VP of Operations

Anchor Co-Living • Vacaville, CA

9d • Remote

About The Position

Anchor Co-Living is seeking a VP of Operations to lead operational execution as the company scales housing and healthcare services across California. Serving as an integrator alongside the CEO, this role will turn the company’s vision into the systems, people, market execution, and business rhythms needed to grow from 200 beds to 1,500 beds by the end of 2028 and 6,000 beds by 2034. The VP will oversee occupancy, market expansion, staffing, operating cadence, compliance, financial performance, and leadership development, while owning internal execution and partnering closely with the CEO on strategy and organizational priorities.

This is a builder role in a fast-growing, human-centered, highly accountable environment. The VP will assess and improve the operating model, establish visibility into key metrics, strengthen accountability, build the leadership team and organizational structure, and create repeatable systems for expansion. The role also supports financial performance, managed care and statewide contract relationships, compliance and service quality, and the company’s reputation across California’s healthcare and housing ecosystem.

The position is remote-first, with occasional travel to locations across California. Compensation is a base salary of $130,000–$195,000, based on experience and location, plus a performance-based annual bonus of 10–20%. Optional healthcare benefits and generous PTO are offered.

Requirements

• At least eight years of experience in operations, including three or more years at a senior level.
• Senior operations leadership experience in a fast-growing, multi-site organization.
• Experience scaling scrappy, resource-constrained environments.
• Experience building systems, teams, and operating rhythms from scratch.
• P&L ownership or significant business-unit accountability, with comfort owning a P&L and driving operational and financial performance.
• Experience leading across multiple geographies, sites, or counties.
• Track record of improving execution through metrics, cadence, and strong management systems.
• Experience hiring, developing, and retaining high-performing leaders.
• Strong people leadership skills, including the ability to grow managers.
• Background in regulated industries or healthcare services.
• Hands-on knowledge of California healthcare systems and services, particularly CalAIM.
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity, complexity, and growth.
• Mission alignment and genuine respect for the people served.
• Ability to complement a visionary founder with follow-through, structure, and execution.
• Grounded, direct, and mature leadership approach.
• Embody the company’s GRACE values: grit, responsibility, continuous improvement, commitment to excellence, and empathy.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in housing, behavioral health, recovery services, social services, or adjacent sectors.
• Experience with managed care, county partnerships, or payer relationships.
• Experience supporting multi-market expansion.
• Experience with EOS.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain scalable systems, processes, and operating standards across all markets.
• Own occupancy performance across locations and drive operational consistency, with a goal of reaching and sustaining 80% occupancy.
• Develop and execute a repeatable market expansion playbook.
• Lead the operating cadence, including KPI reviews, leadership routines, and accountability mechanisms.
• Grow the organization from its current size to more than 100 staff, placing the right people in appropriate roles.
• Recruit, develop, and retain strong leaders across operations and client-facing functions.
• Clarify roles, expectations, and performance standards while strengthening culture and accountability.
• Partner with finance to improve visibility into occupancy, billing, cost per bed, and margins.
• Balance growth with cost discipline and sound operational judgment; support pricing, profitability, and real estate strategy.
• Support development and management of key managed care and statewide contract relationships.
• Strengthen the company’s reputation across California’s healthcare and housing ecosystem.
• Partner with outreach and client-facing teams to support a more predictable lead-generation engine.
• Help ensure compliance and quality standards scale effectively across markets.
• Support efforts to lower hospital readmissions and build systems that reinforce excellent execution and high-quality service delivery.
• Serve as a trusted thought partner to the CEO, translating vision into executable strategy and measurable outcomes.
• Surface difficult issues early, resolve problems before escalation, and bring candor, alignment, and accountability to the leadership relationship.
• Represent company priorities clearly and consistently across the organization.
• Assess the operating model, team structure, occupancy performance, and expansion readiness; identify bottlenecks and implement pragmatic solutions.
• Increase visibility into key metrics, establish ownership and decision-making, and build systems and rhythms needed for growth.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary of $130,000–$195,000, based on experience and location.
• Performance-based annual bonus of 10–20%.
• Optional healthcare benefits.
• Generous PTO.
• Significant autonomy and decision-making authority, with direct work alongside the CEO.
• Opportunity to build the operating foundation of a high-growth, mission-driven company and help shape its culture, systems, and leadership.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed