Sr. Dir., Community Management Services ($152,500.00 - $201,400.00)

Irvine Company; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 153,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Irvine Company Apartment Communities in Irvine, CA seeks a Senior Director of Community Management Services to lead Training, QA, Customer Care and Reputation Management, turning strategic priorities into operational results across the department.

You will hire and mentor teams, establish KPI dashboards, drive data-driven improvements, and partner with site leaders to maintain service excellence and strong brand standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a related field.
• 10+ years of leadership experience directing large teams in property management or customer care.
• Proven ability to design and implement learning strategies and KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Hire, coach, and mentor a team focused on accountability and data-driven performance.
• Lead cross-functional projects and align department goals.
• Define and execute a proactive strategy for customer care and reputation management.
• Establish QA standards and monitor performance to optimize service delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Team mentoring

Data-driven

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

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Sr. Dir., Community Management Services ($152,500.00 - $201,400.00)

Date: Sep 9, 2026

Property: 131 THEORY (2146)

Location: Irvine, CA, 92617

Division: Apartments - Corporate (Apt Corp)

Position Summary:

The Senior Director, Community Management Services (CMS), oversees the Training, Quality Assurance, Customer Care and Reputation Management teams and serves as a strategic and operational partner to the Vice President of Community Management Services, driving operational excellence across the department. This role ensures the department’s strategic priorities are translated into execution through effective business operations, governance, and cross-functional coordination. The Senior Director partners with functional leaders to establish and monitor key performance metrics across each functional area, and to identify opportunities to improve efficiency, service delivery, and business outcomes.

• Hire, coach, and mentor a team focused on accountability, continuous improvement, goal attainment, and data-driven performance metrics.
• Serve as the liaison between CMS, on-site and maintenance groups. Identify opportunities to scale processes and improve efficiency across all functions, ensuring alignment on department goals.
• Establish a consistent operating cadence for the department, including business reviews, leadership meetings, quarterly planning, and performance reporting.
• Partner with functional leaders to identify trends, analyze operational performance, establish Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and implement data-driven improvements.
• Drive accountability for departmental goals by monitoring progress, escalating and mitigating risks, and ensuring timely execution of strategic initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional projects that span multiple teams, ensuring alignment, stakeholder engagement, and successful implementation.
• Develop and ensure successful implementation of the training strategy, equipping departments with the tools and resources needed to address skill gaps.
• Foster a collaborative, data-informed, and feedback-oriented environment for creating training materials to maximize educational efficacy and organizational impact.
• Drive operational consistency by establishing quality assurance (QA) standards, using data-driven insights to monitor performance, identify service gaps, and optimize delivery across leasing and operations.
• Define and execute a proactive strategy for customer care and reputation management. Integrate resident insights to elevate service levels, resolve complex issues in partnership with on-site teams, and protect brand standards through proactive recovery initiatives.

Additional Skills:

• Demonstrated ability to exercise initiative and navigate complex problem-solving while balancing the priorities of diverse stakeholders across multiple divisions.

Preferred Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (or equivalent experience)

Preferred Years of Relevant Work Experience:

• 10+ years of leadership experience directing large teams and executing division-wide strategic initiatives in property management or a contact center environment.
• Proven success in designing and implementing learning strategies to pinpoint and bridge organizational skill and capability deficits is highly desirable.
• Experience developing and executing learning strategies that identify and address organizational skill and capability gaps is a plus.

Compensation:

Base Pay Range:$152,500.00 -$201,400.00

Actual placement within this range may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location.

The Company also offers competitive benefits for full time employees including paid time off, matching 401(k), and health benefits.

About Us: Irvine Company Apartment Communities (a division of Irvine Company) offers a portfolio of more than 125 resort-style apartment communities in coastal California’s most desirable locations: San Diego, Orange County, West Los Angeles and Silicon Valley. With world-class amenities, resort-like surroundings and an unparalleled commitment to customer service, Irvine Company Apartment Communities redefines the rental-living experience. We take as much pride in our employee community as we do the communities we create. It’s an environment populated with talented and experienced people, a collaborative spirit and abundant opportunities.

The Irvine Company is committed to providing equal opportunity in all of our employment practices, including selection, hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, termination, and training, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, marital status, pregnancy, age, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, disability, or any other basis protected by federal, state, and local law. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request.