Manager, Office Leasing

OMERS; Toronto; On-site; CAD 105,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

OMERS is seeking a highly motivated Leasing Manager to join our Office Leasing team in Toronto. This role offers you the opportunity to manage relationships with tenants and brokers while overseeing a portfolio of prime assets.

You will be responsible for negotiating leases, executing tenant tours, and working collaboratively with various stakeholders. Candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of leasing experience and a valid RECO license. A competitive salary range of $105,000 to $130,000 per year is offered, along with additional incentives.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years of leasing experience with a brokerage or landlord.
• Valid real estate license with the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO).
• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Execute prospective tenant tours, presentations, and customer meetings.
• Negotiate offers and leases with assistance from the legal team.
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with all stakeholders.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Financial acumen

Communication skills

Relationship management

Team-oriented

Education

Post-secondary degree in Business Administration, Commerce, Real Estate

Job description

Choose a workplace that empowers your impact.

Join a global workplace where employees thrive. One that embraces diversity of thought, expertise and passion. A place where you can personalize your employee journey to be — and deliver — your best.

We are a leading global real estate investor, developer and manager. We combine our capital with our capabilities to create real estate that strengthens economies and communities. By prioritizing people, partnerships and places, we generate meaningful returns for OMERS members, enhance value for our capital partners and create a brighter world for our customers.

Join us to accelerate your growth & development, prioritize wellness, build connections, and support the communities where we live and work.

Don’t just work anywhere — come build tomorrow together with us.

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Why join us?

We are looking for a highly motivated Leasing Manager to join our Office Leasing team in Toronto.

Working at Oxford, as a key member of an engaged, high-achieving team—part of a best-in‑class, winning culture that prioritizes people development and focuses on long‑term growth. We take great pride in leading the industry by earning respect through every interaction, every day. We go above and beyond to protect and grow relationships by anticipating needs, being transparent and conscientious, and valuing our customers as genuine partners.

Reporting to the Vice President, Office Leasing, you will have opportunity and responsibility to focus on a portfolio of best‑in‑class assets and be the primary point of contact for all Broker and Tenant relationships.

Oxford’s Toronto Office portfolio represents nearly 10,000,000 square feet forming a key part of Oxford’s global portfolio. Currently, Oxford operates across 4 continents and manages over 146 million square feet of commercial space globally. Having celebrated our 65th anniversary in 2025, Oxford has a deep history and is a Canadian success story. Across Canada we are an internally, vertically integrated platform committed to solving our customers Commercial Real Estate needs – from acquisition, through development, property management, operations and leasing – we have the expertise to deliver exceptional customer experiences and superior financial returns.

As a member of this team, you will be responsible for:

Leasing

• Work alongside the Office Leasing Team to execute prospective tenant tours, presentations, and customer meetings
• Negotiate offers and leases with the assistance of our legal team
• Work with internal and external customers ensuring a quick and seamless leasing process for all parties
• Build and maintain excellent long‑term relationships with all stakeholders in our community, including tenants, brokers, designers, contractors to ensure that Oxford can continue to deliver best in class service and results
• Work collaboratively with Asset Management, Legal, Leasing Administration support, Development, Property Management, Marketing, and other stakeholders

Marketing

• Develop marketing strategies to maximize total portfolio returns and elevate the customer experience
• Lead, participate in, and coordinate marketing initiatives and leasing programs for Toronto office assets, coordinated with other members of team
• Assist with planning and execution of vacant space preparations to achieve Oxford’s Blue Carpet program
• Proactively identify vacant suite and common area upgrade work that would improve the leasing effort

Planning, Reporting, and Administration

• Prepare an annual leasing plan and quarterly forecasts for your portfolio
• Provide timely budgets and reporting to all key stakeholders including prospects, forecast, closed and lost deals reports for each building where leasing responsibilities exist KH:
• Contribute to the preparation of the Leasing sections for monthly, quarterly, and annual reports for Oxford and co-owners
• Leveraging detailed market intelligence, provide input to manage a database of comparable transactions and market updates

To succeed in this role, you:

• Hold a post‑secondary degree in Business Administration, Commerce, Real Estate, or a related field (considered an asset)
• Bring a minimum of 3 years of leasing experience with a brokerage or landlord
• Possess a valid real estate license with the Real Estate Council of Ontario (RECO)
• Demonstrate strong financial and business acumen
• Have proven negotiation skills, supported by excellent verbal and written communication
• Are confident delivering compelling presentations to a variety of stakeholders
• Thrive working independently and take initiative as a self‑starter
• Effectively manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment
• Build and maintain strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
• Are highly collaborative and team‑oriented

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

The expected salary range for this position is $105,000 to $130,000 per year.

You may also be eligible to receive an annual Incentive Award pursuant to our Short‑term Incentive plan and our Long‑Term Incentive plan (if applicable), and to participate in our group benefits and retirement plans – details on these elements of compensation are included within OMERS & Oxford offer letters.

Oxford's purpose is to strengthen economies and communities through real estate.

Our people‑first culture is at its best when our workforce reflects the communities where we live and work — and the customers we proudly serve.

From hire to retire, we are an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive, barrier‑free recruitment and selection process that extends all the way through your employee experience. This sense of belonging and connection is cultivated up, down and across our global organization thanks to our vast network of Employee Resource Groups with executive leader sponsorship, our committee and employee recognition programs.

Artificial intelligence (AI) tools are used to support certain stages of the OMERS recruitment process. While AI assists us in our process, human judgment and decision‑making remain central to our candidate experience.