Job Title

Associate Director

Job Description Summary

Step into a senior leadership role where you’ll influence major projects, guide high-performing teams, and shape the future of Cushman & Wakefield’s Project & Development Services (PDS) division in Western Australia.

We are seeking an experienced Associate Director to lead project delivery excellence across the state - ensuring governance, driving client satisfaction, and supporting strategic growth. This is an exciting opportunity to join a global organization known for its innovation, collaboration, and market-leading capability.

As an Associate Director, you will play a pivotal leadership role in the WA PDS business. You will guide and support Project Managers, ensure robust project governance, and drive delivery outcomes across time, budget, and quality standards.

You will also contribute to business development, client retention, and the implementation of state sales strategies - helping identify key clients, convert new opportunities, and strengthen our market presence.

Mandatory Requirement

Due to the nature of the role and involvement in federal government projects, only applicants who are Australian Citizens can be considered.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Project & Team Leadership

Lead, support and guide a team of Project Managers across the state

Oversee day-to-day project performance, governance checks and risk management

Ensure consistent delivery of projects within scope, budget and timelines

Drive quality standards, operational excellence and C&W project methodologies

Client & Stakeholder Engagement

Act as a key point of contact for major clients across WA

Build trusted client relationships and ensure service excellence

Contribute to year-on-year client satisfaction and retention

Business Development & Strategy

Support state sales strategies and revenue conversion

Review proposals, submissions and commercial terms

Promote cross-selling across C&W service lines

Drive market growth and expand WA’s project pipeline

About You

You are a senior project delivery professional with strong commercial acumen and a collaborative leadership style. You thrive in complex project environments and enjoy building successful teams and long-term client partnerships.

You’ll bring:

Australian Citizenship (mandatory) - required due to the nature of projects involving federal clients

Experience in project management within construction, engineering, or commercial real estate

Experience managing and developing teams

Strong understanding of HR, risk, legal and client management principles

Professional recognition or progress toward AIPM, PMI, CIOB or similar

Tertiary qualifications in Building, Construction, Engineering or related fields

Strong financial, procurement and contracting capability

Ability to build trust and credibility with clients, vendors and internal stakeholders

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from.

Lead a high-performing project team

Work on major commercial and government projects

Join a global leader with real career growth

We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.

We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us!

As an equal opportunity employer, Cushman & Wakefield encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and female candidates to apply. Cushman & Wakefield promotes safety at all times.

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