Project Director

Most Project Director ads are Development Manager ads with a better title. This isn't one of them.

Our client is a well capitalised WA developer with a substantial residential land portfolio across the Perth metro area. They're an established business, not a start-up, but they've kept the structure flat and the decision making fast, which is exactly why this role carries real weight.

The role

This is the senior delivery seat in the business. You'll take ownership of a portfolio of masterplanned communities and land estates from acquisition through civils, titles and settlement, leading a capable delivery team and operating as a genuine senior leader in the business. Trusted with responsibility well beyond your own project list.

The mandate is delivery. Feasibilities, consultant teams, civil contractors, statutory approvals, titling, and the hundred unglamorous decisions in between that determine whether a project makes its numbers or doesn't. You'll set the delivery strategy, own the outcomes, and be trusted to get on with it.

Who this suits

You're a proven land delivery operator. You might currently be a Senior Development Manager ready for broader scope, a Project Director looking for a better-backed platform, or someone more senior again who values autonomy and a clean, well-funded pipeline over a bigger business card. The title is Project Director, but the business is open on seniority, if you're operating above that level, the conversation is still worth having, and the package will follow the person.

What matters:

• Deep experience delivering residential land subdivision in WA. Civils, titles, approvals, and the commercial discipline that sits behind them.
• The ability to lead people properly. Develop them, set standards, and remove roadblocks rather than create them.
• The seniority to operate at portfolio level and step up when the business needs it.
• No ego. This is a business where senior people jump onto whichever project needs help, and everyone, including the leadership, rolls their sleeves up.

Why move

The team is energetic and driven but genuinely laid back with it, high performance without the theatre. Turnover is close to nil; people who join tend to stay. The backing is strong, the pipeline is real, the office is one of the better ones in Perth, and the remuneration reflects the seniority of the seat. If you've been waiting for a delivery-led leadership role with a developer that's stable, funded, and free of politics, this is that role.

The process 

This search is being run confidentially on behalf of the client. All conversations are strictly private, apply through this ad or contact Renee Bengston at Gough Recruitment directly for a confidential discussion. Full client details will be shared with shortlisted candidates.




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Note: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Only those with the right to work in Australia should apply.
Reference number: 4050851
Profession:Property & DevelopmentDEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR

Company: Gough Recruitment AU
Date posted: 4th Jul, 2026