Real Estate Partnerships Manager (contract)

Canva; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 136,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity packages

Health benefits plans

401(k) retirement plan

Parental leave policy

Vibe & Thrive allowance

Flexible leave options

Job summary

Canva is seeking a Real Estate Partnerships Manager in San Francisco to own MLS onboarding end-to-end and coordinate across MLSs, brokerages, and our data partner. You will ensure compliance, push for scalable processes, and advise the product team on MLS data needs.

You’ll build partnerships with PropTech players and represent Canva at industry events, shaping the real estate data strategy as the vertical grows.

Qualifications

• 5+ years working with MLSs, real estate data providers, or MLS tech companies.
• Solid knowledge of IDX/VOW licensing, RESO standards, and data release agreements.
• Comfort representing Canva in negotiations and onboarding forms.
• Experience building multi-party workflows with tools like Airtable.
• Ability to translate MLS requirements into clear briefs for legal, product and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own MLS onboarding end-to-end from kickoff to go-live.
• Navigate vendor registrations, data license agreements and approvals.
• Build and maintain a scalable onboarding playbook.
• Ensure compliance across MLS connections and renewals.
• Advise product on data requirements and roadmap implications.
• Drive automation to reduce onboarding time and manual steps.
• Grow PropTech partnerships and represent Canva at industry events.

Skills

MLS expertise

Data licensing

Legal & commercial

Process orchestration

Communication

Self-directed

PropTech connections

API/MCP fluency

AI power user

Industry partnerships

Tools

Airtable

REST APIs

Job description

Join the team redefining how the world experiences design.

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Where and how you can work

Our global HQ is in Sydney, Australia, and as we continue to grow in our largest global market, we’ve made our way from down under to San Francisco.

Our Jackson Square campus blends the neighborhood’s vibrant downtown charm with Canva’s signature flair. The space is designed for both deep work and collaboration, along with spaces for Canvanauts to relax, recharge, and connect. We offer flexibility in how and where you work. We trust our Canvanauts to choose the balance that empowers them and their team to achieve their goals.

What you’d be doing in this role

Real Estate is Canva's largest vertical by revenue among our top accounts, and our Listings App is the reason enterprise real estate customers choose us. As we scale this vertical, we need someone to own the MLS onboarding experience end-to-end — coordinating across MLSs, brokerages, our data partner Constellation Data Labs, legal, finance, and engineering to get every customer live faster. That's where you come in.

As Canva scales, change continues to be part of our DNA. But we like to think that's all part of the fun. So this will give you the flavor of the type of things you'll be working on when you start, but this will likely evolve.

• Own MLS onboarding end-to-end: Be the single point of accountability from the moment a deal closes — coordinating kickoff calls, tracking every active case, and keeping customers, MLSs, brokerages, and internal teams aligned through to go-live.

• Navigate forms, agreements, and vendor registration: Complete MLS vendor questionnaires, prepare data license agreements and secure the necessary approvals, manage fee payments, and act as an authorized signer for Canva across MLS partnerships.

• Build the playbook, then run it: Design and own a repeatable, documented onboarding process that scales with Canva's growth in this vertical.

• Own compliance and audit: Review all active MLS connections for compliance gaps, manage renewals, and partner with finance and legal to keep every connection on solid ground.

• Be the internal MLS expert: Advise Product on data requirements and roadmap decisions, flag compliance considerations, and help the team understand what great looks like for this space.

• Drive automation and efficiency: Continuously look for ways to cut onboarding time and reduce manual steps in the process.

• Manage and Grow Canva's PropTech Partner Ecosystem: Help identify and stand up new real estate data partnerships that deepen engagement and drive growth across the vertical. Including representing Canva at industry conferences and events.

You're probably a match if

We're looking for someone who knows the MLS world inside and out — with real relationships across the landscape, a sharp understanding of data licensing and compliance, and the process discipline to navigate a complex, multi-party ecosystem without dropping a ball.

• Deep MLS expertise: 5+ years working directly with or within MLSs, real estate data providers, or real estate technology companies, with strong relationships across the industry.

• Technical fluency: Solid knowledge of US MLS operations — IDX/VOW licensing, RESO standards, brokerage data release agreements, and the compliance requirements that come with them.

• Legal and commercial comfort: You understand the legal considerations around MLS partnerships and are comfortable representing Canva as an authorized signer in negotiations and onboarding forms.

• Process builder: You've built or run complex, multi-party workflows before (Airtable or similar tools are your friend), and you know how to bring order to ambiguity rather than waiting for someone else to write the playbook.

• Communicator and translator: You can turn complex MLS requirements into clear, actionable briefs for legal, product, and engineering audiences, and represent Canva professionally in external negotiations.

• Self-directed and detail-oriented: You prioritize a complex, high-stakes workload without being chased, and nothing falls through the cracks on your watch.

• Industry Connections: you have deep industry connections with PropTech companies such as Cloze, Rechat, MoxiWorks, Lofty, Local Logic, and LiveBy.

• API/MCP Fluency: You understand the basics of REST APIs, AppSDKs, and MCPs.

• AI Power User: You use AI beyond the chatbot. You understand Claude Cowork or ChatGPT Work at the Agentic level. You build Skills and Scheduled Tasks to multiply your output.

• Bonus: Experience with Constellation Data Labs, Cotality, or similar MLS data aggregators; familiarity with CREA or Canadian MLS systems; background in real estate law or data compliance.

About the team

As Real Estate Partnerships Manager, you'll be the single owner of MLS onboarding and Real Estate Tech Partners at Canva — the connective tissue between Sales, Legal, Product, our data partner Constellation Data Labs, MLSs, and our customers. You'll start by taking full ownership of every active MLS onboarding case, auditing existing connections, and building a documented, repeatable process from the ground up. From there, you'll expand your impact to existing/new real estate partnerships that help our customers get more value from Canva and drive growth across the vertical.

This is a role for someone who thrives in ambiguity, builds trust across a wide range of stakeholders, and takes real ownership of a process that today depends on no one in particular — and soon, will depend on you.

What's in it for you?

Achieving our crazy big goals motivates us to work hard - and we do - but you'll experience lots of moments of magic, connectivity and fun woven throughout life at Canva, too. We also offer a range of benefits to set you up for every success in and outside of work.

Here’s a taste of what’s on offer:

• Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too

• Health benefits plans to support you and your wellbeing

• 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution

• Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers

• An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more

• Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.

At Canva we value fairness, and we strive to provide competitive, market-informed compensation whilst ensuring internal equity within the team in each region. We make hiring decisions based on your skills, experience and our overall assessment of what we observed and learnt in the hiring process. The target salary range for this position is $136,000 to $146,000 When calculating offers, we make salary decisions based on market data and candidates' skills and experience.

Other stuff to know

We make hiring decisions based on your experience, skills, merit and business needs, in compliance with applicable local laws.

We celebrate all types of skills and backgrounds at Canva so even if you don’t feel like your skills quite match what’s listed above - we still want to hear from you!

Check out lifeatcanva.com for more info.