Leasing Manager

About the Role

We’re looking for a commercially astute Leasing Manager to lead and optimise our national property leasing portfolio. This is a high-impact role responsible for delivering cost efficiencies, driving strategic leasing decisions, and ensuring strong governance across all leasing activities.

This is an exciting time to join HCF, with a strong pipeline of new sites and portfolio initiatives underway. You’ll play a key role in delivering new retail locations and supporting the evolution of our retail property footprint, directly enabling business growth and transformation.

You’ll partner closely with senior stakeholders and lead complex negotiations to deliver long-term value across the portfolio.

What You’ll Be Doing

Portfolio Optimisation & Strategy

• Drive cost optimisation across a diverse leasing portfolio

• Lead rent reviews, market benchmarking, and lease renegotiations

• Identify opportunities for consolidation, relocation, sub-leasing, or early exits

• Provide strategic insights on property market trends and portfolio performance

• Partner with business units to support expansion, contraction, and transformation initiatives

Leasing Management & Governance

• Manage end-to-end leasing arrangements across the portfolio (mainly retail sites)

• Ensure all lease renewals, expiries, and critical milestones are proactively managed

• Lead structured approval processes, including business case development

• Act as the SME for all leasing matters across the organisation

Reporting & Insights

• Deliver executive-ready reporting on lease strategy, pipelines, savings, and risk exposure

• Develop dashboards and reporting frameworks to track portfolio performance

• Provide regular updates and insights to senior stakeholders

Stakeholder & Relationship Management

• Build strong internal relationships and provide trusted commercial advice

• Lead negotiations with landlords and external property advisors

• Collaborate with Facilities and Project teams on fit-outs and refurbishments

Administration & Compliance

• Maintain accurate lease documentation, registers, and contract records

• Oversee lease administration and ensure timely, accurate rental invoicing

• Support branch maintenance queries and resolve property-related issues

• Ensure compliance with WHS and regulatory requirements

About You

Essential:

• Proven experience managing a medium to large-scale leasing portfolio in retail

• Strong commercial negotiation skills with a track record of delivering cost savings

• Deep understanding of lease structures, incentives, and property risk

• High attention to detail with strong governance and documentation discipline

• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and time-critical lease events

• Strong analytical skills with experience delivering insights to senior stakeholders

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Desirable:

• Experience within the NFP or Private Health Insurance (PHI) sector

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a transformational phase with new site delivery and portfolio evolution

• Work closely with senior leaders on strategic, high-impact initiatives

• Opportunity to shape and influence a large and evolving property portfolio

• CBD location with flexible working arrangements

• Exposure to state-wide projects and stakeholders

About HCF

At HCF, our purpose is to bring our human touch to healthcare. Since 1932 we’ve been putting our members and their health first. As Australia’s largest not-for-profit health fund, we cover 2 million members with health, life, travel and pet insurance and our vision is to make healthcare understandable, affordable, high quality and member centric.

We want to be true health partners to our members, easily guiding the healthcare choices that are right for them. At HCF, our values are the way we do things and create the necessary culture to help us realise our purpose and deliver our  Strategy. Living our values in action we step forward, walk in their shoes, stay human, make it better and get there together.
 

Culture & Benefits 

Purpose-driven passion
We’re united by a common purpose: to make healthcare affordable, understandable, high quality and member-focused.

Wellness and work-life balance
We’ll empower you with the necessary skills and tools to support your personal wellbeing journey, ensuring you perform at your best. Our offerings include:

• Flexible working arrangements

• 50% subsidy on HCF hospital and/or extras cover

• Family-friendly certified employer

• 18 weeks of parental leave for all new parents

• Mental health and wellbeing programs, including workshops, fitness classes, flu vaccinations, skin checks and more

• Discounts on HCF’s products, including life, pet and travel Insurance, as well as discounts at Fitness First gyms and on our eyecare products.

Collaboration and inclusivity
We embrace diversity as our strength and are committed to maintaining an inclusive and collaborative work environment. Our workplace is welcoming and safe for all our employees, irrespective of their unique characteristics including age, ethnicity, cultural or spiritual background, gender identity, disability, education and socio-economic status.

Continuous learning and growth
We believe in lifelong learning. HCF provides opportunities for personal and professional development. From workshops to mentorship programs, we encourage your growth and curiosity.

Next steps

If you require any adjustments to assist you in making your application or during the recruitment or onboarding process, please reach out to Talent Acquisition – [email protected]  to discuss.

We encourage applicants to submit their applications at their earliest convenience, as at HCF, we review applications as they are submitted, and may have filled the role prior to the job closing date.