About the Role
This role involves working directly with senior leaders to identify opportunities, pilot innovative AI solutions, and drive meaningful change across a rapidly growing real estate investment firm. You will identify high-impact opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and emerging technologies to enhance operational performance, improve decision-making, and create a lasting competitive advantage.
Responsibilities
- Partner with business leaders to identify, prioritize, and execute AI and automation opportunities that improve efficiency, decision-making, and business performance.
- Analyze existing workflows and business processes, identify areas of improvement, and develop practical AI-driven solutions.
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies, market trends, and industry best practices to design, pilot, and implement innovative AI solutions, automations, and workflows that enhance operational efficiency, drive business values, and strengthen Pier 4’s competitive advantage.
- Develop and maintain an AI roadmap, ensuring initiatives align with strategic priorities and long-term business objectives.
- Monitor AI initiative performance, adoption metrics, productivity gains, and return on investment, providing regular reporting to leadership.
- Serve as an internal AI advisor, helping teams identify opportunities, solve challenges, and maximize the value of AI across their functions.
- Develop training materials, guides, and workshops to increase AI literacy and adoption across the organization.
- Gather user feedback and usable data to continuously improve implemented AI solutions and ensure long-term adoption.
- Prepare presentations, demonstrations, and executive-ready materials that communicate project progress, key insights, and business impact.
- Collaborate to support responsible AI use, government, and data privacy requirements.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of AI, automation, and emerging technologies, with the ability to apply them to real business challenges.
- Demonstrated experience using AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot, Claude, UI Path, workflow automation, Power Platform and other agentic AI software.
- Ability to analyze business processes, identify inefficiencies, and develop practical, value-driven solutions.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills with the ability to translate complex concepts into actionable recommendations.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Strong organizational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple initiatives and priorities simultaneously.
- Understanding of responsible AI principles, including data privacy, governance, risk management, and ethical use of technology.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Software Engineering or other STEM discipline, or equivalent working experience.
- Software Engineering Mastery: Strong proficiency in Python or TypeScript, with a deep understanding of asynchronous programming, API design, and microservices architecture.
- Agentic Frameworks: Proven, production-level experience building custom agentic runtime loops or utilizing graph-based orchestration frameworks like Lang Graph or Google Agent Development Kits (ADK).
- 2-3 years of experience in consulting, business operations, technology, analytics, process improvement, or a related field.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience using AI tools and technologies to improve productivity, streamline workflows, or support business decision-making.
- Experience conducting research, evaluating solutions, and development recommendations to address business challenges.
- Exposure to process mapping and workflow optimization.
- Familiarity with the real estate is considered an asset.
- Professional certifications related to AI, data analytics, automation, Microsoft technologies, or project management are considered an asset.
Skills
- AI
- Automation
- Emerging technologies
- Microsoft Copilot
- Claude
- UI Path
- Workflow automation
- Power Platform
- Agentic AI software
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving
- Critical thinking
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Presentation skills
- Organizational skills
- Project management
- Responsible AI principles
- Data privacy
- Governance
- Risk management
- Ethical use of technology
- Microsoft 365
- Python
- TypeScript
- Asynchronous programming
- API design
- Microservices architecture
- Lang Graph
- Google Agent Development Kits (ADK)
- Process mapping
- Workflow optimization
Location
- Toronto
Work Type
- Fully on-site
Experience Level
- 2-3 years of experience in consulting, business operations, technology, analytics, process improvement, or a related field.
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Software Engineering or other STEM discipline, or equivalent working experience.
Salary/Compensations
- $80,000-95,000
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits program
- Regular 4-day long weekends throughout the year on every statutory holiday
- Access to on-site gym facilities
- Height-adjustable sit-stand desks provided
- Frequent team-building activities, social events, and employee celebrations
About the Company
- Pier 4 is a Real Estate Investment Trust focused on the acquisition and management of multi-family residential properties.
- Our portfolio spans three provinces and is driven by a passion for real estate, a commitment to excellence, and years of industry experience.
- Recognized by The Global and Mail's Report on Business as one of Canada's Top Growing Companies in both 2024 and 2025.
- Certified Great Place to Work ®.
- Committed to fostering a collaborative, high-performing, and innovative workplace where people can thrive and contribute to our continued success.
Equal Opportunity
- At Pier 4, we believe that diverse perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds strengthen our team and drive better outcomes.
- We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees feel respected, valued, and empowered to contribute their unique talents.
- We are committed to ensuring a fair, accessible, and transparent recruitment process.
- Accommodations are available upon request throughout all stages of the hiring process for candidates who require them.
- We believe that hiring decisions should be based on meaningful human interactions and a thorough evaluation of each candidate’s skills, experience, and potential.
- As a result, artificial intelligence (AI) is not used to screen, evaluate, rank, or make hiring decisions on candidates.
- Applicants are reviewed by members of our hiring team to help ensure a fair, equitable, and personalized assessment process.
