Property Manager - Scottsdale Arizona

Company: Optima, Inc.
Location: Scottsdale
Posted on: April 19, 2025

Job Description:

We are seeking a Property Manager for Optima McDowell Mountain, our newest luxury apartment community currently underway in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Property Manager will play a key role in overseeing the initial lease-up and daily operations, ensuring the highest standards of service, and driving the financial performance of the property. Working closely with our Asset and Community Leadership Team, you will be a central figure in the initial lease-up of this multi-phase development, carrying significant responsibilities and contributing to collective decision-making. Your expertise in property management will be crucial in providing the insights and leadership needed to guide our growth and success.

In this role, you'll navigate Optima McDowell Mountain's operational lease-up, ensuring that all aspects of property management align with our objectives and plans. Your leadership will foster a culture of excellence, ensuring that operational processes are efficient and effective.

About Optima
Optima is a design-driven real estate development firm rooted in the modernist tradition with offices in Illinois and Arizona. For more than 40 years, we have been developing, designing, building, and managing striking urban and suburban luxury residential communities. From the beginning, we aimed to reinvent housing by integrating the functions involved in new construction within one company. We control and execute every aspect of the process in-house - development, architecture, construction, sales, and management - for a dynamic system that offers greater focus and fluidity. We are committed to delivering extraordinary living through design, innovation, sustainability, and management.

What You'll Do

• Achieve performance goals, including with respect to resident satisfaction, net operating income, occupancy and facility management.
• Lead the daily activities of the team, including leasing, administrative, concierge and maintenance resources, to ensure the team is engaged and achieving performance goals.
• Provide timely feedback to and on-going training of team members.
• Take ownership of your community by continuously walking, monitoring, and correcting issues that are identified, either yourself or with your team.
• Manage the maintenance team to ensure the creation and implementation of an effective preventive maintenance program and responsiveness to our residents' service requests to maintain the property to and provide resident service at the highest standards.
• Develop and implement initiatives for the property and team to further enhance resident satisfaction, and the property's performance and reputation.
• Oversee the property's marketing and online presence and ensure that the property is optimized on all platforms.
• Drive proactive communication and engagement with our residents to ensure satisfaction and timely resolution of issues that may arise.
• Develop and manage the property's operating budget, including overseeing rent collection, monitoring cash flow requirements, and adjusting operations as appropriate.
• Manage financial and other reporting requirements in collaboration with Optima's accounting team.
• Manage vendor relationships, including collecting bids, administering contracts and supervising performance.
• Represent Optima and participate in scheduled resident social events.
• Proactively and regularly advise the National Director of Property Operations as to property performance and any issues that may arise.
• Adhere to all federal, state and local legal requirements for property management, including fair housing.
• Serve as the on-call or emergency resource and be available after hours or weekends, as needed.
  What You'll Need
  • 5+ years' experience as an onsite property manager at luxury apartment communities.
  • Experience leading a medium to large team with success as a coach, leader and mentor.
  • Proficiency with Yardi Voyager 7s and Rent Caf-- Site Manager.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Experience creating and managing operating and budgets and fluency with various accounting reports.
  • Experience using a revenue management system.
    What Will Set You Apart
    • A positive, warm, friendly, and service-oriented mindset, with a goal-oriented approach and the belief that there is a solution to every problem.
    • Extensive experience in luxury residential property management, particularly in a similar role, indicating a deep understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities in this sector. Lease-up experience is a plus.
    • Proven leadership experience or experience leading people and managing high-impact projects - reflecting the ability to take initiative, mentor people, and drive results.
    • A track record of innovative problem-solving in complex or ambiguous situations, showcasing the ability to think outside the box and deliver effective solutions.
    • Proficiency in advanced property management software and tools, highlighting the ability to leverage technology to drive operational excellence and business insights.
      Benefits and Perks
      • At Optima, we believe that competitive benefits and perks are meaningful and part of what makes us great! Come as you are!
      • At Optima, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our team members. Optima evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or other legally-protected characteristics.
        Optima does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to Optima team members or the Optima people experience team. No placement fees will be paid to any 3rd party unless such a request has been made by the Optima people experience teamPowered by JazzHR
        
        
        
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