Associate Director – Strategic Asset Management

Associate Director – Strategic Asset Management Job Description Summary Cushman & Wakefield’s Strategic Consulting team advises public and private sector clients on complex property and infrastructure challenges.

Responsibilities

• We’re seeking an Associate Director to help grow and deliver our Strategic Asset Management offering.
• You’ll lead engagements that help clients strengthen their asset strategies, governance, operating models and capital investment planning.
• Combining specialist asset management knowledge with strong consulting skills, you’ll turn organisational priorities and asset-level information into practical recommendations and better decisions.
• What you’ll do Develop strategic asset management frameworks, strategies and plans aligned with clients’ organisational and service objectives.
• Design governance arrangements, operating models and processes that support effective asset management.
• Lead capital planning and investment prioritisation, balancing asset condition, performance, risk, service needs and available funding.
• Assess asset management maturity and recommend improvements aligned with recognised principles, including ISO 55000.
• Bring together asset data, operational insights and strategic priorities to support evidence-based decisions.
• Advise on asset information, data governance and opportunities to improve planning through digital tools.
• Lead client workshops, manage engagements and build trusted senior stakeholder relationships.
• Contribute to business development and mentor junior colleagues.
• Collaborate with our Integrated Facilities Management and Project & Development Services teams to connect strategy with operations and delivery.
• About you You’re an experienced strategic asset management professional who can combine technical knowledge with clear, practical advice.

Requirements

• Your experience may come from consulting, government, an asset-owning organisation, engineering or another relevant property and infrastructure environment.
• Experience developing asset strategies, governance frameworks, operating models, capital plans or asset management systems.
• A strong understanding of asset management principles and their application across the asset lifecycle.
• Familiarity with ISO 55000 principles and their practical application.
• The ability to connect organisational objectives with asset performance, risk, information and investment.
• Strong problem-solving, business writing, presentation and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience leading complex assignments and reviewing multidisciplinary outputs.
• A relevant tertiary qualification in asset management, engineering, property, infrastructure, planning, economics, finance, commerce or a related discipline.
• Relevant professional credentials or further study in asset management would be well regarded.
• Candidates based in Melbourne with a particularly strong match to the role may also be considered.

Why join us?

• You’ll help shape a growing national capability, work with clients on significant asset and investment decisions, and collaborate with colleagues who bring strategic, operational and delivery expertise.
• Apply now to explore the opportunity.

Preferred

• Location Canberra or Sydney is preferred.

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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