Manager Real Estate

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Start Date:

7/27/26

Join CPKC, North America’s first transnational railroad connecting U.S., Canada, and Mexico, where your career drives progress and safety is paramount. We connect communities, fuel economic growth, and provide meaningful work in a culture that values diversity, accountability, and pride. With opportunities for training, development, and advancement, you’re not just building a career—you’re part of something bigger. Together, we move goods, connect people, and create lasting change.

Your future starts here.

The role of Manager Real Estate is accountable for a team of real estate professionals who manage railway property assets that support CPKC's operations. Maximizing the value of underutilized land holdings through sales, leasing, redevelopment, and other monetization strategies.

• Lead and direct a team to achieve annual sales and leasing revenue targets
• Ensure property transactions are completed at Fair Market Value (FMV) and generate maximum returns through application of Across the Fence (ATF) and Highest and Best Use (HBU) valuation methodologies
• Develop annual and multi-year sales, leasing, and asset disposition plans, including revenue forecasts and regional performance targets
• Participate directly in significant real estate negotiations to secure optimal financial outcomes
• Structure transactions to minimize environmental exposure and organizational liability through indemnification provisions, remediation plans, and risk mitigation strategies
• Formulate and implement property disposition strategies from inception through completion
• Identify underutilized and non-core properties and recommend strategies to maximize return on investment
• Lead the surplus property declaration process by coordinating with Operations, Engineering, Sales, Network Capacity and Infrastructure, and other stakeholders while securing senior management approvals
• Manage redevelopment, rezoning, subdivision, remediation, and other land development initiatives
• Oversee major property development projects, including consultant selection, contractor management, capital appropriation planning, and project execution
• Coordinate with Facilities and other internal groups to manage properties awaiting sale, lease, redevelopment, or demolition.
• Maintain current knowledge of federal, provincial, and municipal legislation relating to real estate, land use planning, transportation, environmental matters, and railway rights-of-way
• Serve as a subject matter expert and provide real estate guidance to internal groups including Engineering, Marketing and Sales, Environmental Services, Legal, Regulatory Affairs, Public and Government Affairs, and Network Capacity and Infrastructure
• Lead public consultation, communication, and stakeholder engagement activities for major projects

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or similar field preferred
• 5+ years’ experience in corporate real estate, real estate development, and contract negotiations
• 2 years’ experience leading team to achieve revenue target
• Demonstrated understanding of urban and rural real estate markets and corridor valuation methodology across North America
• Ability to perform risk assessments in a corporate setting
• Indigenous Relations experience an asset

• Flexible and competitive benefits package
• Competitive company pension and/or retirement plans
• Employee share purchase plan
• Performance incentive plan
• Annual fitness subsidy
• Part-time studies program

• Criminal history check
• Education verification
• Professional references

As an employee with a North American presence, the possibility does exist that the location of your position may be changed based on organizational requirements.

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