If you love making people feel at home, youâ™ll love working at Willow Bridge Property Company. Whether youâ™re just starting your career or joining later in your journey, weâ™re eager to help you find your perfect fit. Willow Bridge is a full-service residential property company with deep roots in the industry. Since our early days as Lincoln Property Company, we set the standard of excellence for multifamily operators and developers. Active in more than 75 markets in the U.S., Willow Bridge oversees over 180,000 apartment units and has $3B in owned assets under management.
Willow Bridge is currently hiring for an experienced Area Vice President to oversee the operating performance of all properties and key personnel within a specified region. We are looking for an entrepreneurial-minded person who enjoys building relationships with their team and with customers. Does that sound like you? Become part of the Willow Bridge family and grow your career path today.

**The AVP will be based in KC and cover Kansas, Missouri, Indianapolis, and Washington. This position will require traveling to your markets.**

The Area Vice President has overall management responsibility for the operating performance of all properties and key personnel within a specified region. The Area Vice President reports directly to the Regional Vice President and has the following primary tasks:

• Work directly with upper management, Executive Vice Presidents (EVP), Owners, and support staff to achieve budgeted expectations.
• Work through Regional Property managers and support staff to meet occupancy, budget, and profit standards at each property.
• Provide support to the Regional Property Managers in interviewing, hiring, developing and assessing personnel throughout the region to continually enhance the company's number one resource, its people.

The following provides a detailed summary of the responsibilities and assignments are bestowed upon the Area Vice President:

• Continually seek new opportunities to maximize the operating efficiency and profitability of each asset within the region.
• Develop annual operating budgets in conjunction with owner/management objectives and the Asset Business Plan.
• Work as a liaison between the Owner and management staff to provide positive direction to realize Owner/EVP objectives.
• Review and analyze monthly operating and variance reports prior to forwarding information to various EVP/Owners to ensure a concise written explanation of variances, results and course of action.
• Regularly communicate and monitor progress of RPM' in achieving asset objectives.
• Conduct regular staff meetings to review operations, occupancy, performance, staffing, and related issues/concerns. Review weekly management reports and monthly comparable surveys to ensure maximum competitiveness and profitability. Approve rental rate adjustments and/or concessions that conflict with budget objectives.
• Consult with Regional Maintenance Director to monitor purchasing and delivery arrangements to ensure each property receives the most cost effective prices for price for repair/replacement items and delivery. Authorize all contracts for the region and supply/repair expenditures in excess of $5000.
• Conduct periodic inspections of all properties in the region with the respective Regional Property Manager. Conduct quarterly managers meetings to review operating performance, discuss management objectives, provide direction, and build team morale. Conduct annual review of key personnel and recommend salary adjustments that are in compliance with the budget.
• Implement steps to consistently improve communication between EVP/Owner and management in order to strengthen on-going relationships. Provide consistent reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis that meets the needs of EVPs/Owners. The Area VP looks at each existing asset through the eyes of the respective EVP/Owner and in doing so, actively pursues all availablemethods of achieving target objectives.
• Continually seek new management opportunities through existing relationships as well as newly developed contacts to increase gross and net operating proceeds for the region and company without sacrifice to the existing operations and/or relationships.
• Develop and train key personnel to improve the production and profitability level of the company. Provide leadership in a fair and consistent manner that enhances the ability, integrity, and morale of all personnel within the organization.
• Field calls from residents. Authorize policy exceptions as circumstances dictate.
• Conduct and enforce business operations within the guidelines established by Willow Bridge Property Company policies and procedures.

The Area Vice President has overall management responsibility for the operating performance of all properties and key personnel within a specified region. The following qualifications must be met before consideration of the position of Area Vice President:

• Must have supervisory experience in property management
• Must be able to travel to your assigned markets in Kansas, Missouri, Indianapolis and Washington.
• Proficiency in verbal/written communications
• Proficiency in math
• High School Education or equivalent required. College hours and Industry Certifications preferred
• Must have valid driver's license
• High Rise, Lease up & New construction experience required
• CPM or CPM candidate preferred
• 5 years minimum experience in a multi-site supervisory role
• Proficiency in Excel and Microsoft Office
• Property Management Software experience (Yardi preferred)

Benefits

Willow Bridge Property Company offers competitive pay, a benefits package that includes health, dental, vision and 401(k) and opportunities for career development and advancement.