General Manager

Greystar (International); Manchester; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Greystar is seeking an experienced General Manager in Manchester to lead a Build to Rent community, delivering service excellence, achieving target occupancy, and managing relationships with internal and external stakeholders. The role focuses on operational and financial performance, staffing, and delivering memorable resident experiences.

You will drive leasing performance, oversee budgets and procurement, and cultivate a safety-conscious, high-standard environment while liaising with

Qualifications

• Proven record of leading teams to deliver service excellence.
• Experience in achieving target occupancy and revenue goals.
• Knowledge of landlord/tenant legislation or leasing up larger properties (300+ units) would be a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Lead staffing across Community, Leasing, Concierge, Resident Events, and Maintenance.
• Hire, train, and manage performance in line with company policies.
• Set local marketing/leasing strategies to achieve occupancy and revenue targets.
• Prepare and manage annual budgets; monitor P&L with stakeholders.
• Ensure safety, compliance, and high resident satisfaction through proactive oversight.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Financial acumen

Stakeholder management

Leasing strategy

Job description

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to lead an incredible Build to Rent community in Manchester. The General Manager is pivotal in further enhancing the already best in class community, through delivering outstanding service and upholding exceptional standards for our residents. The General Manager will deliver operational excellence & financial objectives through team engagement and in collaboration with internal & external stakeholders.

Key Role Responsibilities

• Contributes to the delivery of a complex and evolving staffing structure, covering our in-house Community, Leasing, Concierge, Resident Events Management and Maintenance departments.
• Provides supportive and inspiring leadership to the team by interviewing, hiring, and training team members, and by managing their performance in accordance with Company policies, values, and business practices.
• Acts as a role model at all times by demonstrating the core values.
• Leads the team to create memorable experiences by exceeding expectations for all residents.
• Works in partnership with Marketing to shape local marketing and leasing strategies based on relevant market data to achieve the property’s occupancy and revenue goals.
• Ensures marketing campaigns, advertising and promotional activities are effectively implemented.
• Establishes relationships with internal and external stakeholders (sales, marketing, asset management and corporate bookings leads) communicating regularly with representatives, ensuring the community’s compliance with pertinent regulations, and providing performance data and reporting.
• Actively seeks interaction and contact with residents to proactively seek to improve service delivery and ensure community events enhance the overall resident experience.
• Meets targeted revenues by making rate recommendations based on market data and monitors payments.
• Prepares and forecasts annual budgets by analysing financial statements, reviewing marketing information, and accessing operational reports.
• Manages the financial performance, attending regular P&L reviews with stakeholders.
• Promotes investor satisfaction and retention through timely variance reporting in respect of budgeted and actual spending and on-going communication about the performance of the properties, and responds with urgency to client/owner concerns, questions, issues, and requests.
• Promotes resident satisfaction and retention by ensuring a timely response to questions, requests, and complaints in a timely manner, taking appropriate action to resolve and address service issues.
• Assesses team member training needs and ensure thorough understanding of systems and adherence to policies.
• Develops capability of team members to meet key performance goals and future succession requirements.
• Originates, approves, and submits purchase orders and processes invoices from vendors, contractors and service providers for payment and manages communication with finance team members and other stakeholders as required.
• Oversees the tenancy management process by co-ordinating periodic apartment inspections, evicting residents, and imposing and collecting late fees and other charges within the terms of the agreement.
• Works in partnership with Health & Safety to drive a safety culture by managing and monitoring the appropriate health & safety and compliance activities including the incident reporting system and ensures that the community operates in a safe and risk-free environment.
• Ensures the operation of the community complies with Company policies and procedures as well as any laws and regulations governing housing operations and residential lettings.
• Manages planned and reactive maintenance and refurbishments engaging Marketing and Capital Projects teams to ensure timely resident communication and completion to a high standard within agreed budgets and timescales.
• Conducts regular community walkabouts and inspections and takes appropriate actions to ensure that the physical aspects of the property, grounds, buildings, and amenities meet established standards for safety, cleanliness, and general appearance and appeal.

About You

We’re looking for an experienced General Manager to drive leasing performance and service-focused operations within a property or hospitality environment. You’ll bring a proven record of leading teams to deliver service excellence, achieving target occupancy, and managing stakeholder relationships with confidence. You’re a capable leader with good numerical and organisational skills, able to prioritise and multitask in a fast-paced environment, while remaining self-aware, adaptable and genuinely enthusiastic about delivering an exceptional stakeholder experience. Knowledge of landlord/tenant legislation, or leasing up larger properties (300+ units) would all be an added bonus.

About Greystar

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated real estate company offering expertise in investment management, development, and management of rental housing properties globally. The company's business model is unique in its ability to own, operate, and develop multifamily, student, and senior housing across the globe. Building a global platform with a local presence, Greystar continues to expand its geographic reach around the world, bringing a globally interconnected professional rental housing platform and industry funded with institutional capital to countries where the sector does not yet exist. Greystar’s pan – European platform was established in 2013 and has scaled rapidly, now with investment, operational and development presence in the UK, Ireland, France, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Spain.

One of Greystar’s core values is Equality, and as such, we continue to pride ourselves on being an equal opportunities employer, accounting for all protected and identifiable characteristics. We truly value diversity of thought, background and of experience. Please reach out to the Talent Acquisition team to explore opportunities at Greystar in more detail or visit our careers site at https://jobs.greystar.com/.