Regional Manager - Midwest

Core Spaces•West Lafayette, IN

18h•$125,000 - $135,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Core Spaces (Core) is a people-focused real estate company dedicated to inventing the future of living through collaboration and innovation. Founded in 2010, Core is a vertically integrated real estate investment manager specializing in student housing and build-to-rent (BTR) sectors. The company's residential communities offer world-class amenities, progressive design, and hospitality-driven service. As of Q4 2025, Core's student housing portfolio includes over 59,000 beds owned or managed, with a pipeline of over 50,930 beds. The BTR division has over 3,000 homes under development, leasing, or in the pipeline in high-growth metros nationwide.

Requirements

Exceptional communication skills, verbal and written, to a variety of audiences
Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills
Demonstrated leadership experience in property management
Confident leadership approach with a track-record for building collaborative and winning teams
A history of mentoring and being an exemplary example for Community Managers
Proven ability to develop and execute strategic business plans for an expanded portfolio.
Flexibility to perform in a fast-paced, growing environment

Nice To Haves

At least 5 years of Property Management experience in a leadership role
Student Housing experience is preferred
Bachelor’s Degree is preferred

Responsibilities

Responsible for executing the business plan for their assigned Communities, and acts as an advisor for team member development and corrective action when necessary.
Provides direct management, leadership, and support to their assigned Community Managers to ensure that all policies and procedures are followed according to best practice.
Upholding communication cadence with onsite team and weekly review of all Key Performance Metrics, reporting deliverables, project deadlines, and overall leasing, marketing, fiscal, and physical goals.
Acts as the key point of contact between Mission Control and the on-site teams.
Collaborates with corporate support teams to execute on the short-term and long-term business plans for the assigned communities, and makes strategic recommendations as required.
Regularly assesses leasing performance at the site level, and reviews key performance metrics to identify needs for training, marketing, pricing, incentives and makes recommendations for strategy to appropriate parties.
Maintains up-to-date market knowledge on market trends, pricing, incentives, direct competitor performance, supply and demand, and any other conditions that could impact their asset(s) performance.
Establishes local network and builds relationships within the University and amongst competitor properties.
Oversees financial performance through budget management, detailed monthly financial reporting and cost controls.
Regularly visits each community in assigned portfolio and ensures all curb appeal and brand standards are being maintained.
Oversees reputation management strategy by reviewing the week over week snapshot of online reviews, on-site team responses, trending ratings, and implements customer service initiatives and other strategy to drive positive reviews and overall ORA score.
Regularly conducts boots on the ground recruiting efforts, to help build talent pipeline in each market, routine travel required.
Reviews vendor contracts and ensures compliance with Core service agreements and budget.
Completes all HR-related tasks as assigned, including providing feedback as requested.
Completes special projects as requested and attends team meetings and workshops.
Ability to travel to on-site properties approximately 50% of the time.
Assist the organization in driving innovation through ongoing feedback, and be a champion of change and growth.
Must be able to lift and move objects weighing up to 50 pounds regularly, as required by the demands of the job. This may include bending, stooping, and lifting throughout the workday.

Benefits

A culture that provides you with a sense of belonging
Competitive pay that values your contributions
Incentives designed to reward your achievements
Paid flexible PTO to disconnect or celebrate life milestones
Paid 14+ holidays, including your birthday, to disconnect and celebrate
Paid Parental Leave that begins after 90 days
Paid volunteer time off to give back to your community
Monthly workshop weeks; fewer meetings & more collaboration
Robust health plan options that begin within at least 30 days of your employment
Monthly phone reimbursement
Wellness allowance and perks, including a yearly subscription to a meditation app
An environment that provides you a voice to share your perspectives
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for access to confidential support services
Company retirement options including 401(k) + matching & Roth account option