Business Operations & Strategy Associate
Patry Group of Companies
Kingston, Ontario | Full-time | Permanent
About Patry Group
Patry Group of Companies is one of Eastern Ontario’s leading real estate development and property management firms, currently undergoing accelerated growth, operational complexity, and organizational scaling.
We take on projects others avoid—entitlement-heavy sites, multi-disciplinary developments, and integrated operating platforms—and we move quickly. That requires rigour, clarity, and people who can think and execute at pace.
This role is for someone who wants to work inside that engine.
Role Overview
This position reports directly to the Chief Operating Officer and exists to materially increase the COO’s effectiveness across strategy, execution, and decision-making.
You will act as a force multiplier—helping turn ambiguity into structure, ideas into execution, and data into decisions. The work spans corporate operations, real estate development, property management, finance, and organizational systems.
This is not a narrow job. It is a high-trust, high-expectation role suited to someone who wants exposure to real responsibility, difficult problems, and meaningful outcomes.
What You’ll Actually Do
Executive & Strategic Support
- Work directly with the COO to frame problems into opportunities, evaluate options, and prepare recommendations for executive and owner-level decisions.
- Conduct deep research and analysis—armed with AI tools—to inform strategy, investment decisions, and operational improvements.
- Build business cases, financial models, and scenario analyses for new initiatives, partnerships, or internal changes.
- Help translate high-level strategy into clear priorities, KPIs, and processes across teams.
Operating System & Execution
- Support the COO in driving cross-functional initiatives across Construction, Property Management, Planning & Development, Finance, and People & Culture.
- Build structure where it doesn’t yet exist: project plans, operating rhythms, reporting cadences, and escalation paths.
- Track initiatives, anticipate risks, surface blockers early, and push work across the finish line.
- Prepare executive-ready materials—dashboards, KPI summaries, briefing notes, and presentations—that are concise, accurate, and decision-oriented.
Continuous Improvement & Scale
- Identify inefficiencies, gaps, or breakdowns in how work flows through the organization.
- Design and help implement scalable solutions that improve speed, clarity, and accountability.
- Support the evolution of Patry Group’s tiered meeting and reporting structure by ensuring information moves cleanly upward and decisions move quickly downward.
- Maintain strong documentation so progress compounds rather than resets.
What We’re Looking For
- 3+ years of experience in business operations, consulting, finance, analytics, or similarly demanding problem-solving roles.
- Strong analytical instincts and comfort working with imperfect or incomplete information.
- Demonstrated ability to build financial models and assess ROI, feasibility, or trade-offs.
- Clear, confident communicator—able to distill complexity into insight and action.
- Highly organized, self-directed, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving, evolving environment.
- Experience in real estate, construction, or property management is an asset—but intellectual horsepower and execution discipline matter more.
What Success Looks Like (First 90 Days)
- You understand how Patry Group actually runs—not just org charts, but pressure points.
- You’ve earned trust by delivering clear thinking, reliable execution, and strong follow-through.
- You’ve helped launch or materially advance at least one high-impact initiative.
- Leadership has better visibility, cleaner data, and fewer unresolved issues because of your work.
Why This Role Is Different
- You work directly with the COO on real decisions—not side projects.
- You’ll see how a complex real estate business actually scales, from inside the room.
- You’ll be trusted with ambiguity, ownership, and accountability early.
- If you perform, your scope will grow—this role is designed to stretch capable people.
How to Apply
Please submit your resume along with a short note describing a difficult or ambiguous problem you’ve worked on—how you approached it, what you learned, and what changed because of your work.
