Chief of Staff

LivCor Job Description

LivCor, a Blackstone portfolio company, is a real estate asset management business specializing in multi-family housing. Formed in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, LivCor is currently responsible for a portfolio of over 400 Class A and B properties comprising more than 150,000 units in markets across the United States.

Our business is focused on making real estate more valuable. But for us, it’s more than that. It’s people first, community always. It’s a life-filled career, not just a career-filled life. It’s doing good work, with good humans, and making a difference. It’s excellence in all its forms. Ultimately, we create great places to work, live, and grow. We do that by focusing on leaving people – and places – better than we found them.

Whew! Still with us? Cool. Let’s talk about where you’d fit in:

Only Read Further If You Are

• Kind
• Humble
• Honest
• Relentless
• Smart with Heart

You Should Be

• Authentic. You do you. Together, we’ll do something amazing.
• A passionate person with a love for real estate and investing; and believes that helping others win is a noble cause, essential to our success.
• An excellent team player who enjoys working with others and has strong interpersonal skills.
• Highly motivated, energetic, and organized

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced professional to be Chief of Staff to the CEO and serve as a partner to LivCor’s CEO. As a right-hand person to the CEO, the Chief of Staff will have significant opportunity to influence and transform the business, including Finance, Insights, Investments, Asset Management, Technology and Portfolio Strategy. The Chief of Staff to the CEO will allocate their time between the following:

• Leading Strategic Projects: driving high-priority initiatives which often require cross-functional collaboration with other leaders and facilitating enterprise-wide alignment
• Acting as the CEO’s Proxy: representing the CEO in meetings with key stakeholders, creating and summarizing materials to support critical decision making, and prioritizing enterprise projects and initiatives

The Chief of Staff will operate as a true extension of the CEO, helping to investigate and resolve operational issues before they are escalated to the CEO, managing communications internally and with Blackstone, and ultimately ensuring that the CEO’s time can be prioritized as effectively as possible.

NOTE: This role is posted in Chicago, IL and New York, NY but can be located elsewhere in the US.

What You Will Do

• Engage in daily thought-partnership with the CEO, executive leadership team, and Blackstone
• Manage preparation for CEO meetings including summarizing materials, and liaising with meeting organizers to ensure CEO time is used most effectively
• Represent CEO in meetings and make decisions as CEO’s proxy, where relevant
• Draft materials, communications and reports on behalf of the CEO, and to support enterprise-wide projects throughout LivCor
• Investigate and solve cross-functional issues, prior to being escalated to the CEO; proactively identify issues that could impact LivCor’s strategic and operational success
• Ensure timely and effective completion of the CEO’s projects and commitments
• Independently lead projects related to LivCor’s continued evolution into an investment-forward, technology-enabled organization
• Proactively identify initiatives that could benefit LivCor, and align with CEO objectives
• Conduct analyses on enterprise, investment and performance-related projects
• Build mutually beneficial working relationships with the unique humans across LivCor
• Always come prepared with a view on how we can unlock the next level of growth

What You Should Have

• At least 10 years of total experience
• Prior experience in real estate with a preference for multi-family experience
• Preference for prior experience in management consulting, investment banking and/or investing
• A personal framework for evaluating risk
• Strong foundation in investing and corporate strategy
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects and teams
• Experience in data analysis
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Flexibility to and passion for frequent travel

What We Offer

We know that if we take care of our team everything else will fall into place. We aren’t perfect, but we will try to set very clear expectations, always let you know where you stand, and do everything in our power to help you get where you want to go.

Our culture and values matter to us. We want a place that is an ego-free zone. A place where good people do good things together. We’re absolutely determined to be different, and we think we’re doing a pretty good job at it. Supportive challenge is good, it’s how we get better. We like getting better and we need people who look, sound, speak, love, and exist differently from one another to make that happen.

We offer competitive pay that is commensurate with the market and relevant experience, and a full slate of benefits that includes a generous 401(k) matching plan.

If any of this sounds interesting, then maybe we are a fit. Life is too short to work with people you don’t like. So, whatever you do, don’t make that mistake.

Base Compensation Range

$215,000.00 To $270,000.00. This represents the presently-anticipated low and high end of the Company’s base compensation range for this position. Actual base compensation range may vary based on various factors, including but not limited to location and experience.

Total Direct Compensation: This job is also eligible for discretionary bonus and incentive compensation on an annual basis.

Benefits: The Company provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

The additional total direct compensation and benefits described above are subject to the terms and conditions of any governing plans, policies, practices, agreements, or other materials or documents as in effect from time to time, including but not limited to terms and conditions regarding eligibility.

EEO Statement

LivCor is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable law, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant, employee, or other covered person based on any legally recognized basis, including, but not limited to: veteran status, uniformed servicemember status, race, color, caste, immigration status, religion, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation or related medical conditions), age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), protected leave status, domestic violence victim status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email talent@revantage.com

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