Portfolio Leasing Manager - Telstra Retail

Responsibilities

• Telstra Consumer - Telstra Retail is responsible for Telstra's retail sales and services operations.
• 1.Portfolio, Strategy & Commercial Leadership
• Own the national retail leasing portfolio across planning, negotiation, execution, and exit.
• Lead the leasing strategy aligned to footprint, property, and store development priorities.
• Provide strategic commercial recommendations that support profitability and customer demand.
• Financial & P&L Accountability
• Own the Retail Leasing P&L, including rent, outgoings, make-good, and exit costs.
• Manage budgets, forecasts, and reporting with clear visibility of opex and capex impacts.
• Identify savings and productivity opportunities across the leasing lifecycle.
• Transaction, Portfolio & Lifecycle Management
• Oversee lease transactions, renewals, relocations, rightsizing, and exits across the portfolio.
• Manage critical dates, obligations, risks, and liabilities proactively.
• Partner with key teams to support timely store modernisation delivery.
• Governance, Risk & Data Management
• Maintain strong governance, controls, and approval frameworks for leasing activities.
• Ensure leasing data, reporting, and critical dates are accurate and transparent.
• Ensure commercial assurance and compliance with internal and external requirements.
• People & Vendor Leadership
• Lead JLL leasing resources supporting the Retail portfolio.
• Set clear priorities, expectations, and performance outcomes for outsourced teams.
• Build a culture of accountability, excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Stakeholder & Landlord Engagement
• Lead complex landlord negotiations and act as the senior point of contact.
• Build trusted relationships with internal stakeholders and external partners.
• Manage advisers effectively and improve landlord and executive communications.
• Ways of Working & Continuous Improvement
• Simplify and standardise leasing processes to improve pace, clarity, and accountability.
• Embed leasing capability within Retail decision-making flows to reduce friction and rework.
• Drive continuous improvement in reporting, insights, and portfolio performance.
• About you
• To be successful in the role, you must have:
• Essential:
• Retail leasing & portfolio expertise demonstrated through consistently improved lease economics, strategically aligned locations, and proactive footprint optimisation.
• Commercial acumen and P&L ownership evidenced by disciplined management of rent, outgoings, make-good and exit costs, and improved store profitability.
• Advanced negotiation capability delive

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Additional Information

Employment Type Permanent Closing Date 26 June 2026 11:59pm Job Title Portfolio Leasing Manager - Telstra Retail Job Summary Job Description We're an iconic Aussie brand with a global footprint. Our purpose is to build a connected future so everyone can thrive. We're all about providing the best experience and delivering the best tech on the best network. This includes making Telstra the place you want to work. For you, that means a having career that grows with you and working with a team powered by human connection that prioritises wellbeing and choice. Focus of the role As Portfolio Leasing Manager - Telstra Retail , you hold enterprise accountability for the performance, strategy and optimisation of Telstra's national retail property portfolio, embedding commercial leasing expertise into end‑to‑end retail decision‑making. You drive portfolio productivity, value creation and capital efficiency across the full property lifecycle-balancing network performance, cost, risk and customer outcomes-while providing strategic oversight, governance and financial discipline. Operating as the single point of accountability, you lead integrated property and leasing strategies and oversee external partners to ensure the portfolio is actively managed, optimised and aligned to Telstra's long‑term growth and network objectives.

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