Property Strategy & Delivery Senior Specialist

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Focus of the Role

As the Property Strategy & Delivery Senior Specialist, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the future of Telstra’s workplace experience – developing and delivering property strategies, planning and project execution across our national, commercial workplace portfolio.

You’ll lead a team to drive workplace strategy, optimize property decisions, and manage occupancy forecasts using data insights. Strong collaboration and analytical skills help you solve complex business challenges, support strategic priorities, and ensure governance compliance, while leveraging market trends to address key business issues.

About the Team

We’re all about helping our customers connect faster, better and smarter. And that’s where you come in, to help us realise our purpose to build a connected future so everyone can thrive.

People, Culture and Communications - Workforce Experience & Culture cultivates a remarkable workforce experience and vibrant culture.

A taste of what the role entails:

As the Property Strategy & Delivery Senior Specialist, you’ll apply your experience to develop and deliver property strategies, planning and the delivery of successful program initiatives and projects to deliver best practice outcomes for stakeholders against the following responsibilities:

• Develop and implement property transformation strategies to deliver on our national corporate Hub, Local and Home property strategy, which will provide vibrant, connected communities and hybrid workplace solutions that enable our people to thrive

• Site-Specific Workplace Strategy development - data-led & aligned to footprint strategy and the voice of the people, forming the basis for business cases and design and change briefs

• Portfolio Plan - Manage the non-network portfolio plan and governance, including database maintenance, delivery pipeline, coordination with transactions management team, and PMO

• Lead the team of Property Workplace specialists who manage occupancy planning and data, the strategic brief process and business unit stakeholder engagement, project management delivery, business process, governance and financial management

• Occupancy Planning - Deliver occupancy planning, including space optimisation, space policies database management, insights reporting, and BAU relocations planning

• Workplace Guidelines development for hybrid working

• Workplace Fitout Guidelines implementation and management

• Full Project Lifecycle Governance from portfolio plan, brief, business case through to strategy translation into design & delivery and handover to BAU. 

• Manage the monitoring, evaluation and reporting of all aspects of project /program management and activity, including risk and contingency management, benefits realisation, project/program impact and quality measures, to identify and address issues, assess progress and effectiveness, and optimise outcomes

• Capital Works Funding – procurement, supplier management and budget forecasting, planning and management (Opex and Capex). 

• Manage the maintenance and capital works programs (including engaging and overseeing contractors), (sourcing quotes/budgeting/forecasting/reporting/managing suppliers/liaising with stakeholders) to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and aligned with business requirements and objectives

• Delivery oversight of major and minor property capital works

• Adherence to Workplace experience solutions that ensure compliance, security and safety services across the national non-network corporate portfolio

• Leverage extensive technical knowledge to lead the research and analysis of market tends and best practice to conduct portfolio analysis against industry benchmarks to ensure property portfolio management strategies and approaches are current and effective to optimise returns and asset values and identify cost reduction opportunities and efficiencies

• Strategically plan, implement, manage, review and evaluate a range of transitional projects and initiatives to ensure alignment with organisational needs and compliance with relevant legislation, regulations, statutory obligations and accounting standards

• Administer workplace data management, reporting, and insights with a continuous improvement

• mindset and a drive for automation

• Manage key stakeholder relationships including internal & external networks to deliver business performance excellence and strategic partnerships

• Foster collaboration across teams for on-site support, greetings, and building onboarding, while adhering to group security and safety policies

• Drive the thinking around Telstra's long-term strategy, leveraging a breadth of knowledge to develop long term plans, formulating new strategic frameworks as needed

• Prepare decision making materials for the leadership team to drive senior engagement and draw out insights to achieve Telstra’s strategic objectives

To be successful in this role, you must have:

Essential Qualifications

• Strategic mindset that can translate insights into workplace strategies and executive buy-in

• Executive presentation skills

• Proven and exceptional leadership skills to drive internal, external and collaboration across teams

• Strong analytical skills to analyse, challenge, interpret and report data for effective decision making

• Effective communication and stakeholder management skills to influence and drive efficient outcomes

• Proven depth of experience in corporate real estate, workplace experience and project management

• Commercial acumen and finance/numerical expertise

If you are passionate to succeed as part of an agile and experienced team, we welcome you to apply!

As part of your application with Telstra, you may receive communications from us on +61 440 135 548 (for job applications in Australia) and +1 (623) 400-7726 (for job applications in the Philippines and India).

When you join our team, you become part of a welcoming and inclusive community where everyone is respected, valued and celebrated. We actively seek individuals from various backgrounds, ethnicities, genders and abilities because we know that diversity not only strengthens our team but also enriches our work. We have zero tolerance for harassment of any kind, and we prioritise creating a workplace culture where everyone is safe and can thrive. 

We work flexibly at Telstra. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you. When you apply, you can share your pronouns and / or any reasonable adjustments needed to take part equitably during the recruitment process.

Please Note: Before applying for internal vacancies, advise your 1-up manager of your intention to apply, regardless of the length of time you have been in your existing role.  Generally, you should have been in your current role for at least 12 months (Band 2 – 4) / 18 months (Band 1) before moving internally, unless you have the approval from your current 1-up manager.   Existing managers will support an employee moving internally, provided they meet the 12-month (Band 2 – 4) / 18-month (Band 1) minimum service in their current role.