Salary Range: 114700 to 172100 (Currency: CAD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)
As a Director, Development, you will report to a Vice President, Development, and own key program-to-government relationships for Transit Oriented Communities (TOC). The Director manages the generation of all concepts, materials, and deliverables related to the TOC development sites under their portfolio. You will own responsibility for establishing consistency of commercial approaches across Development transactions and the dissemination of best practices, and lessons learned; be responsible for business unit process establishment and continuous improvement; and coordinate development feasibility analysis (financial, land use planning, density, etc.) to support and lead complex commercial transactions across a unique portfolio of public and private land and building assets.
What You Will Do
- Lead go-to-market strategies for the sale of TOC lands to interested developers under competitive tension
- Oversee the preparation, negotiation and execution of development agreements between the Province and private sector developers.
- Lead government briefings and approval processes required to secure direction on critical commercial and program decisions.
- Manage municipal interaction required in support of all aspects of TOC development, in collaboration with the TOC Program team
- Manage scope, budget and deliverables of third-party advisors and consultants involved as part of the multi-disciplinary teams established across the TOC portfolio
- Lead a high-performing team of TOC Senior Advisors supporting multi-faceted workstreams and project deliverables.
Who We’re Looking For
- Project Management: Several years’ experience communicating with development/transaction teams, and with program leadership within government/government agencies, including both municipal and provincial stakeholders. Experience in the implementation/delivery and/or oversight of infrastructure projects. The ability to balance conflicting project demands, prioritize outcomes and be accountable for project implementation.
- Negotiation: Leadership experience in real estate development, strategy, business analysis, business case development, industry analysis and transaction structuring to support the development of complex strategies / transaction structures to senior decision-makers in a compelling, effective, and tailored way.
- Stakeholder Engagement and Management: Proficiency with financial models as a basis to inform options and recommendations. Ability to navigate ambiguous situations and to lead and align multiple stakeholders around a common solution and path forward. A general understanding of land development, urban planning, municipal and provincial land development practices, policies, rules and regulations.
- Team Management: Strong leadership skills with ability to manage a team, motivate, mentor and professionally develop direct reports. Ability to lead a large, multi-disciplinary, cross-functional team to deliver complex and politically-sensitive projects.
- Solutions Oriented: Demonstrated ability to find innovative solutions to complex problems. Motivated to find innovative solutions to complex commercial or technical problems and strive to bring clarity to complicated or ambiguous situations. Ability to distill complex processes, analysis and findings into concise reports or presentations.
- Demonstrated ability to take initiative and work independently.
- A Master’s degree or equivalent professional certification in public administration, business, economics, management, urban planning, architecture, or engineering is an asset.
What’s In It For You
- Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging and represents and reflects the needs of the communities we serve.
- A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives and making the most of the benefits of working remotely and purpose-driven in-person collaboration opportunities.
- A defined contribution pension plan, where IO contributes the equivalent of 5% of a full-time employee’s annual salary, with an option for IO to match an additional 5% contribution made by the employee. IO also offers a Group Retirement Savings Plan and Group Tax Free Savings Account, designed to help IO colleagues plan and save for their future.
- A comprehensive package that covers health, dental, vision, out-of-country care, paramedical services, and more.
- A pregnancy and parental leave program that offers expecting, eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for 31 weeks, and our parental leave program offers eligible employees a top-up to 95% of their annual base salary for 15 weeks.
- Access to our $1000 Healthcare Spending Account to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program and a Lifestyle Account that expands the eligibility of health and wellness options and can include coverage for gym memberships and fitness equipment, nutrition counselling or financial planning.
- Support for professional development opportunities for all colleagues through a broad range of learning programs that include in-person and online training, leadership development, and support for colleagues’ well-being. IO will also cover the costs associated with up to two membership and license fees per year for eligible colleagues if directly related to the employee’s role.
- Access to a suite of virtual healthcare options to support non-urgent medical needs
- A convenient, central location at 1 Dundas St West, easily accessible by public transit.
Closing date: Friday, August 2, 2024 at 12:59 PM EST (noon).
Please note that interviews will occur on a rolling basis until the positions are filled.
