Director of Housing Acquisition + Unit Readiness

Anthos Home•New York, NY

28d•$100,000 - $125,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthos|Home is a nonprofit startup that uses technology to streamline apartment search, approval, and move-in for New Yorkers with housing vouchers. The Director of Housing Acquisition & Unit Readiness develops and manages a portfolio of landlords, property managers, developers, and brokers, negotiating agreements that bring buildings and units into the organization’s housing bank. Reporting directly to the Vice President of Housing Acquisition & Unit Readiness (VPHA) and serving as the VPHA’s key deputy, the Director translates organizational strategy into execution, drives housing acquisition across New York City, and oversees the Housing Acquisition and Housing Unit Readiness Supervisors and their teams. The role oversees the process from partnership cultivation and unit identification through post-move-in repair resolution, ensuring acquired units meet quality standards and are ready for move-in. The Director leads negotiations and assesses deal viability, manages teams and escalations, aligns acquisition and unit readiness operations, and uses data to monitor pipeline health and improve processes. The position requires strong knowledge of the NYC rental market and subsidy programs, negotiation and leadership skills, operational discipline, and commitment to expanding housing access for voucher holders. The role offers a hybrid work environment with 2–5 days per week in the office or field, and requires flexibility to work evenings and weekends as needed. Compensation is $100,000–$125,000. Anthos|Home describes its culture as urgent, data-oriented, tech-savvy, adaptable, detail-oriented, and focused on accountability, communication, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

4–6 years of progressive experience in housing acquisition, real estate, property management, or a related field, including 2–3 years in a supervisory role.
Experience managing and developing teams, setting performance targets, coaching supervisors, and holding staff accountable for outcomes.
Experience negotiating with landlords, developers, brokers, or property managers, ideally in subsidized or voucher-based housing.
Deep knowledge of the NYC rental market, including rent levels, neighborhood dynamics, and the landlord landscape.
Knowledge of NYC subsidy programs such as CityFHEPS, FHEPS, Section 8, or SOTA, including inspection and approval processes.
Strong data literacy and comfort using dashboards, CRMs, or tracking systems such as Salesforce or Airtable to manage pipelines and make operational decisions.
Excellent communication and relationship-management skills, including the ability to represent the organization credibly to external partners.
Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent professional experience.
Ability to work evenings and weekends as needed.
Ability to work in a hybrid environment, 2–5 days per week in the office or field.

Nice To Haves

Experience in affordable or supportive housing acquisition, homeless services, or housing placement for voucher holders.
Existing relationships with NYC landlords, brokers, developers, or property management companies.
Experience overseeing both acquisition and unit readiness, including inspections and repair coordination.
Familiarity with HRA, HPD, or NYCHA processes.

Responsibilities

Lead negotiations and structure deals with landlords and brokers, including use of Flex Pool incentives such as repair financing.
Oversee outreach campaigns and secure bulk unit agreements and portfolio partnerships that expand the housing pipeline and identify units meeting program standards.
Assess deal viability based on voucher payment standards, landlord reliability, repair costs, neighborhood demand, and market conditions; recommend to the VPHA which deals to pursue or pass on.
Explore opportunities to expand the organization’s value proposition to property partners beyond unit acquisition, coordinating with the VPHA.
Represent Anthos|Home at industry events and build relationships with property partners.
Directly supervise the Housing Acquisition Supervisor and Housing Unit Readiness Supervisor, providing coaching, performance management, and professional development.
Ensure supervisors manage their teams toward acquisition targets, unit-readiness benchmarks, and property-partner relationship standards.
Serve as the escalation point for complex landlord, broker, property-provider, inspection, and city-government issues, facilitating timely resolutions.
Foster accountability, responsiveness, and customer-service excellence across the acquisition and unit-readiness teams.
Partner with the VPHA to turn strategy into actionable plans, workflows, and production targets.
Ensure inspections, inspection submissions, and repair coordination are timely and compliant.
Coordinate acquisition and unit-readiness operations so pipeline units progress toward move-in readiness alongside housing-packet submissions.
Support development of account-management practices that encourage repeat business and long-term property-provider relationships.
Identify pipeline bottlenecks and implement end-to-end process improvements.
Collaborate with the Director of Operations and Aftercare Supervisors through the Housing Unit Readiness Supervisor to support smooth handoffs and comprehensive service delivery.
Use data to guide deployment of outreach and deal-making efforts across the acquisition and readiness pipeline.
Analyze acquisition trends, outreach conversion, referral demand, and readiness timelines to identify gaps, prioritize geographies, and adjust team focus.
Track demand signals from the Tenant Coordination team and coordinate with the Housing Acquisition Supervisor to align the pipeline with unit size, location, and accessibility needs.
Develop and maintain dashboards and operational reports covering pipeline health, deal velocity, unit readiness, and team productivity.
Build and refine intake and deal-tracking workflows so prospects, negotiations, closed units, and post-move-in repairs are consistently logged, progressed, and reported.
Perform other duties as assigned in support of organizational goals.