Have you ever wanted a career with purpose?
Every day, in every way, we bring real heart to work. It’s what drives us to deliver our refreshingly different commitment to supporting the people who make a real difference in enriching the lives of our society’s elderly. In New Zealand, we are making a difference through our 40 care homes and 35 retirement villages. You’ll be part of an inclusive culture where you can make a difference while growing your career. It’s a big call. But imagine the impact you could make.

This is an exciting newly created role of Head of Property Development based in our Newmarket office.  Reporting to the Finance Director, you will bring your energy and expertise to lead and accelerate our pipeline of aged care and retirement living environments across New Zealand.   You will be leading the planning and prioritisation of our development pipelines, managing cross-functional collaboration, and ensuring projects are executed within scope, budget, risk tolerance, and compliance requirements. You will also be working closing with third parties requiring strong stakeholder skills.  

Where you will make an impact

• Lead end-to-end planning, approvals, design, construction, and handover of new developments, redevelopments, and refurbishments across Bupa's national portfolio.
• Manage land sourcing, due diligence, consents, contractor negotiations, project controls, and sustainability initiatives including renewable energy integration and future technology adoption.

About You

You may have experience working construction, consultancy or on the client side and will hold 10+ years of leadership experience in property development or capital projects, and able to demonstrate:

• Degree qualified in either civil engineering, construction management, project management or property build related, ideally with professional registration.
• Expertise in planning frameworks, contract management, and sustainability leadership.
• Strong understanding of regulatory frameworks including the RMA, Construction Contracts Act 2002, NZ Building Act 2004, and NZ Building code.
• Knowledge of building consent processes and Council processes.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work in a complex, matrix environment.

Extra Reasons to Belong

• Fully subsidised Southern Cross health insurance to our eligible permanent NZ employees and a discount on insurance cover for eligible family members.
• Wellbeing discounts, EAP counselling services, study support, and cultural leave.
• Paid parental leave - in addition to standard parental leave, Bupa offers 12 weeks of paid leave for primary carers and 2 weeks for secondary carers.
• Professional Development – in-house and external training and development.

Please note the Bupa Recruitment team has a holiday shutdown period from 23 December – 5 January, and all applications will be reviewed upon our return.