Remote Assistant VP, Real Estate Strategy & Operations

Ascension; St. Louis (MO); Remote; USD 168,000 - 227,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement plan (401(k)/403(b) with up

Paid time off & holidays

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Parental leave

Job summary

Ascension is seeking a senior Real Estate leader to drive operations and transaction execution across the non-acute portfolio. You will guide real estate strategy with cohesive processes, accurate data, and effective deal execution aligned with organizational goals.

You will lead transactions, manage projects, and partner with system-wide teams to ensure timely execution across markets, while overseeing data quality, SOPs, and KPI frameworks.

Qualifications

• Associate's or Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of applicable real estate experience, including 4 in leadership.
• Knowledge of property management, real estate strategy and facilities.
• Experience leading remote real estate teams.
• Strong organizational, analytical and executive communication skills.
• Ability to lead in a matrixed, cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead real estate transactions across owned and leased portfolio (leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, renewals).
• Oversee real estate project management, ensuring coordination and progress with strategic priorities.
• Lead system-wide growth initiatives related to real estate; engage leaders for process improvements.
• Coordinate with property management on site-level activities, transitions and responsibilities.
• Translate strategic priorities into operational plans, metrics and improvements.
• Manage data quality, dashboards and analytics for forecasting and decision-making.
• Develop SOPs, workflows and tech solutions to support execution; monitor KPIs.

Skills

Executive communication

Remote team leadership

Yardi software

Education

Associate's/Bachelor's degree with 7+ years experience (4 in leadership)

Cert commercial investment member preferred

Property Manager certification preferred

Tools

Yardi

Job description

Ascension is seeking a senior Real Estate leader to drive operations and transaction execution across the non-acute portfolio. You will guide real estate strategy with cohesive processes, accurate data, and effective deal execution aligned with organizational goals.

You will lead transactions, manage projects, and partner with system-wide teams to ensure timely execution across markets, while overseeing data quality, SOPs, and KPI frameworks.