Job Description
Job Description
Regional Manager
Chicago, IL
$120,000–$140,000+ / year, plus bonus
OVERVIEW
An established manufactured housing operator with a growing Midwest portfolio is hiring a Regional Manager to run day-to-day operations across its communities. The company has a disciplined, capital-backed acquisition strategy and is on track to grow from roughly 6-7 properties to around 20 within the next year and a half, including a 450-unit community closing this fall in the Chicago area.
Ownership stays out of day-to-day operations by design — this role runs the business, with ownership in a support and capital-allocation role.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Oversee daily operations across a multi-site manufactured housing portfolio, currently around 550 units and expanding through acquisition
- Lead the integration of newly acquired communities onto company systems and standards, including a 450-unit property closing this fall
- Manage and develop the on-site team — a mix of full-time and part-time community managers, some living on site, supported by virtual assistants who handle leasing and back-office work
- Drive occupancy across the portfolio, from established, stabilized communities to newly acquired ones still ramping up
- Oversee lot lease operations, where residents own their homes and lease the land, including roads, common areas, and community infrastructure
- Identify and execute value-add opportunities, including converting park-owned homes to rentable lots and community capital improvement projects
- Coordinate with manufacturers on in-filling vacant lots with new home inventory
- Track performance in RentManager and report on occupancy, budget, and portfolio health to ownership
- Serve as the operational lead on new acquisitions, standing up staffing, systems, and processes as each community comes online
WHY YOU MATTER
This is a genuine operating leadership role on a portfolio that's actively growing through acquisition. You'd be the person ownership trusts to run the business day to day — keeping existing communities performing while bringing new acquisitions up to standard, and giving ownership the confidence to keep executing on its growth plan.
WHAT IT TAKES
- 5-10 years of property management experience, ideally with multi-site or regional oversight
- Manufactured housing or RV community experience preferred; lot lease or ground lease experience in other property types is also relevant
- A track record of integrating newly acquired properties into an existing operating platform
- Comfort managing a mix of on-site and remote/virtual support staff
- Familiarity with RentManager or a comparable property management system
- Strong occupancy and leasing fundamentals across both stabilized and lease-up communities
- Vendor and contractor management experience, particularly around roads, common areas, and community infrastructure
- Financial fluency — budgeting, reporting, and presenting portfolio performance to ownership
- Genuine interest in operating within a growth-through-acquisition environment
THE PERKS!
- $120,000–$140,000+ base, plus performance-based and annual bonus plans (total comp target $130,000–$175,000)
- Health insurance
- Car allowance
- Real upward mobility as the portfolio continues to scale