Senior Vice President, Affordable Housing Operations

Collective Residential

. Build and lead a centralized affordable housing operations function across the portfolio.

Posted 9/19/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois • United StatesSenior💰 $200,000 - $225,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive leadership in affordable housing operations, with a strong focus on compliance oversight and integration of multi-state portfolios. Proven ability to develop scalable standards and policies while fostering relationships with key stakeholders in the housing finance sector.

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Affordable Housing Operations LeadershipLIHTC Compliance OversightYardi Property Management SystemsOrganizational Integration ExperienceStakeholder Relationship Management

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Hard Skills

Affordable Housing Property ManagementOperations ManagementAsset ManagementCompliance OversightOrganizational RestructuringPerformance ReportingRisk ManagementAcquisitions and M&A IntegrationPolicy DevelopmentData Evaluation

Soft Skills

Exceptional CommunicationJudgmentRelationship-BuildingChange ManagementInfluencing Skills

Tools & Technologies

YardiProperty Management SystemsCompliance Systems

Industry Keywords

LIHTCHUD ProgramsSection 8HOME FundsBond-Financed HousingState Housing Finance AgenciesAffordable Housing DevelopersMulti-State Portfolio ManagementStakeholder EngagementOperational Standards

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and lead a centralized affordable housing operations function across the portfolio.
Establish organizational structure, staffing model, accountability, and leadership cadence for a growing, multi-state portfolio.
Integrate affordable housing operations from acquired companies by assessing structures, teams, systems, and processes.
Develop scalable operating standards, policies, procedures, reporting, and performance expectations.
Provide senior-level oversight of compliance across LIHTC, HUD, Section 8, HOME, bond-financed, and other federal/state housing programs.
Establish a framework for identifying, monitoring, and addressing compliance and operational risk.
Advise executive leadership on affordable housing regulatory matters.
Represent Collective Residential with HUD, state housing finance agencies, syndicators, investors, auditors, and other stakeholders.
Evaluate and improve systems, data, reporting, and technology, including Yardi and comparable platforms.
Provide operational and compliance leadership for acquisitions, preservation, repositioning, and strategic growth initiatives.
Connect corporate leadership, portfolio company leadership, regional/asset management teams, and property-level operations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10–15+ years of progressive leadership experience in affordable housing property management, operations, asset management, or a related field, including significant senior/executive-level responsibility.
Demonstrated leadership experience across affordable housing portfolios, with strong working knowledge of LIHTC, HUD programs, Section 8, HOME Funds, bond-financed housing, and other applicable programs.
Strong operational leadership skills with a track record of building, restructuring, integrating, or scaling teams and operating platforms.
Experience evaluating organizations and recommending improvements to structure, staffing, processes, systems, and accountability.
Experience with acquisitions, M&A integration, multi-company environments, shared services, or other complex organizational integrations strongly preferred.
Ability to provide senior-level compliance oversight without being focused on day-to-day compliance administration.
Strong relationships with, or experience engaging, HUD, state housing finance agencies, syndicators, investors, external auditors, and affordable housing developers.
Experience with Yardi or comparable property management/compliance systems.
Exceptional communication, judgment, relationship-building, and change-management skills.
Comfortable operating in a matrixed environment, influencing portfolio company leaders while establishing centralized standards and accountability.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Performance-based bonus
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
Comprehensive time off benefits