Lease-Up Leasing Manager- Vancouver

Meritus Property Group•Vancouver, WA

25d•$30 - $32

About The Position

Meritus Property Group is hiring a hands-on Lease-Up Leasing Manager to lead the leasing function for a new multifamily community. The manager will coach one Leasing Consultant while personally leasing apartments, conducting tours, following up with prospects, closing leases, generating traffic, and helping the community meet occupancy and revenue goals. The role calls for a polished, proactive, organized, sales-driven leader who can build urgency, maintain a disciplined pipeline, and perform in a fast-paced lease-up environment. The manager will establish leasing standards and team rhythms, support outreach and marketing, monitor market and competitor activity, and work with the Property Manager and maintenance team on lease-up execution, unit readiness, applications, and move-ins. Accurate use of Yardi and related leasing systems is required. Weekend availability is required, and the lease-up schedule may include evenings and events.

Requirements

Prior multifamily leasing experience.
Prior experience leading, mentoring, training, or coaching leasing team members.
Experience using Yardi.
Proven ability to meet or exceed leasing goals.
Strong sales ability and a confident closing style.
Proactive approach to leasing, follow-up, outreach, and prospect engagement.
Ability to lead by example while holding others accountable.
Understanding of guest card management, application processing, leasing workflows, and move-in coordination.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Professional presentation and comfort working with prospects, residents, team members, and leadership.
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage a high volume of leads and leasing activity.
Ability to work with urgency while maintaining accuracy and professionalism.
Comfort with technology, CRM systems, online leasing, digital communication, and reporting.
Knowledge of Fair Housing requirements and professional leasing practices.
Ability to work weekends as part of the regular schedule.

Nice To Haves

Prior lease-up experience.
Successful experience leasing a new-construction community.
Experience in a high-traffic, high-volume lease-up environment.
Experience managing or mentoring at least one Leasing Consultant.
Experience with outreach marketing and local relationship building.
Experience leasing Class A or luxury multifamily communities.
Experience with revenue management, concession strategy, or market rent positioning.
Bilingual abilities.
Familiarity with Vancouver, Portland Metro, or surrounding submarkets.

Responsibilities

Lead, coach, train, and hold one Leasing Consultant accountable for leasing performance, professionalism, tour quality, follow-up, and closing.
Conduct daily leasing huddles and provide real-time coaching on tours, calls, emails, prospect interactions, and leasing fundamentals.
Personally lease apartments, conduct tours, follow up with prospects, handle objections, and close leases.
Manage prospect needs and present floor plans, pricing, availability, amenities, specials, lease terms, and community features.
Generate qualified traffic through outreach, local partnerships, employer contacts, neighborhood engagement, events, and campaigns.
Own the leasing pipeline; monitor guest cards, lead status, appointments, follow-ups, applications, cancellations, denials, and pending move-ins.
Maintain complete and accurate records in Yardi and related systems, and train the Leasing Consultant in their proper use.
Review leasing reports and performance metrics, including traffic, tours, applications, approvals, cancellations, and closings.
Support application processing, screening, deposits, lease completion, move-in funds, documentation, and resident move-ins.
Partner with the Property Manager on lease-up strategy, pricing and concession feedback, prospect objections, market trends, and leasing barriers.
Support pre-leasing, opening, phased deliveries, first move-ins, and stabilization while tracking goals, occupancy targets, and performance benchmarks.
Keep model units, tour paths, amenities, vacant homes, signage, and leasing spaces polished and tour-ready.
Deliver a responsive, professional prospect and resident experience from first inquiry through move-in.
Maintain knowledge of competitors, pricing, concessions, availability, neighborhood features, and local market trends; conduct market surveys and competitor shops as assigned.
Assist with resident events, community engagement, renewal support, and resident communication as needed.