How to Apply to Dexus

14 min read Last updated April 20, 2026 2 open positions

Key Takeaways

  • Dexus is a Sydney-headquartered ASX 100 property group with around A$50bn under management across office, industrial, healthcare, infrastructure, and convenience retail, plus a wholesale and listed funds platform.
  • All applications flow through the custom careers portal at dexus.com/careers, so a clean, single-column, keyword-rich CV combined with a fully completed application form materially improves your shortlist odds.
  • The 2023 AMP Capital real estate and domestic infrastructure acquisition added approximately A$28bn of AUM and roughly 80 staff, and integration culture work is still ongoing in 2025.
  • Ross Du Vernet has been CEO and Managing Director since April 2024, succeeding long-tenured CEO Darren Steinberg, with continuity of strategy and a sharper focus on funds management growth and capital recycling.
  • Compensation is competitive for Australian property: investment analysts at A$100k to A$140k base plus super and bonus, fund managers and senior directors A$300k to A$650k plus, with LTI in DXS securities for senior staff.
  • Sector specialisation matters; pick the Dexus platform you want to join (office, industrial, healthcare, infrastructure, funds management, or capital) and tailor your story to it rather than presenting as a generalist property professional.
  • Sustainability literacy in concrete frameworks (NABERS, Green Star, Climate Active, GRESB) is a genuine differentiator, especially given Dexus' long-standing carbon-neutral commitment across the managed office portfolio.
  • Hybrid working is the norm, with most teams expected in the Sydney 25 Martin Place or Melbourne office three or more days per week under the post-COVID, post-Du Vernet operating rhythm.
  • The Dexus Graduate Program is one of the more competitive Australian property graduate intakes; applications open in early autumn each year and recruit primarily from property, finance, commerce, engineering, and law backgrounds.

About Dexus

Dexus (ASX: DXS) is one of Australia's largest fully integrated property groups, headquartered in Sydney with approximately A$50 billion in assets under management as of 2025 across direct property and managed funds. The business owns, operates, and develops premium and A-grade office towers, industrial estates, healthcare and infrastructure assets, and manages capital on behalf of wholesale, listed, retail, and institutional investors including Australian superannuation funds and global pension capital. Dexus is an ASX 100 constituent and employs approximately 1,000 staff across Sydney (HQ at 25 Martin Place in the CBD), Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide, with on-site asset and property management teams across the national portfolio. The group operates several listed vehicles in addition to the stapled DXS security, including Dexus Industria REIT (ASX: DXI) for industrial and warehouse exposure and Dexus Convenience Retail REIT (ASX: DXC) for service-station-anchored retail, alongside an extensive wholesale and unlisted funds platform spanning the Dexus Wholesale Property Fund, the Dexus Office Partner, and a growing healthcare wholesale fund. The August 2023 acquisition of AMP Capital's real estate and domestic infrastructure equity platform was a transformational moment for Dexus, transferring management of approximately A$28 billion of additional assets including the AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund (now Dexus Wholesale Office Fund), the AMP Capital Diversified Property Fund, the Shopping Centre Fund, and the AMP Capital Community Infrastructure Fund. That deal more than doubled the size of the Dexus funds management business, added an institutional-grade infrastructure capability, and brought roughly 80 AMP Capital staff into the Dexus organisation, an integration that is still working through the culture in 2025. In April 2024 Ross Du Vernet became Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, succeeding long-tenured CEO Darren Steinberg who had led Dexus for over a decade. Du Vernet had previously been Chief Investment Officer and led the AMP Capital integration, and his appointment signalled continuity of strategy with a sharper focus on funds management growth, capital recycling out of mature office assets, and disciplined execution in a soft Australian office market. Dexus competes directly with Charter Hall, Lendlease, GPT Group, Mirvac, Stockland, Goodman Group, Centuria, Vicinity, and Scentre Group for both capital and talent, and recruits heavily from peer Australian REITs, property investment banks, the Big Four accounting firms, and ex-AMP Capital alumni still in the Sydney market. Recent years have brought meaningful pressure on the Australian office sector, with hybrid work compressing CBD valuations and forcing capital recycling decisions; the industrial portfolio held through DXI has benefited from sustained e-commerce and supply chain demand, and the new infrastructure platform offers exposure to regulated and contracted real assets that diversify away from pure property risk. Dexus is also one of the most prominent Australian sustainability voices in property, with a long-standing carbon-neutral commitment across its managed office portfolio, leadership in NABERS Energy and Water ratings, Green Star Performance certification, Climate Active certification, and consistent recognition in the GRESB Real Estate Assessment. For candidates, Dexus represents a rare combination in Australian property: scale and listed-market discipline, a recently expanded funds management platform, a genuine sustainability track record, and a leadership transition that is opening room for new ideas under a new CEO.

