Company Background:
Longfellow Real Estate Partners is a vertically integrated real estate company dedicated to investing in the rapidly growing and highly specialized life sciences sector. Our institutional capabilities and market expertise enable us to deliver superior risk-adjusted returns for our investors while building collaborative, long-term partnerships with our tenants. Longfellow is a highly entrepreneurial organization where we pride ourselves on a shared work ethic and a focus on accomplishing collective objectives. Longfellow strives to develop deep and lasting relationships internally within our team and externally with our investors, clients, vendors, and community through a shared vision and values.
Longfellow has grown from a small start-up in 2009 to a 160+ person organization and one of the largest privately owned owner / operators in the life science industry. The firm has a 16M+ square foot existing portfolio / development pipeline across 7 major life sciences markets in the US and UK (Boston, Maryland-Washington D.C., New York City, North Carolina, Philadelphia, San Diego, San Francisco Bay Area, and London/Cambridge in the UK).
With unprecedented growth, we are looking for a collaborative and entrepreneurial individual to join Longfellow where we envision considerable opportunity for advancement as our firm expands. We believe what’s good for our team is good for our business – Longfellow encourages a kind, fun, and collaborative culture where the wins are shared. We envision considerable opportunity for advancement as our organization expands.
Position Background:
We are seeking to hire an experienced and highly talented Assistant Property Manager for our class A lab/office portfolio, for a 2 million square foot portfolio in I-40/RTP submarket. This position will report directly to the Property Manager.
This is a dynamic role that will work closely daily with tenants, facilities management, service contractors, accounting, as well as asset management. The position provides exposure to a full spectrum of duties within a fast-growing real estate development and management firm. As such, the position demands a dedicated individual with excellent attention to detail, leadership skills, facility with numbers, strong people skills and the ability to prioritize, multi-task, work independently and solve problems.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Proactively communicate with tenants and cultivate strong tenant relationships;
- Actively respond to tenant requests and follow up as issues are resolved;
- Manage and report on AR in the portfolio independently
- Assist with periodic inspections of the physical properties and tenant spaces to ensure adherence to safety standards, compliance with leases, and to ensure general upkeep of the property;
- Help maintain vendor service contracts and certificates of insurance for vendors and tenants;
- Assist in monthly financial reporting process including accruals;
- Code and work closely with accounting team on vendor invoice input into accounting software;
- Read and abstract all new leases and amendments;
- Participate in internal property management meetings;
We are looking for a passionate team player with grit, high integrity and a honed attention to detail. In addition, we expect that your life outside of work is as important as your career and that you are driven to succeed in both.
Qualifications:
- Personal commitment to providing best in class service and operations within the portfolio;
- Bachelor’s Degree and professional designation preferred;
- 3-5 years' experience successfully managing commercial properties, life science industry experience preferred;
- Basic knowledge of payables/receivables; Yardi and Sharepoint experience preferred;
- Strong customer service skills, including listening and empathizing
- Desire for professional industry growth such as achieving an RPA or CPM designation and current participation in professional industry associations;
- Strong knowledge of the physical aspect of commercial buildings, construction, and building systems;
- Working knowledge of commercial leases and service contract forms;
- Familiarity with industry standard accounting systems;
- Individual should possess excellent oral and written communication skills;
- Ability to handle multiple tasks with strong organizational skills;
- Detail oriented with independent work ethic;
