Office Portfolio | 12-month contract
The Opportunity
A leading institutional real estate investment platform is seeking an experienced Asset Manager to join its Brisbane team on a 12-month contract. This is an opportunity to work across a high-quality office portfolio within a dynamic, performance-driven environment, with exposure to leasing strategy, asset repositioning, and capital investment initiatives.
You will be part of a high-performing platform focused on driving portfolio performance and delivering long-term value creation.
The Role
Reporting to the Portfolio Manager, you will be responsible for the strategic and operational management of a nominated office portfolio. The role focuses on preserving asset value while driving income performance through proactive leasing, capital investment, and asset repositioning initiatives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing the performance of a commercial office portfolio to maximise income, occupancy, and asset value
- Overseeing external service providers including property managers, leasing agents, and consultants
- Leading leasing strategy and execution, including direct tenant negotiations, renewals, and vacancy backfill
- Driving asset repositioning initiatives, including refurbishment and workplace transformation projects
- Preparing and managing OPEX, CAPEX, and income budgets, including delivery of capital works programs
- Monitoring financial performance, incentives, arrears, and lease compliance across the portfolio
- Preparing asset management, board, and investor reports
- Supporting acquisitions, disposals, and valuation processes
- Building and maintaining strong tenant relationships, with a focus on tenant retention and engagement
You are a commercially astute Asset Manager or General Manager with strong experience in office asset management, underpinned by a deep understanding of leasing dynamics and tenant demand drivers.
Your background will include:
- Experience in property asset management within an institutional environment
- Strong experience managing office assets, including leasing, incentives, and occupancy strategy
- Proven capability in lease negotiations and driving leasing outcomes
- Strong financial acumen with experience in budgeting, forecasting, and asset performance analysis
- Experience working with property and investment systems (e.g. MRI, Forbury, Cougar or similar)
- Well-developed stakeholder management and relationship-building skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with a proactive, solutions-focused approach