Application Process

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    Search and apply through the Dexus custom careers portal at dexus

    Search and apply through the Dexus custom careers portal at dexus.com/careers, where every role from graduate through executive is posted; submit a tailored CV and short cover letter that names the specific fund, asset class, division, or office you want to join.

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    Expect an initial recruiter screen of 20 to 30 minutes from the Dexus Talent Acq

    Expect an initial recruiter screen of 20 to 30 minutes from the Dexus Talent Acquisition team covering your motivations, comp expectations in Australian dollars including superannuation and bonus, work rights or visa status, and your understanding of Dexus versus peer Australian REITs.

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    For investment, capital markets, fund management, and finance roles, prepare for

    For investment, capital markets, fund management, and finance roles, prepare for a technical interview with the hiring manager covering DCF and direct capitalisation valuation, IRR and equity multiple math, debt sizing, capital structure, and a credible view on the current Australian office, industrial, healthcare, and infrastructure cycles.

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    For asset management and property management roles, expect leasing strategy and

    For asset management and property management roles, expect leasing strategy and tenant-retention scenarios, capex prioritisation discussions, and detailed questions on how you would lift NABERS or Green Star ratings on a specific asset and defend value in a soft office market.

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    Most candidates progress to a panel of two to three Dexus leaders, often combini

    Most candidates progress to a panel of two to three Dexus leaders, often combining a fund manager or sector head, a People and Culture business partner, and a senior practitioner from the relevant team; this round tests both technical depth and cultural fit with a long-tenured Australian property workforce now integrating ex-AMP Capital colleagues.

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    Senior and director-level candidates meet members of the executive committee, fr

    Senior and director-level candidates meet members of the executive committee, frequently including the relevant Group Executive (Office, Industrial, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Funds Management, or Capital), the Chief Investment Officer, and for strategically important hires CEO Ross Du Vernet.

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    Reference checks are thorough and frequently informal, drawing on the tight Aust

    Reference checks are thorough and frequently informal, drawing on the tight Australian property network; assume any past colleague at AMP Capital, Charter Hall, Lendlease, GPT, Mirvac, Stockland, Scentre, or Goodman may be contacted via back-channels even before formal references are requested.

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    Offers detail base salary plus statutory superannuation, short-term incentive op

    Offers detail base salary plus statutory superannuation, short-term incentive opportunity in cash, and for senior staff a long-term incentive in DXS securities; expect detailed conversations about hybrid working expectations at the Sydney 25 Martin Place or Melbourne office before sign-off.

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    End-to-end timelines typically run four to eight weeks from application to offer

    End-to-end timelines typically run four to eight weeks from application to offer, with the Dexus Graduate Program following a separate annual cycle that opens in early autumn (around February or March) and closes by mid-year, with assessment centres through the southern winter.

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    Background checks include identity, qualifications, ASIC banned and disqualified

    Background checks include identity, qualifications, ASIC banned and disqualified persons register where relevant, working-with-children checks for healthcare-adjacent assets, and a National Police Check; expect a structured onboarding through the People and Culture team in your first two weeks at 25 Martin Place or your assigned office.


Resume Tips for Dexus

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Lead your CV with a one-line headline that names the asset class and capability

Lead your CV with a one-line headline that names the asset class and capability you bring, for example 'Premium-grade office asset manager, A$2.5bn Sydney CBD portfolio' rather than a generic property professional summary.

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Quantify every achievement in Australian dollar terms: deal sizes in A$m, portfo

Quantify every achievement in Australian dollar terms: deal sizes in A$m, portfolio AUM, occupancy improvements in basis points, NABERS and Green Star ratings achieved, leasing volume in square metres, incentive savings in dollars per square metre, and embodied carbon reductions where relevant.

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Name the Dexus platform you want to join (Office, Industrial, Healthcare, Infras

Name the Dexus platform you want to join (Office, Industrial, Healthcare, Infrastructure, Dexus Wholesale Property Fund, Dexus Wholesale Office Fund formerly AMP, Dexus Industria REIT, Dexus Convenience Retail REIT, or a specific development) so the recruiter can route your CV to the right hiring leader.

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Surface direct experience with peer Australian REITs and developers (Charter Hal

Surface direct experience with peer Australian REITs and developers (Charter Hall, Lendlease, GPT Group, Mirvac, Stockland, Goodman Group, Centuria, Cromwell, Vicinity, Scentre Group) or with property investment banking teams at UBS, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Macquarie Capital, or Moelis Australia.

