Regional Manager

Article; Columbia (SC); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental

Vision

Flexible PTO

Holidays

401K match

Bonus program

Parental leave

Job summary

Article Student Living is hiring a Regional Manager to join our Student Housing team. This role oversees financial control, budget management, physical operations, leasing, and staffing across a portfolio of properties. Travel up to 50% is required, with residency within one hour of a major airport.

You will report to the Regional Vice President of Operations. This is a remote position offering a competitive pay range and annual bonus, with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the student housing property management space.
• Knowledge of the student living property management industry and experience with business operations.
• Regional or Area Management experience preferred and preference for experience in both new development lease-ups and current operating properties.
• Excellent project management.
• Skills and ability to manage a remote team.

Responsibilities

• Hire and train the full-time teams, providing leadership and support to ensure all properties are sufficiently staffed.
• Cultivate site team support through coaching, leadership, and developing bottom-up thinking.
• Partner with the Director of Training and Support on site-level onboarding for new employees.
• Ensure that on-site managers keep the team informed and inspired through daily huddle-ups and weekly meetings, implementing goals/incentives, and providing feedback from the student team.
• Achieve the highest possible net operating income throughout the portfolio; implement cost control and revenue and leasing improvement, identify trends and recommend strategies and adjustments.

Skills

People leadership

Remote team management

Project management

Job description

Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 6:00 AM

Article Student Living is hiring a Regional Manager to join our Student Housing team. The Regional Manager is responsible for the financial control and budget management, physical operations, leasing and marketing, capital projects, and staffing/HR at all the properties, and will directly manage the site-level property management team in their portfolio. This is a regional role with travel up to 50%. You must live within one hour of a major airport.

Article Student Living provides the best experience for student residents living in our communities. We do this by putting people first—our residents and employees. We believe in investing in our people through superb training and Support, generous employee benefits and perks, and opportunities for career advancement by growing throughout our portfolio.

You will report to the Regional Vice President of Operations.

This is a remote position with 35% - 50% travel.

The pay range for the role is $110K-$115K, plus an annual bonus.

People Management:

Hire and train the full-time teams, providing leadership and support to ensure all properties are sufficiently staffed

Cultivate site team support through coaching, leadership, and developing bottom-up thinking

Partner with the Director of Training and Support on site-level onboarding for new employees

Ensure that on-site managers keep the team informed, and inspired through daily "huddle ups", weekly meetings, implementing goals/incentives, and providing feedback from the student team

Work with the corporate HR team and other Property Management leadership to address and improve any performance problems, documenting adequately, communicating with supervisors and HR, and terminating

Achieve the highest possible net operating income throughout the portfolio; implement cost control and revenue and leasing improvement, identify trends and recommend strategies and adjustments, and ensure site-level teams are observing budgets

Develop yearly operating budgets and forecasts with the SVP of Operations

Provide regular reporting of income and expense line items to the corporate team

Maintain the receipt and reconciliation of deposits, rent collections, and charges

Monitor and approve the receipt, reconciliation, and coding of all vendor invoices

Ensure property close-out is completed on time and the owner's financial reports are accurate

Leasing and Marketing Management:

Provide leadership to site-level staff around all leasing and marketing activities and goals

Analyze current leasing/marketing trends and propose alternative strategies to overcome issues

Ensure that all marketing tactics, correspondence, and materials follow brand standards and fair housing

Ensure staff leasing techniques are used in closing, follow-up procedures, and signing and documenting leases

Deal with resident complaints, concerns, and requests to ensure resident satisfaction

Partner with the Regional Maintenance team on all maintenance, construction, and rehabilitation activities

Ensure on-site managers set high curb appeal standards regarding cleanliness and organization within the leasing office, sales floor, and tour route

Your Track Record:

5+ years of experience in the student housing property management space

Knowledge of the student living property management industry and experience with business operations

Regional or Area Management experience preferred and preference for experience in both new development lease-ups and current operating properties

Excellent project management

Skills and ability to manage a remote team

Your Style:

Demonstrated people-leader

Collaboration with other departments on inter-company deliverables

Support and advocate for the property-based teams

Manage workflow and deliverables

Health (PPO or HSA), dental, and vision

Flexible PTO

13 paid holidays

401K – 100% match up to 5%

Annual review and bonus program

Paid parental leave

Article Student Living provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and pregnancy-related conditions), gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

If you require reasonable accommodation to complete our application process, please contact our Human Resources team.