General Manager

Overview

Lead Sydney team, drive commercial office fit‑out growth and client relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• project oversight
• client meetings
• team development
• tender review
• business development
• delivery support

Tasks

You’ll be across everything from project oversight and client meetings to team development, tender reviews, and growing the Sydney pipeline. The national team is hands-on when you need them and gives you space when you don’t. The intent is to provide the incoming GM genuine autonomy while still maintaining regular access to a collaborative, grounded, and easy-to-work-with leadership group. In the early stages, most of your time will be spent developing the business externally. You’ll be meeting consultants, speaking with PM firms, reconnecting with warm networks, and positioning the brand in the right rooms. As the division grows, your focus will naturally shift toward building out the team, shaping structure, refining strategy, and supporting delivery across multiple projects.

Requirements

• team leadership
• office fit-outs
• multi-floor refurbishment
• client relationships
• commercial judgement
• market knowledge

What You Bring

If you’re someone who enjoys leading a team, owning relationships, and building a business the right way, this will stand out. You’d be stepping into a Sydney division that already has a capable team, good systems, and a strong reputation behind it, ready for someone to take ownership and shape the next phase of growth. Your background will include leading teams and delivering commercial office fit-outs and multi-floor refurbishments, along with a good understanding of how to win work in this sector and maintain long-term client relationships. That balance of delivery, relationship building, and commercial judgement is what makes this role effective. What we’re looking for is someone who understands this market. You’ll need proven delivery experience in office fit-outs and multi-floor commercial refurbishments, with a clear feel for how this sector operates. You’ll know how workplace projects are won, how consultants influence outcomes, and how to build relationships that lead to repeat work. This isn’t pushy, BD. It’s credibility through delivery, knowing where to spend your time, and being able to open the right doors with client-side PM firms, leasing teams, designers, engineers, and institutional owners.

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Benefits

The salary is up to $300k plus super and potential bonus, based in Sydney’s CBD.

About Forefront Recruitment

-Founded in Melbourne in 2018, Forefront Recruitment set out to bring deep construction sector expertise to Australia’s job market. -They carved a niche in matching specialist talent across commercial, fit‑out, residential, multi‑residential, apartments and data‑centre projects. -Blessed with industry focus, they’ve placed candidates in high‑impact builds—from apartment towers to high‑end residential and data centre rollouts. -Operating with a lean structure, they deliver tailored recruitment services without the overhead of a large agency. -What stands out: their precision in industrial matching and a portfolio spanning both commercial and high‑tech infrastructure roles.

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