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Highlight credentials Dexus recruiters consistently flag: CFA charter, AICD Comp

Highlight credentials Dexus recruiters consistently flag: CFA charter, AICD Company Directors Course, RICS, Australian Property Institute (API) certified practising valuer, LREA licence where the role touches transactions, and recognised sustainability accreditations such as NABERS assessor, Green Star Accredited Professional, and Climate Active Carbon Neutral practitioner.

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Call out sustainability literacy with specific frameworks: NABERS Energy and Wat

Call out sustainability literacy with specific frameworks: NABERS Energy and Water ratings achieved, Green Star Performance and Design ratings, Climate Active certification work, GRESB Real Estate Assessment scores, and any TCFD or ISSB-aligned reporting exposure, since Dexus is one of the most public sustainability voices in Australian property.

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Use a clean, ATS-readable resume format suited to the custom Dexus portal: stand

Use a clean, ATS-readable resume format suited to the custom Dexus portal: standard fonts (Arial, Calibri, Helvetica), no text in headers or footers, no images or text boxes, and clearly labelled sections (Experience, Education, Skills, Certifications) so the file parses cleanly into the Talent Acquisition workflow.

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For investment, capital, and fund management roles, list specific transactions y

For investment, capital, and fund management roles, list specific transactions you led or supported, including counterparty, asset type, deal value, and your role; redact only where confidentiality requires it and explain the redaction in one line.

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For asset management roles, include a short Notable Assets section with two or t

For asset management roles, include a short Notable Assets section with two or three buildings or portfolios you managed, gross lettable area, key tenants, and the value-add or leasing wins you delivered, especially in current-cycle office or industrial.

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Close with a short Industry Contributions block noting any Property Council of A

Close with a short Industry Contributions block noting any Property Council of Australia committees, Green Building Council of Australia involvement, INSEAD or AGSM executive education, ULI Australia engagement, or guest lecturing at universities such as UNSW, Sydney, Melbourne, Bond, or RMIT.



Interview Culture

Dexus interviews carry the imprint of a long-tenured Australian property house in the middle of a leadership and integration transition.

Expect interviewers to test whether you can hold a credible view on the Australian property cycle, particularly the office market, and on Dexus' specific strategic positioning under new CEO Ross Du Vernet, rather than recite textbook valuation theory. Hiring managers care about deal judgment, tenant relationships, capital partner sensibilities, and how you would behave when a leasing campaign stalls in a softening CBD market or a development slips against budget. They will press on specifics from your CV with follow-up questions designed to confirm you actually did the work you describe, and senior interviewers will frequently probe how you think about capital recycling, fund performance, and ESG as a value driver. The Sydney head office at 25 Martin Place sits at the heart of the financial district, and the dress code skews business or smart business depending on the day; most senior interviews still happen in person rather than on Zoom, reflecting the relationship-driven nature of the business and a deliberate post-COVID return to office. Panels typically include a mix of investment, asset management, capital, and People and Culture leaders, and for senior roles you should expect to meet a Group Executive or the Chief Investment Officer, with CEO Ross Du Vernet involved for strategically important hires. Candidates who succeed are usually those who combine sharp commercial answers with humility about what they do not know, a clear point of view on sustainability and ESG as a value driver rather than a compliance burden, an ability to navigate the cultural blend of legacy Dexus and ex-AMP Capital colleagues now sitting side by side, and genuine curiosity about how the new infrastructure and healthcare platforms fit alongside the traditional office and industrial business. Graduate Program interviews are more structured, often featuring a behavioural panel, a case study on a real Dexus asset or fund, and a values-based assessment, but still reflect the same emphasis on commercial reasoning over polish.

