Vice President Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 12+ years of progressive leadership experience in student housing, multifamily, hospitality, or a related real estate operating environment.
• Significant executive-level experience leading a large, geographically dispersed, multi-state property portfolio.
• Demonstrated experience leading through senior and regional operational leadership teams.
• Strong third-party property management experience and a track record of developing successful owner and client relationships.
• Deep financial acumen with significant experience in P&L management, budgeting, forecasting, NOI performance, and revenue strategy.
• Strong understanding of student housing leasing cycles, occupancy management, revenue strategy, and operational execution.
• Demonstrated success improving underperforming assets and leading complex operational turnaround strategies.
• Proven ability to build, develop, and hold accountable high-performing leadership teams.
• Experience scaling operating platforms and leading organizations through growth and significant change.
• Strong executive presence and the ability to communicate effectively with clients, owners, investors, executives, and field teams.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant executive experience.
• Ability to travel extensively based on portfolio, client, and business needs.

Nice To Haves

• Leadership experience within a student housing portfolio of comparable size and complexity.
• Experience across both owner-operated and third-party managed portfolios.
• Experience working with institutional owners, investors, universities, or higher education partners.
• Experience with acquisitions, dispositions, management transitions, or portfolio integrations.
• Experience with P3 student housing structures.
• Experience operating within a global organization.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic and operational performance of Yugo's U.S. portfolio of 70+ student housing communities.
• Establish clear portfolio priorities, operating standards, performance expectations, and accountability across the Operations organization.
• Drive achievement of annual NOI, revenue, occupancy, and expense targets.
• Maintain executive visibility into portfolio performance, emerging risks, market trends, and opportunities.
• Ensure underperforming assets have clear recovery strategies, accountable leadership, and measurable outcomes.
• Continuously evaluate the operating model, structure, and resources required to support a growing and evolving portfolio.
• Lead and develop a high-performing team of senior and regional operations leaders.
• Build leadership capability and bench strength through coaching, succession planning, talent development, and clear accountability.
• Create a culture of ownership, urgency, disciplined execution, and strong decision-making.
• Ensure portfolio strategy is effectively translated through regional leadership into property-level execution.
• Identify and address organizational, leadership, and performance gaps that could impact the success of the portfolio.
• Maintain executive accountability for portfolio NOI, revenue, operating expenses, forecasting, delinquency, and bad debt.
• Partner with Finance and operational leadership on annual budgets, forecasts, and asset business plans.
• Provide executive oversight of portfolio-wide leasing, occupancy, pricing, and revenue performance.
• Partner closely with Sales & Marketing and Revenue Management leadership to ensure strategy and operational execution remain aligned.
• Drive timely intervention and performance recovery when properties or markets fall behind expectations.
• Provide executive oversight of Yugo's third-party managed portfolio and ensure delivery against management agreements, approved business plans, and client expectations.
• Build trusted relationships with owners, investors, clients, and strategic partners through transparency, strong communication, and consistent operational delivery.
• Participate in owner meetings, asset reviews, new business opportunities, presentations, and operational due diligence.
• Partner with Business Development and executive leadership to support the continued growth of Yugo's third-party management platform.
• Lead Operations' involvement in the transition, onboarding, and stabilization of new management assignments.
• Proactively identify and address risks to client satisfaction, asset performance, or management agreement retention.
• Establish portfolio-wide expectations for resident experience, service delivery, and operational consistency.
• Ensure resident feedback, NPS, reputation, and performance data translate into meaningful operational improvements.
• Champion scalable systems, programs, and processes that strengthen performance while supporting continued growth.
• Maintain executive oversight of operational risk, compliance, audit performance, and significant business issues.
• Serve as a key member of the U.S. executive leadership team, contributing to broader company strategy and decision-making.
• Partner closely with Finance, Sales & Marketing, Facilities, People & Culture, Business Excellence, Technology, and other functions to deliver company and portfolio priorities.
• Lead Operations effectively through acquisitions, dispositions, management transitions, organizational changes, and other significant business initiatives.
• Represent Yugo with confidence and credibility in client meetings, industry engagements, and other external forums.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• bonus eligibility
• health, dental and vision
• 401k + 4% employer matching
• Three weeks of PTO
• Paid Wellness Time
• 11 paid Holidays
• Minimum one-week paid wellness time
• Paid Parental Leave
• 1 Paid Volunteer Day
• 1 Paid YuDay
• Company paid STD, LTD and Life insurance