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
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
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$2.5bn Sydney CBD portfolio' rather than a generic property professional summary.
Quantify every achievement in Australian dollar terms: deal sizes in A$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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ATS System: Dexus Custom Careers Portal
Dexus recruits through a custom-built Australian recruitment portal hosted at dexus.com/careers, which powers application intake, candidate profile management, and recruiter workflow for both experienced hires and the Dexus Graduate Program. The portal is operated directly by the Dexus Talent Acquisition team rather than a major third-party ATS like Workday or Taleo, which means a clean, well-structured CV and a fully completed application form will outperform a heavily designed PDF, and recruiters are reading applications closely rather than relying solely on automated keyword matching.
- Complete every field in the Dexus careers portal application form, even optional ones, and treat the portal as the primary record; recruiters often read the structured form before opening the attached CV.
- Mirror the exact wording of role requirements in your CV and application (for example 'wholesale fund management', 'premium-grade office leasing', 'NABERS Energy', 'GRESB reporting', 'Yardi Voyager', 'Argus Enterprise') so Dexus recruiters can match your profile to open requisitions.
- Answer the right-to-work question precisely; for non-Australian citizens, specify the visa subclass (482, 186, 189, 190, or 491) and expiry date, as Dexus sponsors selectively for senior funds management, investment, infrastructure, and specialist healthcare property roles.
- Use a single-column, ATS-safe CV layout with no tables, text boxes, or images, since the parser will lose content trapped in non-linear layouts and a recruiter scanning a queue is unlikely to re-open a complex original PDF.
- Set up job alerts on the Dexus careers portal and check weekly; many roles, particularly fund manager, asset manager, and director hires, are filled within two to three weeks of posting and rarely re-advertised, with strong internal mobility further reducing external pipeline.
Interview Culture
Dexus interviews carry the imprint of a long-tenured Australian property house in the middle of a leadership and integration transition.
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.
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Open Positions
Dexus currently has 2 open positions.
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- Dexus - Corporate Website —
- Dexus - Careers Portal —
- Dexus - About Us —
- Dexus - Investor Centre and Annual Reports —
- Dexus (ASX: DXS) - ASX Company Profile —
- Dexus Industria REIT (ASX: DXI) —
- Dexus Convenience Retail REIT (ASX: DXC) —
- Dexus completes acquisition of AMP Capital real estate and domestic infrastructure platform (August 2023) —
- Australian Financial Review - Dexus appoints Ross Du Vernet as CEO —
- Australian Financial Review - Dexus coverage —
- ABC News - Dexus and AMP Capital real estate transfer —
- Dexus Sustainability Approach —
- GRESB Real Estate Assessment —
- NABERS - National Australian Built Environment Rating System —
- Green Building Council of Australia - Green Star —
- Climate Active - Australian Government Carbon Neutral Certification —
- Property Council of Australia —
- Australian Property Institute (API) —
- Glassdoor - Dexus Reviews (Australia) —
- LinkedIn - Dexus Company Page —