Marketing Statement A career at TransLink and our family of companies means working with people with a wide range of skills and perspectives, all teaming up towards a common goal: preserving and enhancing the region's world-envied quality of life. Together, we connect the region and enhance its livability by providing a sustainable transit and transportation network, embraced by our communities and people. At TransLink we are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities in which we live. At TransLink, one of BC’s Top Employers, you'll help make Metro Vancouver a better place to live, built on transportation excellence. Provides strategic direction and leadership for real property assets required for Operations and Capital Projects including acquisition, leasing, divestiture, facilities and property management. This role is responsible for developing and implementing enterprise-wide real estate strategies, building and maintaining key partnerships, negotiating and managing complex agreements, and ensuring compliance with contractual and regulatory obligations. The Director also leads risk mitigation efforts, oversees expropriation and claims management, and represents TransLink in sensitive community and legal matters, all while supporting the organization’s mission and optimizing value through best practices. Develops and provides strategic direction and leadership for business planning, budgeting and forecasting related to acquisitions, leasing, divestiture, property and facilities management functional areas. Develops and maintains effective relationships with key partners (internal and external) including other departments and operating companies, real estate developers, realtors, contractors, municipal staff private sector and government agencies, approval authorities,



and potential counterparties such as home & business owners, lawyers, claimants. Represents TransLink in community/public consultations, public hearings and potential litigation proceedings, community at large and community groups and the Board/Board committee meetings; manages and mitigates politically sensitive issues. Establishes strategic partnerships with private and public entities in creating and achieving value optimization and best practices to support the division’s mission and objectives. Leads development & implementation of enterprise-wide Real Estate strategies and acquisitions of Real Estate required for Operations and/or Major Capital Projects including budgets and resources required to meet TransLink’s mandate and project delivery schedule; develops and employs risk mitigation strategies for Real Estate operations. Develops and delivers strategies for acquisition; overseeing expropriation proceedings providing direction to legal counsel, experts and professionals when required. Leads expropriation claims management negotiation and settlements with claimants (governments, non-profits, businesses, individuals, etc.) and manages settlement of expropriation claims including litigation and court testimony. Sets strategy to mitigate and minimize (where possible) and subsequently brings to closure all allowable expropriation claims (ie: business losses, asset impairments,



The competencies for this job are typically acquired through a degree in a related discipline (e.g. real estate, urban land economics, property management, business, commerce, economics etc.) or equivalent along with a real estate designation such as RI (BC) plus 10 years’ experience in real estate and rights of way and expropriation. A professional accreditation in a related field such as Notary, AACI or CPM will be an asset Expert knowledge of the concepts, methods, and best practices of real estate portfolio management, expropriation, development, contract development/negotiation/management, and real estate transaction management Expert knowledge of expropriation legislation and expropriation claims management Advanced knowledge of real estate, common and contract law Advanced business acumen with excellent negotiation skills Advanced conflict management and resolutions skills with strong interpersonal, relationship management skills Solid innovative and creative thinking skills to identify potential opportunities and achieving desired outcomes Excellent knowledge of transit or transportation industry or related major infrastructure delivery pertaining to real estate operations, maintenance, and engineering issues Solid financial, analytical skills and presentation skills Must hold a valid Class 5 Driver’s License This position offers the flexibility of working both on-site and remotely within B.
We aim to provide competitive pay that reflects your skilled background and expertise. We want to ensure our offer will align with your strengths considering experience, skills, and internal equity to offer a fair and equitable salary. The Total Compensation Package, which includes Extended Health, Dental, Transit Pass a

📌 Real Estate (Canada)
🏢 TransLink
📍 Canada