Regional Manager

Regional Manager - Student Housing Experience Required

Candidates must have prior experience in student housing, preferably within Class A or highly competitive student housing markets. This role requires a leader who understands the pace, seasonality, leasing cycles, resident expectations, and operational demands unique to student housing.

This is an exciting opportunity for a proven student housing leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-performance environments. As a Regional Manager, you will have the opportunity to lead impactful teams, drive operational success, mentor Community Managers, and contribute to the continued growth of a dynamic student housing portfolio.

If you are passionate about developing people, improving property performance, creating strong resident experiences, and leading communities to success, we would love to connect with you.

University Partners is one of the fastest-growing owner-operators in student housing, committed to creating communities where students thrive. With a collaborative, innovative, and values-driven culture, we empower our teams to make an impact every day.

This Regional Manager role will oversee a portfolio of approximately 4,000 beds across multiple Class A student housing markets. It’s a unique opportunity to drive performance in competitive, high-profile leasing environments while mentoring Community Managers and helping shape the future of our growing organization.

The Regional Manager oversees operating results for a regional portfolio of ~4,000 beds across multiple Class A student housing markets while providing leadership and guidance to Community Managers. This role is central to the success of our communities—driving performance, mentoring leaders, ensuring compliance, and aligning operations to achieve budgeted revenue growth while maintaining expenses in line with operating and capital budgets.

• Demonstrates highest standards of personal and professional integrity, adheres to company policies and procedures, and complies with applicable laws, government rules and regulations.
• Continuously develops Community Managers by providing feedback and opportunities for growth. Specific responsibilities include training and coaching, providing daily work direction, scheduling, performing evaluations, hiring, and salary administration.
• Serves as a visible, hands-on leader and sounding board for Community Managers; actively follows up to ensure execution and accountability.
• Provides ongoing support for Community Managers on operational and personnel issues.
• Works with the Regional Vice President to obtain and implement corporate/management directives relative to policies and procedures.
• Reviews monthly budget variance reports and addresses issues that escalate to management.
• Reviews and approves invoices, vendor bids, and contracts over $1,000.
• Recommends large expense items from the repair and maintenance budget; coordinates capital expenditures with the Regional Vice President.
• Monitors maintenance operations to ensure efficient and effective customer service, curb appeal, budget decisions, and guidelines for assigned properties.

• Provides management guidance to Community Managers on leasing and marketing.
• Conducts bi-weekly meetings to strategize and recommend leasing/marketing changes based on the budget comparison report and competitor site visits.
• Leads strategies in highly competitive leasing environments to maintain occupancy and drive performance in Class A markets.
• Continually stays current with market conditions and trends through research and analysis.
• Visits the market regularly to meet with universities as well as competitors.

• Visits properties on a regular basis for inspections.
• Coordinates with Community Managers to ensure compliance, performance, and resident satisfaction.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Directly supervises Community Managers.

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university or equivalent professional knowledge/work experience.
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