SVP, Affordable Housing Operations & Platform Lead

Socket.dev; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 200,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Collective Residential is seeking a Senior Vice President of Affordable Housing Operations to build and lead a centralized platform across a growing multi-state portfolio, focusing on excellence in operations, compliance, and growth through acquisitions. This leadership role goes beyond day-to-day compliance.

The SVP will set standards, structure teams, partner with portfolio and property leaders, and oversee LIHTC, HUD, Section 8, HOME and other programs while driving systems and data

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years of progressive leadership experience in affordable housing property management, operations, asset management, or a related field, including significant senior/executive-level responsibility.
• Strong working knowledge of LIHTC, HUD programs, Section 8, HOME Funds, bond-financed housing, and other applicable programs.
• Proven ability to build, restructure, integrate, or scale teams and operating platforms.
• Experience evaluating organizations and recommending improvements to structure, staffing, processes, systems, and accountability.
• Experience with acquisitions, M&A integration, multi-company environments, shared services, or other complex organizational integrations.
• Exceptional communication, judgment, relationship-building, and change-management skills.

Responsibilities

• Build & Lead the Affordable Housing Platform: Build and lead a centralized affordable housing operations function across the portfolio, establishing organizational structure, staffing model, accountability, and leadership cadence for a growing, multi-state portfolio.
• Lead Acquisition Integration & Organizational Development: Play a central leadership role in integrating affordable housing operations from acquired companies—assessing structures, teams, systems, and processes, and recommending the best operating model.
• Establish Operational Standards & Best Practices: Develop scalable operating standards, policies, procedures, reporting, and performance expectations across the portfolio.
• Provide Compliance Oversight: Provide senior-level oversight of affordable housing compliance across LIHTC, HUD, Section 8, HOME, bond-financed, and other federal/state housing programs—leadership and oversight, not day-to-day file reviews or routine compliance administration.
• Lead Risk Management & Regulatory Strategy: Establish a framework for identifying, monitoring, and addressing compliance and operational risk; serve as senior advisor to executive leadership on affordable housing regulatory matters.
• Lead External Relationships: Represent Collective Residential with HUD, state housing finance agencies, syndicators, investors, auditors, and other key stakeholders.
• Drive Systems, Reporting & Technology: Evaluate and improve systems, data, reporting, and technology, including Yardi and comparable platforms.
• Support Growth, Acquisitions & New Business: Provide operational and compliance leadership for acquisitions, preservation, repositioning, and other strategic growth initiatives.
• Partner Across the Organization: Serve as the connective point between corporate leadership, portfolio company leadership, regional/asset management teams, and property-level operations.

Skills

Affordable housing leadership

LIHTC / HUD experience

Acquisition integration

Change management

Executive leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

Yardi

Job description

Collective Residential is seeking a Senior Vice President of Affordable Housing Operations to build and lead a centralized platform across a growing multi-state portfolio, focusing on excellence in operations, compliance, and growth through acquisitions. This leadership role goes beyond day-to-day compliance.

The SVP will set standards, structure teams, partner with portfolio and property leaders, and oversee LIHTC, HUD, Section 8, HOME and other programs while driving systems and data