What Dexus Looks For

  • Direct Australian property industry experience, ideally from a peer REIT, property fund, property investment banking team, or a Big Four real estate advisory practice, with a clear narrative about the deals or assets you have touched.
  • Sector specialisation that maps to a Dexus platform: premium and A-grade office, industrial and logistics (Dexus Industria REIT), healthcare property, real-asset infrastructure, or convenience-anchored retail (Dexus Convenience Retail REIT).
  • Quantitative and analytical rigour appropriate to the role, from Excel and Argus Enterprise modelling for analysts through to portfolio construction, capital allocation, and fund-level returns thinking for fund managers and Group Executives.
  • Demonstrated commercial judgment in real situations, such as defending value through a soft office cycle, recovering a stalled leasing campaign, restructuring a difficult tenant, repositioning a tired asset, or sourcing an off-market acquisition for a wholesale fund.
  • Sustainability fluency expressed in concrete frameworks (NABERS, Green Star, Climate Active, GRESB, TCFD, ISSB) rather than generic ESG language, with an understanding of how ratings drive value, debt pricing, tenant demand, and investor flows.
  • Capital markets and investor literacy, including how wholesale, listed, retail, and offshore institutional capital sources differ in their return expectations, liquidity needs, and reporting demands across the expanded Dexus platform.
  • Strong written and verbal communication, since fund managers, IR, and capital teams produce extensive investor reporting and present regularly to institutional clients, the board, and ASX disclosure obligations.
  • Cultural alignment with a long-tenured Australian property workforce now integrating ex-AMP Capital colleagues, where relationships across the Sydney property network and a pragmatic, low-ego style tend to outperform pure transactional aggression.
  • Right-to-work in Australia, with sponsorship considered selectively for hard-to-fill specialist roles in funds management, infrastructure investment, healthcare property, and senior capital and asset management.
  • Willingness to be present in office on a hybrid pattern, typically three or more days per week in Sydney (25 Martin Place) or Melbourne, reflecting the relationship-driven nature of the business and the post-Du Vernet emphasis on collaborative execution.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Dexus actually do?
Dexus (ASX: DXS) is a fully integrated Australian property group that owns, develops, operates, and manages real estate and infrastructure assets. It manages around A$50bn of assets on behalf of wholesale, retail, listed, and institutional investors across premium and A-grade office, industrial and logistics, healthcare property, real-asset infrastructure, and convenience-anchored retail. It also operates listed vehicles including the stapled DXS security, Dexus Industria REIT (DXI), and Dexus Convenience Retail REIT (DXC), alongside an extensive wholesale and unlisted funds platform that grew significantly with the 2023 AMP Capital real estate and infrastructure acquisition.
Where is Dexus headquartered and where can I be based?
The head office is in Sydney at 25 Martin Place in the CBD. There are major offices in Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth, with on-site asset and property management staff across every Australian state. Most corporate, investment, capital, fund management, and infrastructure roles are concentrated in Sydney, with a meaningful Melbourne presence and growing Brisbane and Perth teams reflecting the national portfolio.
What does Dexus pay across the main role families?
Indicative ranges in Australian dollars plus statutory superannuation and bonus: investment analyst A$100k to A$140k, senior analyst or associate A$140k to A$200k, vice president or director-level investment A$200k to A$350k, fund manager or senior director A$300k to A$650k plus, mid-career asset manager A$130k to A$210k, property management A$90k to A$160k, sustainability specialist A$120k to A$200k, and senior executives A$500k plus with significant DXS long-term incentive in stapled securities. Dexus is broadly comparable to Charter Hall, Mirvac, and Stockland on cash compensation and tends to compete strongly through LTI for senior hires.
Does Dexus sponsor work visas in Australia?
Selectively, yes. Sponsorship is most common for senior funds management, investment, infrastructure, healthcare property, and specialist asset management roles where Australian talent is genuinely scarce. For graduate, analyst, and most asset and property management roles, candidates are typically expected to already hold work rights such as PR, citizenship, or an open work visa subclass.
How competitive is the Dexus Graduate Program and how do I apply?
The Dexus Graduate Program is one of the more sought-after Australian property graduate intakes, recruiting from property, commerce, finance, engineering, and law backgrounds. Applications generally open in early autumn (around February or March) each year through the dexus.com/careers portal, with assessment centres and panel interviews following over the southern winter and offers typically out by spring. Strong applicants combine a relevant degree, demonstrated commercial reasoning, genuine interest in Australian real assets, and concrete examples of leadership, sustainability engagement, or sector knowledge.
How did the 2023 AMP Capital acquisition change Dexus, and how does it affect careers there now?
In August 2023 Dexus completed the acquisition of AMP Capital's real estate and domestic infrastructure equity platform, transferring management of approximately A$28bn of additional AUM and roughly 80 AMP Capital staff into Dexus. The deal added the AMP Capital Wholesale Office Fund (now Dexus Wholesale Office Fund), the AMP Capital Diversified Property Fund, the Shopping Centre Fund, the AMP Capital Community Infrastructure Fund, and a credible domestic infrastructure capability. For careers, this means Dexus now has a much larger funds management platform with a richer mix of legacy Dexus and ex-AMP Capital colleagues, a brand new infrastructure investing track, and ongoing integration work across systems, governance, and culture. Candidates who can navigate that integration thoughtfully, especially in funds management, infrastructure, and operations, are particularly valued in 2025.
