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Design Manager

Cbre Asia Pacific 🇦🇺 Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Full-time Manager

Provide client-side oversight of design delivery for major high-rise residential projects, reviewing design outcomes, risks, and programme impacts. Support governance, approvals, reporting, stakeholder coordination, and commercial and strategic advice across concurrent project workstreams.

Responsibilities

  • Provide client-side oversight of design delivery for major high-rise residential projects, reviewing design outcomes, risks, and programme impacts. Support governance, approvals, reporting, stakeholder coordination, and commercial and strategic advice across concurrent project workstreams.

Requirements

  • Candidates should have a background in architecture, engineering, urban design, or a related discipline, with experience in design management, design assurance, or client-side project delivery. They should bring strong stakeholder and communication skills, commercial awareness, risk management ability, a collaborative approach, and an understanding of large-scale development and construction delivery.

Benefits

  • Parental Leave
  • Discounted Healthcare
  • Discounted Qantas Flights
  • Fitness Passport
  • Wellbeing Initiatives
  • Employee Assistance Programs
  • Learning Opportunities
  • Career Pathways

Key Skills

Design management Client‑side design oversight Stakeholder communication Risk management Commercial awareness Governance and approvals Reporting and documentation Architecture Engineering coordination Urban design Large‑scale development Construction delivery Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams Project programme management Strategic advice Design assurance Negotiation Presentation skills BIM awareness Leadership

About Cbre Asia Pacific

CBRE Asia Pacific is an integral part of CBRE Group, the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm. Over 20,000 professionals focus on the alignment of our client’s overall business objectives with their real estate requirements. The Asia Pacific region comprises 87 offices (excluding affiliates) across Australia, New Zealand, India, Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, South Korea and Greater China including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. We work together to provide unparalleled tools and resources, leverage, credibility, market coverage and local expertise.

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