About the Role
This role will actively support QuadReal's HR technology transformation by building AI-powered workflows and creating the data infrastructure needed to make better people decisions. The Intern will own real deliverables such as automation, dashboards, and AI enablement work, preparing insights, tools, and recommendations for senior leadership to help optimize HR operations and the employee experience.
Responsibilities
- Assess current HR processes and identify opportunities for automation and consolidation
- Build and maintain headcount trackers, and script automated data flows between systems such as Workday and Power BI
- Build end-to-end automated solutions and dashboards that replace manual work and surface HR insights and themes
- Support the HR technology roadmap and research emerging HR and AI trends, producing written recommendations for systems such as Workday and Anaplan
- Identify practical AI opportunities and build proofs of concept for AI-assisted workflows, documenting findings for leadership review
- Monitor evolving AI capabilities, share emerging trends, best practices and pricing models across AI platforms and vendors
- Assess how AI may impact future operating models, productivity, and cost structures, and produce a quarterly AI market briefing for senior leadership
- Design and run a repeatable AI training program for HR professionals
- Write HRIS-ready requirements documents for Workday projects
- Partner with HR, IT, and business teams on technology initiatives, integration planning, and scalable solutions across the organization
Requirements
- Hands-on use of AI tools such as Claude, Microsoft Copilot, or ChatGPT to automate real tasks, plus familiarity with the Microsoft Office 365 ecosystem (Excel, Power Automate, or similar)
- Experience building dashboards, data pipelines, or automation tools (class projects count)
- Experience with project tracking tools such as ClickUp or similar, and comfort setting up and maintaining project logs
- Strong written and verbal communication; you can explain a technical solution to a non-technical audience and are comfortable presenting or facilitating a session live
- Comfortable with ambiguity and able to manage multiple concurrent workstreams; you scope loosely defined projects, ask the right questions, track your own progress, flag blockers early, and do not need to be chased for updates
Skills
- AI tools (Claude, Microsoft Copilot, ChatGPT)
- Microsoft Office 365 (Excel, Power Automate)
- Data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau)
- Project tracking tools (ClickUp)
- Machine learning
- Data modelling
- Statistical analysis
- HR systems (Workday, Anaplan, HCM platforms)
Location
- Toronto
Work Type
- Co-op
- Internship
Experience Level
- Intern
- Recent graduate
Education Level
- Post-secondary program
Salary/Compensations
- $28/hour
Benefits
- Supportive and engaging learning environment
- Student experience
- Speaker Series
- Fireside Chats
- Student Mentorship Program
- Case competitions
- Volunteering events
- Opportunities to build long-lasting industry and professional relationships
About the Company
- QuadReal Property Group is a global real estate investment, development and operating company headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Assets under management are $98.5 billion.
- QuadReal invests directly through operating platforms in which it holds an ownership interest and via programmatic partnerships.
- QuadReal seeks to deliver strong investment returns while creating sustainable environments that bring value to the people and communities it serves. Now and for generations to come.
- QuadReal: Excellence lives here.
Equal Opportunity
- We value diverse experiences and perspectives. Even if your skills don’t align 100% with the listed qualifications or salary range, we encourage you to apply – you may be a great fit for this role or others in our community.
- Applicants may also be considered for alternative positions within the organization where their qualifications and experience align more closely with available opportunities.
- QuadReal Property Group will provide reasonable accommodation at any time throughout the hiring process for applicants with disabilities or for those needing job postings in an alternate format.
