Area Manager, Upstate New York

AvantStay, Inc.; City of Hudson (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Company-sponsored insurance

Stays at AvantStay properties

Job summary

AvantStay is seeking an Area Manager to oversee daily operations of multiple properties in the New York market. You will supervise market staff, coordinate maintenance, housekeeping, and guest-owner relationships while meeting deadlines and high standards.

The role requires travel within the designated area, occasional on-call coverage, and a strong focus on owner satisfaction and guest experience. A flexible, fast-paced environment awaits.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of property management experience across multiple sites.
• 2+ years of people management experience.
• 2+ years of homeowner relations experience.
• Ability to work weekends/holidays with a flexible schedule.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and manage market staff, including hiring, training and evaluating performance.
• Serve as primary contact with property owners, reviewing statements and statuses.
• Oversee guest/homeowner issue resolution and ensure timely, quality responses.
• Meet and maintain AvantStay standards and owner satisfaction metrics.
• Coordinate housekeeping and maintenance tasks across properties in the market.
• Collaborate with teams to optimize operations and inventory levels.

Skills

Property management

People management

Homeowner relations

Weekend availability

Driving

Light maintenance

Microsoft Office

CRM knowledge

Tools

CRM software

Microsoft Office

Job description

Who we are

AvantStay delivers world class, authentic, tech-enabled short-term rental (“STR”) group experiences targeted at the millennial generation. We are venture funded and growing rapidly in the explosive $100+ billion dollar STR industry. We deliver a customized end-to-end experience that is tailored just for groups and powered with technology at every layer.

What we are looking for

As an Area Manager, you will oversee all daily operational activities related to our AvantStay properties in New York market, working cross functionally with the maintenance, housekeeping, and operations teams. This role will require the ability to supervise others and adhere to strict deadlines to ensure guest needs and expectations are met and exceeded.

This position requires close proximity to the market with frequent travel to various sites within the designated area. This role will also oversee the Assistant Area Manager.

What you’ll do

You will be responsible for the following duties and responsibilities, which may not be an exhaustive list:

• Directly supervising and managing market staff, including hiring, training, coaching, and evaluating performance and delegating tasks to field operations personnel.

• Serving as the main point of contact to establish and cultivate relationships with the owners of AvantStay properties by effectively communicating with them, reviewing their owner distribution statements, and keeping apprised of the status of their property.

• Supervising the progress and rectification of guest and homeowner issues and escalations, ensuring they are resolved within the designated time frame. Monitoring the quality of the resolution and taking appropriate actions as needed to ensure customer and homeowner satisfaction.

• Meeting and maintaining AvantStay standards and metrics related to owner satisfaction.

• Supervising and coordinating housekeeping or routine vacation rental maintenance tasks, such as changing linens, moving furniture, changing light bulbs, troubleshooting cable, or addressing wifi issues.

• Collaborating with other teams and evaluating maintenance, groundskeeping, and housekeeping operations at each property within the select market.

• Carrying out essential administrative duties to support daily operations and assigning tasks to team members as necessary.

• Ensuring all homes have appropriate inventory levels of consumables and linens for the select market.

• Conducting regular inspections of properties to ensure compliance with AvantStay standards and regulations.

• Addressing guest and homeowner concerns by responding in a timely manner to emails, calls, texts, Slack messages, and tickets.

• Traveling daily to various properties within the designated area to oversee operations and ensure compliance.

• Being available “On Call” after-hours for market support.

What you’ll bring

• 4+ years of property management experience with multi-site locations and exposure to working with decentralized teams

• 2+ years of experience in people management

• 2+ years of in homeowner relations

• Ability and availability to work weekends, holidays, and with an overall flexible schedule to fit current business needs

• Ability to spend a majority of working time standing, walking, and driving to properties

• Ability to regularly bend at the waist, squat, kneel, climb, carry, reach, stoop, and occasionally push, pull, and lift more than 25 lbs.

• Ability to execute on light maintenance needs

• Excellent self-management skills, and the ability to prioritize and deliver work to meet tight deadlines and work in a fast paced environment

• Basic skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word & PowerPoint); CRM knowledge is a plus

Compensation

• The role has a salary of $72,500 a year + performance bonus

• Generous paid time off

• Generous company-sponsored insurance (medical, dental, vision, life, etc.)

• Complimentary and discounted stays at AvantStay properties

• Paid parental leave

• Wellness stipend

• Cell phone stipend

• Mileage reimbursement

When you join AvantStay

You’ll be doing work that matters alongside an experienced and dynamic team, transforming the way people travel and vacation. Your place within the colossal travel and real estate industries will leave you with a wealth of opportunities to feel both challenged to innovate and rewarded for your efforts. Of course, we will offer you pay and benefits, but we’re about more than that. AvantStay is a place where you can craft your own path to greatness. Whether you think in code, words, pictures or numbers, find your future at AvantStay.

Equal Employment Always We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we celebrate our employees' differences, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and Veteran status. Different makes us better.