Deputy Director - Portfolio Management

MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

MAYOR'S OFFICE OF HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT (MOHCD) in San Francisco seeks a Deputy Director of Portfolio Management to lead the agency’s strategic priorities and oversee the 25-person Portfolio Management Division. The role requires executive leadership, cross-functional coordination, and a commitment to preserving and expanding affordable housing across the city.

The Deputy Director will guide division-wide goals, develop equitable policies, and ensure transparent, efficient

Responsibilities

• Serve as a member of MOHCD’s Senior Leadership Team, providing executive leadership on agency priorities, strategic initiatives, and organizational management.
• Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for the 25-person Portfolio Management Division, ensuring alignment with MOHCD’s mission, priorities, and affordable housing objectives.
• Supervise Director-level managers responsible for major programs and ensure effective coordination across all functional areas.
• Establish division-wide goals, performance expectations, and operational priorities and efficiencies while fostering collaboration across all Portfolio Management functions.
• Develop and implement equitable policies that strengthen long-term stewardship of the City’s affordable housing portfolio and improve organizational effectiveness while balancing the needs of the communities living in affordable housing.
• Expand, standardize, and improve communication regarding City sponsored affordable housing operations, regulations and requirements among project sponsors, tenants and owners.
• Oversee the long-term financial and physical performance of the City’s publicly assisted affordable housing portfolio and direct strategies that preserve affordability, protect public investment, and promote high-quality housing.
• Provide executive oversight of affordable housing occupancy, marketing, lease-up, resident placement, housing lotteries, housing preference implementation, and DAHLIA operations to ensure equitable, transparent, and efficient administration of City affordable housing programs.
• Direct policies governing inclusionary policy implementation, asset management, regulatory compliance, occupancy administration, resident selection, and portfolio preservation.
• Oversee multifamily portfolio-related financing, recapitalization, rehabilitation planning, reserve management, and other long-term preservation initiatives.
• Coordinate with affordable housing and private developers, property management companies, lenders, realtors, investors, regulatory agencies, community-based organizations, and other City departments to advance transparent affordable housing policy and operational excellence.
• Represent MOHCD before the Mayor, Board of Supervisors, City commissions, community organizations, industry partners, and the public on portfolio performance, housing placements and operations, and inclusionary policy, as necessary.
• Identify emerging operational, financial, legislative, and regulatory issues affecting the City’s affordable housing portfolio and its residents and recommend strategic policy and management solutions.
• Promote innovation, accountability, equity, and continuous improvement across all Portfolio Management programs and operations.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Job description

Title: Deputy Director - Portfolio Management – 0904 – Mayoral Staff XVI
Location: San Francisco - Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development (MOHCD)

Filing Deadline: Wednesday, September 2, 2026 – Tuesday, September 29, 2026 – 11:59pm

The Deputy Director’s responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Serve as a member of MOHCD’s Senior Leadership Team, providing executive leadership on agency priorities, strategic initiatives, and organizational management.
• Provide executive leadership and strategic direction for the 25-person Portfolio Management Division, ensuring alignment with MOHCD’s mission, priorities, and affordable housing objectives.
• Supervise Director-level managers responsible for major programs and ensure effective coordination across all functional areas.
• Establish division-wide goals, performance expectations, and operational priorities and efficiencies while fostering collaboration across all Portfolio Management functions.
• Develop and implement equitable policies that strengthen long-term stewardship of the City’s affordable housing portfolio and improve organizational effectiveness while balancing the needs of the communities living in affordable housing.
• Expand, standardize, and improve communication regarding City sponsored affordable housing operations, regulations and requirements among project sponsors, tenants and owners.
• Oversee the long-term financial and physical performance of the City’s publicly assisted affordable housing portfolio and direct strategies that preserve affordability, protect public investment, and promote high-quality housing.
• Provide executive oversight of affordable housing occupancy, marketing, lease-up, resident placement, housing lotteries, housing preference implementation, and DAHLIA operations to ensure equitable, transparent, and efficient administration of City affordable housing programs.
• Direct policies governing inclusionary policy implementation, asset management, regulatory compliance, occupancy administration, resident selection, and portfolio preservation.
• Oversee multifamily portfolio-related financing, recapitalization, rehabilitation planning, reserve management, and other long-term preservation initiatives.
• Coordinate with affordable housing and private developers, property management companies, lenders, realtors, investors, regulatory agencies, community-based organizations, and other City departments to advance transparent affordable housing policy and operational excellence.
• Represent MOHCD before the Mayor, Board of Supervisors, City commissions, community organizations, industry partners, and the public on portfolio performance, housing placements and operations, and inclusionary policy, as necessary.
• Identify emerging operational, financial, legislative, and regulatory issues affecting the City’s affordable housing portfolio and its residents and recommend strategic policy and management solutions.
• Promote innovation, accountability, equity, and continuous improvement across all Portfolio Management programs and operations.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

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