Executive Director - Assisted Living

Allegro Living, LLC; Winter Park (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegro Winter Park, a premier independent and assisted living community, seeks an experienced Executive Director to lead operations, drive census, and develop a high-caliber team in Winter Park, Florida.

The ED will own the community’s performance, ensuring resident satisfaction, regulatory compliance, and financial success while upholding Allegro’s standard of excellence. Strong leadership and a passion for seniors are essential.

Qualifications

• Florida CORE License (Executive Director License) is required.
• Proven experience as a senior living Executive Director or senior operations leader in Independent and Assisted Living.
• Strong track record of census growth, team development, and regulatory compliance.
• Financial acumen and experience managing community budgets.
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and leadership skills.
• Genuine passion for seniors and commitment to delivering quality of life.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the most senior role in the community with responsibility for all sales, capital, and operations.
• Ensure quality, care, resident satisfaction, associate satisfaction, and regulatory compliance; monitor KPIs.
• Manage, educate, and develop all associates under direct/indirect supervision.
• Focus on financial objectives through budgeting, trend analysis, rate optimization, and team support.
• Oversee recruiting, hiring, training, motivation, and evaluation of staff; implement rewards programs.
• Ensure regulatory compliance with all applicable requirements; travel as needed.
• Other duties as assigned per full job description.

Skills

Florida CORE License

Executive Director experience

Census growth track record

Budget management

Strong communication/leadership

Passion for seniors

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Four-year degree preferred

Job description

Executive Director – Allegro Winter Park

Winter Park, FL - CORE Required

Lead with vision. Inspire a team. Run a community that sets the standard.

Allegro Winter Park is seeking an experienced, dynamic Executive Director to lead one of our premier Independent and Assisted Living communities in the heart of Winter Park, Florida. This is a role for a proven senior living leader who is ready to take full ownership of community operations — driving census, developing teams, delivering exceptional resident experiences, and upholding the Allegro standard of excellence every single day.

If you're a licensed, experienced IL/AL leader who thrives in a high-expectation, high-reward environment, we want to talk to you.

What You Bring:

• Florida CORE License (Executive Director License) — required
• Proven experience as a senior living Executive Director or senior operations leader with both Independent and Assisted Living settings.
• Strong track record of census growth, team development, and regulatory compliance
• Financial acumen and experience managing community budgets
• Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and leadership skills
• A genuine passion for seniors and a commitment to delivering an exceptional quality of life

Why Allegro Winter Park?

Allegro is one of the most respected senior living brands in Florida, and Winter Park is one of its crown jewel communities. You'll lead in a market known for its charm, culture, and discerning residents and families — backed by a strong operational team and a company that invests in its leaders. This is a career-defining opportunity for the right executive.

Allegro Winter Park | 2701 Howell Branch Road, Winter Park, FL 32792
Executive Leadership Role | Premier Senior Living Community

The primary responsibility of the Executive Director (ED) is the overall success of Community. This includes all phases of operation, general administration, resident care, resident and associate satisfaction, sales & marketing efforts, protection of physical assets, capital improvement, and achievement of all financial goals and key performance indicators (KPIs).

Ongoing communication between the ED and all other associates is critical to the welfare of the Community, keeping in mind that maintaining excellent service quality, high occupancy and high resident and associate satisfaction is always the goal.

Areas of Responsibility

• Serves as the most senior role in the entire Community, with responsibility for all sales, capital, and operations.
• Responsible for quality, care, resident satisfaction, associate satisfaction, maintaining compliance with regulatory requirements and Company policies and procedures, adhere to Company parameters, KPIs and financial responsibility, property goals, and protection of assets across the entire campus.
• Manage, educate, and develop all associates under direct and indirect supervision.
• Focus on financial objectives through budgeting, analytical tracking of trends, rate optimization, and intervention with teams that need support to achieve desired results.
• Direct the recruiting, hiring, and training of all Community personnel as well as motivating, supervising, and evaluating personnel. Establish both individual and team reward programs and continue to monitor associate satisfaction.
• Ensure Community complies with all State/Federal/City/County requirements and regulations.
• Some travel required.
• Other duties as assigned – see full job description.

Required Qualifications

• Must be a minimum of 18 years of age.
• Minimum associates degree or equivalent.
• Minimum two (2) years experience in assisted living, memory care, and/or skilled nursing management if a Community with assisted living/memory care. For an independent living Community, minimum three (3) years experience in retirement community management. Must have proven supervisory experience.
• Must have a positive Criminal Background Screening.
• The Community is a drug free workplace, associates are subject to adherence to the Company Drug Free Workplace policy.

Preferred Qualifications

• Four (4) year college degree preferred.
• Licensed nurse is a plus if the Community has assisted living.
• Previous experience in sales and marketing highly desired.