Manager, Portfolio Operations (Property Manager)

Alliedreit; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Allied seeks a Manager, Portfolio Operations to oversee the operational performance and strategic planning of a portfolio of commercial real estate assets. You will ensure consistent execution of Allied’s standards across property operations, asset planning, and user experience across the portfolio.

You will lead cross-functional teams, strengthen partnerships, and advance initiatives that enhance asset value while ensuring compliance, risk management, and ESG alignment.

Responsibilities

• Coach, develop and mentor direct and indirect team members to achieve company expectations.
• Foster a spirit of teamwork, collaboration and unity among all departments.
• Assist with setting individual team members annual goals.
• Ongoing review of goals and performance.
• Provide effective performance feedback and appropriately communicate through department meetings, one on one meetings and regular interpersonal communication.
• Review and implement measures to address opportunities identified in annual employee engagement survey.
• Engage and manage suppliers and contractors to ensure that all required services are being performed in accordance with service level agreements.
• Conduct property inspections in the context of reviewing and improving the asset plans and ensuring quality control.
• Liaise with internal experts and consultants on life safety and environmental matters.
• Oversee property administration and legal matters pertaining to portfolio.
• Liaise with external consultants to review and appeal property tax assessments.
• Support building intelligence initiatives within portfolio.
• Collaborate with Technical Services team on execution of preventative maintenance program and day-to-day facilities management.
• Support Technical Services and Development teams in execution of repositioning projects, base building capital projects, energy retrofits, landlord’s work, and tenant leasehold improvements.
• Support Energy Management team in execution of sustainability plan to reduce energy and water consumption, carbon emissions, and maximize waste diversion within portfolio to achieve corporate ESG targets.
• Lead process for third-party building certifications, if applicable.
• Ensure compliance with all national, provincial, and municipal legislation, regulations and codes, including health and safety, and environmental programs.
• Support the Life Safety and Security team and, as appropriate, respond to after-hours emergency calls by going to the site and taking the necessary actions required.
• Ensure compliance with management agreements, as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job description

About Allied

Allied is a leading owner-operator of distinctive urban workspace in Canada’s major cities. Our work is grounded in a clear purpose: to provide knowledge-based organizations with distinctive urban environments that support creativity,connectivityand human wellness.

Our vision is more expansive. Weseekto make a continuous contribution to cities and culture that elevates and inspires the humanity in all of us.Thisvision informs how weoperate, how wedesignand how welead.

Real estate, for us,is not a passive investment. Itis a profoundly human endeavour,one that must promote wellness, sustainability,diversityand creativity—today and for generations to come.

Allied is also a place to build a career of consequence. If you are looking for work that is thoughtful,tangibleand enduring—work that contributes meaningfully to cities and the people who inhabit them—you will find purpose here.

For more information onAllied’sapproach to city-building, visit our Insights page.

Oversee the operational performance and strategic planning of a portfolio of commercial real estate assets, ensuring consistent execution of Allied’s standards across property operations, asset planning, and user experience.

As Manager, Portfolio Operations, you will drive operational excellence by supporting cross-functional teams, strengthening internal and external partnerships, and advancing initiatives that enhance asset value and portfolio performance.

Reporting to the Vice President, Portfolio Operations, you will support Portfolio Operations, Technical Services, Security, tenants, and internal teams in delivering high-quality operations across the portfolio. You will contribute to asset planning, financial performance, risk mitigation, and the execution of capital, sustainability, and repositioning initiatives. You will work closely with multiple stakeholders to ensure properties operate efficiently, compliance requirements are met, and portfolio performance aligns with Allied’s operational and financial expectations.

Core Responsibilities

• Coach, develop and mentor direct and indirect team members to achieve company expectations.
• Foster a spirit of teamwork, collaboration and unity among all departments.
• Assist with setting individual team members annuals goals.
• Ongoing review of goals and performance.
• Provide effective performance feedback and appropriately communicate through department meetings, one on one meetings and regular interpersonal communication.
• Review and implement measures to address opportunities identified in annual employee engagement survey.

Property Management

• Engage and manage suppliers and contractors to ensure that all required services are being performed in accordance with service level agreements.
• Conduct property inspections in the context of reviewing and improving the asset plans and ensuring quality control.
• Liaise with internal experts and consultants on life safety and environmental matters.
• Oversee property administration and legal matters pertaining to portfolio.
• Liaise with external consultants to review and appeal property tax assessments.
• Support building intelligence initiatives within portfolio.
• Collaborate with Technical Services team on execution of preventative maintenance program and day-to-day facilities management.
• Support Technical Services and Development teams in execution of repositioning projects, base building capital projects, energy retrofits, landlord’s work, and tenant leasehold improvements.
• Support Energy Management team in execution of sustainability plan to reduce energy and water consumption, carbon emissions, and maximize waste diversion within portfolio to achieve corporate ESG targets.
• Lead process for third-party building certifications, if applicable.
• Ensure compliance with all national, provincial, and municipal legislation, regulations and codes, including health and safety, and environmental programs.
• Support the Life Safety and Security team and, as appropriate, respond to after-hours emergency calls by going to the site and taking the necessary actions required.
• Ensure compliance with management agreements, as required.
• Other duties as assigned.

Strategic Asset Planning

• Provide strategic portfolio and property planning, including leading the preparation of Asset Plans and Annual Property Budgets.
• Identify and prepare cash flow analysis of value creation opportunities within the portfolio.
• Make recommendations regarding leasing strategies, property operations and capital improvements in respect of each property and support or execute as required.
• Support the acquisition, development, and disposition of properties, actively participate in the due diligence process, and oversee the transition of new assets into the portfolio and implementation of