The role leads venue development initiatives from feasibility and concept development through design, approvals, construction, commissioning, operational readiness, handover, and post-opening optimization.
The position combines commercial, technical, project-management, and operational expertise to develop financially viable, efficient, safe, accessible, customer-focused venues.
Projects may support entertainment, hospitality, events, sports, cultural, commercial, and community experiences.
The role leads venue development initiatives from feasibility and concept development through design, approvals, construction, commissioning, operational readiness, handover, and post-opening optimization.
The position combines commercial, technical, project-management, and operational expertise to develop financially viable, efficient, safe, accessible, customer-focused venues.
Projects may support entertainment, hospitality, events, sports, cultural, commercial, and community experiences.
Core responsibilities
Develop venue strategies and lead new venue, expansion, redevelopment, renovation, relocation, and repositioning projects.
Conduct market research, location analysis, demand assessments, competitive benchmarking, and technical, operational, commercial, financial, and regulatory feasibility studies.
Prepare business cases, investment proposals, development budgets, financial models, schedules, procurement plans, and governance frameworks.
Define venue concepts, capacity targets, customer journeys, space programs, adjacency requirements, circulation, back-of-house areas, and service infrastructure.
Coordinate architects, engineers, designers, consultants, contractors, operators, vendors, and specialist advisors throughout the development lifecycle.
Coordinate designs for event, audience, hospitality, retail, food and beverage, office, storage, loading, parking, and back-of-house facilities.
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Manage planning applications, permits, approvals, licenses, government requirements, stakeholder meetings, design reviews, and executive reporting.
Establish readiness plans for staffing, procedures, technology, security, maintenance, cleaning, guest services, emergency response, documentation, training, warranties, and defects.
Review post-opening performance and optimize utilization, event mix, revenue, operating efficiency, flexibility, customer experience, sustainability, and future portfolio opportunities.
Ideal candidate
Experience in venue development, real estate development, capital projects, hospitality, entertainment, sports facilities, events infrastructure, or major commercial development.
Proven experience managing complex venue or property development projects.
Experience across feasibility, development planning, design coordination, construction, commissioning, and operational readiness.
Experience working with architects, engineers, consultants, contractors, operators, and specialist suppliers.
Strong commercial and financial understanding, including business cases, investment analyses, budgets, financial models, and return-on-investment evaluation.