How do office, industrial, healthcare, infrastructure, and funds management differ as career paths inside Dexus?
Office is the largest historical platform and currently the most demanding part of the cycle, which can mean intense asset management work to defend value in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth CBDs. Industrial and logistics, primarily through Dexus Industria REIT, has been a strong growth platform with significant new development and institutional capital flow. Healthcare wholesale is an emerging but rapidly growing platform around hospitals, medical centres, and life sciences. Infrastructure, brought in through the AMP Capital acquisition, offers exposure to regulated and contracted real assets such as energy and community infrastructure, with a different return profile to property. Funds management cuts across all of these and is the central long-term growth engine. Internal mobility between these tracks is reasonably common, especially for high performers.
How does Dexus compare to Charter Hall, Mirvac, Stockland, Scentre, and Goodman Group?
Dexus is heavier in office than Charter Hall and broader in funds management than Mirvac. Stockland is more focused on residential communities and retail; Scentre Group is the dominant Westfield-branded retail landlord; Goodman Group is the global industrial specialist. Dexus' distinctive features in 2025 are the combination of a major office portfolio, a meaningful industrial REIT (DXI), a growing healthcare wholesale platform, and a new domestic infrastructure capability, all sitting under a single ASX 100 listed group with one of the largest funds management platforms in Australia following the AMP Capital integration.
What is the Dexus culture really like under Ross Du Vernet after Darren Steinberg?
Dexus has historically had a long-tenured, professional, relationship-driven culture, reflective of more than a decade under Darren Steinberg as CEO. Ross Du Vernet, who became CEO and Managing Director in April 2024, came up through Dexus as Chief Investment Officer and led the AMP Capital integration, so the strategic direction is one of continuity rather than rupture. In practice, candidates can expect a culture that values commercial judgment, capital partner sensibilities, sustainability leadership, and disciplined execution, with a sharper post-2024 emphasis on funds management growth, capital recycling out of mature office assets, and integrating the expanded ex-AMP platform. The Sydney head office at 25 Martin Place still sets the tone for the firm.
What career paths exist inside Dexus?
Typical investment career paths run analyst to senior analyst to associate director to director to fund manager. Asset management runs assistant asset manager to asset manager to senior asset manager to head of asset management for a sector or fund. Property management has its own ladder from assistant property manager to portfolio property manager and senior on-site roles. There are also specialist tracks in development, capital and IR, sustainability, healthcare property, infrastructure, finance and treasury, research, legal, risk and compliance, and people and culture. Internal mobility across funds, asset classes, and now infrastructure is reasonably common given the integrated platform and the recent AMP Capital expansion.
How important is sustainability and ESG experience for Dexus roles?
Very. Dexus is one of the most prominent Australian REIT operators on sustainability and has a long-standing carbon-neutral commitment across its managed office portfolio, with consistent recognition in the GRESB Real Estate Assessment, high NABERS Energy and Water ratings, and broad Climate Active and Green Star certification across the portfolio. Candidates with concrete experience improving NABERS ratings, delivering Green Star projects, running Climate Active certification, or producing TCFD and ISSB-aligned reporting tend to stand out, particularly for asset management, development, sustainability-specific, and capital roles where ESG is a clear value driver.
Where does the current Australian property cycle leave Dexus, and how should I talk about it in interviews?
Speak honestly. Australian office values softened materially through 2023 and 2024 under the weight of hybrid work and higher rates, and Dexus has significant exposure to that asset class through both directly held assets and the office wholesale funds. Industrial demand stayed robust, healthcare property is structurally supported, retail recovered selectively, and infrastructure has its own regulated dynamics. A credible candidate will recognise the headwinds in office, the structural tailwinds in industrial, healthcare, and infrastructure, and the disciplined capital recycling story under Ross Du Vernet, and will show how their skills help Dexus navigate that environment rather than pretending the cycle does not exist.
Which credentials do Dexus recruiters value most?
Commonly cited credentials include the CFA charter for investment, capital, fund management, and research roles, the AICD Company Directors Course for senior leaders moving toward board exposure, RICS and the Australian Property Institute (API) certified practising valuer designation for valuation-heavy work, the LREA licence for transaction roles, and recognised sustainability accreditations such as NABERS assessor, Green Star Accredited Professional, and Climate Active practitioner. For infrastructure roles brought in via the AMP Capital platform, project finance and concessions experience is also highly valued.

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  1. Dexus - Corporate Website
  2. Dexus - Careers Portal
  3. Dexus - About Us
  4. Dexus - Investor Centre and Annual Reports
  5. Dexus (ASX: DXS) - ASX Company Profile
  6. Dexus Industria REIT (ASX: DXI)
  7. Dexus Convenience Retail REIT (ASX: DXC)
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