Director, Property Management

******Unless specifically contracted, resumes from recruiting agencies are not being accepted for this position.******  The Director plays a critical leadership role within the Property Management organization, reporting directly to the Vice President (VP). This position is responsible for driving operational excellence, ensuring consistent execution across the region, and elevating team performance. The Director supports both day‑to‑day operations and long‑term planning, while also serving as a key resource for mentoring, onboarding, and field leadership development. This role may also be responsible for managing one or more direct reports, depending on portfolio structure and business needs.

The Director will maintain responsibility for managing a smaller portfolio of properties but will assume the additional duties noted above.

Responsibilities

• Portfolio Operations Oversight: Provide day‑to‑day operational guidance for a defined property portfolio, ensuring high-quality execution, adherence to company standards, and strong tenant relationships.

• New Hire Onboarding and Training: Lead and manage onboarding for new PMs and APMs, ensuring a uniform experience and helping new team members ramp up quickly and confidently.

• Field Leadership Mentorship: Act as a primary mentor for field managers, offering coaching, structured development, and ongoing performance reinforcement.

• National Program Implementation: Serve as the regional point person for deploying national programs, tools, and processes. Drive adoption, monitor utilization, and partner with teams to remove barriers.

• Financial & Budget Management: Partner with the VP to review budget variance reports, analyze trends, validate assumptions, and support PMs in achieving NOI and margin improvement targets.

• PCA Oversight: Ensure accuracy, quality, and consistency of PCA reporting, including long‑term planning, vision statements, improvement plans, and rating assessments.

• Monthly Inspections and Site Standards: Lead or participate in monthly site inspections, ensuring timely completion, high-quality documentation, and alignment with Best‑In‑Class presentation standards.

• Capex Planning and Execution: Oversee capex project pacing, prioritization, and follow‑through across the region. Validate that future-year capex plans align with PCA findings and property lifecycle needs.

• Cross‑Functional Partnership: Collaborate with VPs, Construction, Leasing, and National Operations to ensure consistent execution and integrated regional planning.

• Staff Capacity Support: Provide temporary property management oversight where vacancies exist, ensuring stable operations and uninterrupted service to tenants and stakeholders.

Skills & Competencies

• Financial acumen (budgets, variance analysis, CAM, ABR/NOI levers)

• Operational excellence (SOW, continuous improvement, quality management).

• Project leadership (charters, milestones, risk logs, stakeholder engagement).

• People leadership (coaching, feedback, delegation, succession planning).

• Communication and influence across functions and with tenants/vendors.

• Systems proficiency (Microsoft 365; MRI, Salesforce, NEXUS,).

Requirements:

• 5+ years of progressively responsible commercial property management experience.

• Demonstrated success leading teams and delivering results across multiple properties.

• Experience managing budgets, CAM reconciliations, and capital projects.

• Strong vendor management and contract negotiation experience.

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; relevant certifications (e.g., CPM, RPA, ACoM) a plus.

• Embraces a technology-forward mindset with strong curiosity for merging tools, AI in particular, bringing forward-looking perspective that inspires innovative solutions.

** Kimco Realty is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Veteran/Disability **