to grow within our team, we invite you to apply and have a conversation with us about this position.

About the Company:

Melbourne Airport (Australia Pacific Airports Corporation) is proud to be one of Australia's premier transport hubs and Victoria's gateway to the world, connecting us to the global marketplace. We are committed to creating connections that matter and enhancing the traveller experience across every aspect of our organisation to deliver our vision of becoming Australia's favourite Airport destination. Currently, in an exciting phase of change, we are delivering rewarding career opportunities, making Melbourne Airport a dynamic and fast-paced place to work for our people.

APAC is a majority Australian-owned private company that also operates Launceston Airport, the tourism gateway to Tasmania and an industry multi-award-winning airport.

Culture and Values:

By joining the team at Melbourne Airport, you will work within a friendly, high-performance culture with a focus on our people and their development.

Our vision is to become Australia's favourite Airport destination and our people are paramount to achieving this success. We provide a supportive environment, with values that encourage all of our employees to Be You, Think Big, Own it and Work Together.

Benefits:

• Free access to Higher State, our state-of-the-art Fitness Club & Wellness Hub at Novotel & ibis Styles Airport hotel.
• Airport car parking 24 hours/365 days a year for both business and personal use
• Hybrid flexible working arrangements
• Airport Holiday, an additional day of leave
• Wellness Day, a further additional day of leave
• Discounted onsite childcare at Creative Garden Early Learning
• Mental health and well-being initiatives, including Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Long-term career and professional development opportunities
• Active social culture and participation in a range of social impact days and activities
• Signature Experiences including an airfield family day
• Access to an employee benefits scheme including access to corporate rates and airport retailer discounts (including SkyBus)

APAC is committed to weaving Diversity into our DNA. We believe that Diversity and Inclusion will help us realise our greatest potential as a company, and maximise the potential of all our team members. We strive to create a culture where our team members understand that each individual is unique and that embracing diversity makes us more flexible, productive, and creative.

APAC provides equal opportunity and advancement in employment regardless of gender, age, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, cultural background, caring responsibilities, disability or socioeconomic background. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds who share our workplace values of Being You, Thinking Big, Owning It and Working Together.