Director of Community Transitions

Cogir Senior Living, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, proudly oversees a network of senior living communities spanning 11 states nationwide. As a trusted leader in senior housing, we are dedicated to growth while maintaining our commitment to exceptional care for our residents and a supportive, growth‑focused environment for our team members.

Full‑time

Cogir Senior Living, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, proudly oversees a network of senior living communities spanning 11 states nationwide. As a trusted leader in senior housing, we are dedicated to growth while maintaining our commitment to exceptional care for our residents and a supportive, growth‑focused environment for our team members. At Cogir, our culture is rooted in the core values of human focus, creativity, and excellence, which inspire us to continuously improve and achieve excellence in all we do.

Join us in our mission to enrich the lives of our residents while building a meaningful and fulfilling career!

• Health, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance.
• 401K with company match.
• Paid Vacation, Holidays, and Sick Leave.
• Employee Assistance Program,
• Generous Employee Referral Program and more.

The Director of Community Transitions is responsible for leading the stabilization, integration, and operational performance of communities undergoing an ownership change, management transition, acquisition, turnaround, or new community opening within the Cogir platform. In addition, this role may be assigned to temporarily fill critical leadership vacancies within existing Cogir communities, providing hands‑on operational oversight and support until permanent leadership is established.

This role serves as the primary operational leader during the critical post‑transition period, ensuring continuity of resident care, protection of occupancy and revenue, regulatory compliance, and alignment with Cogir’s standards, systems, and culture. The Director partners closely with executive leadership, regional operators, clinical leadership, and corporate support teams to guide communities from transition status to stable, high‑performing operations; always anchored in Cogir’s pillars of Human Focus, Creativity, and Excellence.

The Director leads operational due diligence, transition readiness, and Day One planning, serving as the operational quarterback across Operations, Clinical, HR, IT, Finance, Sales, Facilities, Legal, Marketing, and other support teams to ensure seamless execution from pre‑close planning through final community handoff. This is a hands‑on, high‑accountability role for a leader who thrives in ambiguity, rapidly diagnoses operational challenges, builds trust during times of change, and delivers measurable results.

• Pre‑Transition Planning & Due Diligence
• Participate in operational due diligence for acquisitions, management transitions, and new community openings.
• Conduct comprehensive readiness assessments to identify operational, clinical, financial, regulatory, technology, staffing, and physical plant risks before Day One.
• Develop detailed transition workplans, milestones, and cross‑functional accountability matrices.
• Coordinate readiness across Operations, Clinical, HR, IT, Finance, Sales, Marketing, Legal, Facilities, and Procurement.
• Serve as the primary operational lead for Day One readiness and transition execution.

• Serve as the primary operational lead during the first 30–120 days of community transitions.
• Serve as the central operational coordinator for all transition work streams, ensuring accountability across corporate departments, regional leadership, ownership partners, and external vendors.
• Conduct rapid operational…