Position Summary:
Job Title: Real Estate Project Manager
Location: Ottawa, ON, CA
Duration: 07+ Months Contract (Potential for extension or conversion to Permanent placement based on performance.)
Note: Remote, with weekly on-site presence required at the Ottawa facility. (Potential for occasional project work in Montreal).

Position Summary:

• The Real Estate Project Manager will report to the Senior Director of Real Estate and Facility Management. They will act in a project management and delivery capacity for Real Estate and related services for all relevant sites. In addition, this position will support project definition, approvals & documentation all related to the management of specific real estate projects.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager in Real Estate or Construction.
• Detail-oriented.
• French language skills are a significant advantage, though not required.

Essential Functions / Key Areas of Responsibility

• This function will have the following areas of responsibility
• He or She will be responsible for managing real estate projects to ensure the timeliness and conformity, budget development and documentation, corporate reporting, annual budgeting & tracking, and working across departments at the Corporate, Country, & Business Unit levels.
• Project Planning: Develop project scopes, objectives and schedules ensuring alignment with business goals and in compliance with local regulations
• Budget Management: Prepare and manage project budgets, forecasts, and financial reports, ensuring the project remains within the budget constraints
• Team Coordination: Assemble and lead project teams, including third party architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, etc. to drive project execution
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate regularly with internal stakeholders, providing updates on project status, challenges and milestones
• Risk and Opportunity Management: Identify potential risks and opportunities and develop mitigation and capture strategies to ensure project timelines and costs are maintained
• Quality Control: Oversees the quality of work performed, ensuring it meets the established standards and specifications
• Problem Solving: Address and resolve any issues that arise during the project lifecycle, including logistics, resource allocation and stakeholder concerns
• Close-Out: Oversee the project closeout documents related to lease Tenant Improvement (TI) reimbursements, to ensure payments are received from landlords, per agreed upon TI lease reimbursement language.
• Documentation: Generate documentation for assigned real estate business case presentations (RE Gate meetings), and for any weekly, bi-weekly, monthly & quarterly meetings, as necessary.
• Administration: Participates, and at times leads, in various project update meetings, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly & quarterly meetings as requested.
• Any other tasks as required

Minimum Requirements:

• Include minimum experience qualifications, required proficiencies with specialized knowledge, computer proficiencies, etc.
• Minimum 5+ years of experience as a project manager, preferably related to Real Estate or construction
• Clear understanding of real estate project management terminology and of various project related agreements
• Able to multi-task multiple assignments, and when workload exceeds acceptable limits, engage with internal/external support
• Detail-oriented and able to communicate effectively both in writing and verbally
• Very strong budget management and construction estimation skills
• Able to work independently and within a team
• Often handles confidential and sensitive information
• General understanding of principles, theories, and practices of real estate, design, construction, facilities operations
• Highly organized and analytical, with a strong work ethic
• Proficient in MS Suites including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, real estate, finance or related field
• Experience in or with the Real Estate process and environment a plus
• PMP or Project Management Professional certification also a plus
• Competency to communicate in French is preferred

Job Type: Fixed term contract
Contract length: 06 months
Pay: $50.00-$60.00 per hou

• This function will have the following areas of responsibility
• He or She will be responsible for managing real estate projects to ensure the timeliness and conformity, budget development and documentation, corporate reporting, annual budgeting & tracking, and working across departments at the Corporate, Country, & Business Unit levels.
• Project Planning: Develop project scopes, objectives and schedules ensuring alignment with business goals and in compliance with local regulations
• Budget Management: Prepare and manage project budgets, forecasts, and financial reports, ensuring the project remains within the budget constraints
• Team Coordination: Assemble and lead project teams, including third party architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, etc. to drive project execution
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate regularly with internal stakeholders, providing updates on project status, challenges and milestones
• Risk and Opportunity Management: Identify potential risks and opportunities and develop mitigation and capture strategies to ensure project timelines and costs are maintained
• Quality Control: Oversees the quality of work performed, ensuring it meets the established standards and specifications
• Problem Solving: Address and resolve any issues that arise during the project lifecycle, including logistics, resource allocation and stakeholder concerns
• Close-Out: Oversee the project closeout documents related to lease Tenant Improvement (TI) reimbursements, to ensure payments are received from landlords, per agreed upon TI lease reimbursement language.
• Documentation: Generate documentation for assigned real estate business case presentations (RE Gate meetings), and for any weekly, bi-weekly, monthly & quarterly meetings, as necessary.
• Administration: Participates, and at times leads, in various project update meetings, weekly, bi-weekly, monthly & quarterly meetings as requested.
• Any other tasks as require