Vice President

Description

• Maintain strong relationships with state/local housing agencies, housing authorities, and municipal partners to support certifications, renewals, and reporting obligations.
• Ensure affordable housing compliance, Fair Housing adherence, and timely completion of all regulatory requirements.
• Optimize financial performance through effective collections strategies and special claims management.
• Partner with Asset Management and Ownership on strategic planning, quarterly business reviews, and value-creation initiatives; present portfolio performance and remediation plans as needed.
• Identify underperforming assets and implement strategic solutions to drive performance improvement and resident satisfaction.
• Implement and oversee risk management, safety protocols, emergency preparedness plans, and loss-control measures, lead incident response and corrective actions.
• Foster a positive workplace culture centered on community, integrity, and operational excellence where employees and residents thrive.
• Conduct regular site visits to ensure properties meet company standards for curb appeal, safety, and resident experience.
• Drive operational enhancements by implementing best practices across accounts payable/receivable, capital projects, unit renovations, and resident/employee experience.
• Standardize operating practices and leverage dashboards/scorecards to track KPIs including occupancy, delinquency, recertification timeliness, unit turns, work orders, and audit compliance.
• Partner with Human Resources to recruit, develop, and retain high-performing talent across the portfolio.
• Oversee capital planning and execution for repairs, rehabilitations, and renovations, coordinating with Facilities, SVP, construction partners, and vendors to deliver on-time, on-budget projects.
• Set clear performance expectations and hold teams accountable for results, compliance, and brand standards.
• Lead operations for 34+ properties and 3,000+ apartment units across Southern California, ensuring operational excellence and full regulatory compliance.

Requirements

• Based in the Irvine office with frequent property travel across Los Angeles, Orange County, Inland Empire, and San Diego regions and respond to off-hour emergencies as needed.
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) candidates are strongly preferred.
• Strong leadership skills, holding your team accountable and fostering collaboration across departments to achieve objectives.
• Proven expertise with LIHTC and HUD/Project-Based Section 8 program compliance; experience navigating agency audits and delivering corrective action plans.
• Experience with RealPage OneSite, Yardi and JD Edwards (or similar software program).
• Demonstrates accountability and reliability by taking full ownership of projects and outcomes, prioritizing precision and attention to detail, and approaching challenges with grit, resilience, and proactive problem-solving, while continuously engaging in learning and development to enhance performance; fosters collaboration and a resident-centered environment, ensuring empathy, respect, and cross-functional success in all interactions.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 10–15+ years in property management/real estate operations, including 5+ years leading a multi-site affordable housing portfolio.
• Demonstrated success building and leading high-performing teams; effective coach with strong change-management skills.
• Goal-oriented leader with genuine care and concern for your team, clients, and residents.
• Strong financial acumen, budgeting, variance analysis, revenue optimization, AR management, accruals, and reclasses.
• Highly financial savvy, with proficiency in reading operating statements, budgets and credit/debits/re-classes and accruals.
• Previous experience with major rehabs/renovations.

Benefits

• Mental health resources, such as counseling, are available to our team members.
• Grow with us – learning & training programs; tuition & certification reimbursement; internal advancement opportunities are available…and so much more.
• Paid time off to volunteer and we will match your charitable donations! We are a passionate team making real impact on the world!
• Customizable total rewards package – pick from our medical, vision and dental options, along with our life insurance and an Employee Assistance Program
• Fertility benefits – such as surrogacy, adoption assistance and more!
• Annual Performance Bonus
• $185,000 - $225,000 USD per year
• Lots of paid time off – we value your life outside of work.
• Financial wellness perks to set you up for success - such as 401(k), FSA & HSA, employer-paid life and AD&D insurance; paid leave & disability programs.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance