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A bit about us

At Placemakr, home meets hospitality. We’ve combined the best of apartment living, vacation rentals, and hotel stays into one experience. We partner with developers, property operators, and investors to curate a collection of apartment-like spaces in hand-picked neighborhoods. Our tech-enabled buildings create one-of-a-kind guest experiences and add tremendous value to the underlying real estate. Whether guests are with us for a night, a year, or somewhere in between, these are more than just spaces to spend the night — they’re a place to call home.

Our property team members help our buildings thrive by focusing on execution and ensuring a great experience for both residents and guests. Our non-property team members support property execution and the evolution of other areas within our platform. They can enjoy remote-first work with the freedom to choose their location — as long as they have access to a workspace and reliable Wi-Fi. We believe collaboration is key, so our remote-first teams and property leaders have biannual in-person get-togethers at various locations across the US.

From corporate non-property team members to our property teams and leaders, we’re looking for collaborative, driven individuals to join us as we continue to expand our presence. 

The impact you'll have

At Placemakr, our obsession with exceptional service isn’t the only thing that sets us apart – it's our people! As a General Manager, your mission is to challenge, motivate, engage and lead your team to drive operational and budgetary excellence across your Placemakr property. You will embody a people-first mindset and instill accountability, ownership and innovation in every member of your team. 

Reporting directly to your applicable Area Manager, you will utilize a can-do, strategic and results-oriented approach to ensuring consistent day-to-day operations, financial efficiency, and an unmatched experience for our team members, guests and residents on your property. As a member of our property leadership team, this individual will demonstrate exceptional communication skills and will be a world-class collaborator across property and non-property teams. The General Manager will be a motivational and people-focused leader who is a champion of Placemakr’s Community Norms and leads by example to uphold a culture of top performance across their team, contributing to operational and budgetary excellence. 

To best support your team and the business, this position requires open availability for scheduling including nights, weekends and holidays. The exact hours and days of the week and weekend you are expected to be on-site may be rotational and is at the discretion of you, your direct leader and Placemakr's operational standards.

This position is located in the MidCity District of Huntsville, AL.

• Consistently provide an exceptional experience to anyone you interact with by embodying what our teams, guests, residents and partners should think of as a trusted friend, subject matter expert, and local insider. 

• Foster a "one team" mentality by collaborating effectively with all property and non-property leaders and team members contributing to a cohesive and supportive work environment. 

• Maintain a safe, secure and compliant environment for leaders, team members and guests by adhering to and driving accountability for established Placemakr and property-specific people, operational and financial policies and procedures, including emergency protocols, scheduling and budgetary reporting expectations, attendance policies and conduct expectations. 

• Embody Placemakr leadership competencies by driving accountability, developing, motivating, challenging and engaging your team of line-level managers, supervisors and individual contributors, ensuring excellence in people leadership, operations and finances of your property. 

• In partnership with non-property leadership, provide initial and ongoing training for your team(s) on Placemakr people, operational and financial SOPs and programs. 

• Own the success of company-wide or property-specific people-related initiatives on your property and provide executional guidance for your leaders that will support hiring, engagement, retention and development of all members of your team. 

• Collaborate with Placemakr’s PX and TA teams on talent acquisition efforts for your property, including supporting consistent recruiting and hiring processes, and engaging in grassroots or in-person recruiting initiatives to hire top talent. 

• Own the overall operational success of Front of House, Back of House and administrative/budgetary functions of your property through execution and support of Placemakr SOPs as well as embodiment of our Community Norms. 

• Partner with your Area Leader and/or non-property teams and use an outside-the-box mindset to ideate and execute on people, operational and/or budgetary solutions that support Placemakr standards. 

• Utilize Placemakr SOPs and best practices and collaborate with all Placemakrs effectively to ensure your property is consistently meeting or exceeding Placemakr service level and operational standards. 

• Provide hands-on assistance to all members of your team for issues that require escalated leadership or expertise. 

• Collaborate effectively with Sales, Revenue, Marketing and applicable non-property teams to drive overall revenue through pricing strategies, occupancy targets, etc. 

• Drive NOI and overall financial success of your property through owning your property budget, implementing budgetary initiatives and following FAA, Owner Relations or other team-specific SOPs and standards set forth.  

• Additional duties and responsibilities, as assigned   

• A bachelor’s degree, preferably in management, business administration, communications, hospitality or a related field; or commensurate experience in lieu of a formal degree   

• 3+ years’ experience in a leadership role within retail, food & beverage, hospitality, multi-family or similar environment, where customer service is at the heart of the operation 

• A minimum of 1+ years’ experience of successful multi-department leadership; retail, food & beverage, multi-family or hospitality-focused experience strongly preferred 

• Experience with executing on team member relationship issues and retention, engagement, succession planning, performance management and/or growth and development initiatives 

• Proven track record with scheduling, training and developing non-exempt employees to maintain exceptional service levels and uphold company standards   

• A demonstrated track record of operational and financial success made possible by a true customer-focus, managing controllable expenses, driving team performance, effective decision-making skills and a solutions-oriented mindset 

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and the ability to deliver a message clearly and professionally across varying levels of team members and external partners 

• A hands-on leader and world-class motivator who takes an active role in growing and developing their team 

• Ability to manage cross-functional relationships, competing priorities and time and resources proactively in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment 

• You lead by example and embody the core values of Placemakr. You Own It. You Make It Better. You Treat People Right.     

• General Managers will be on their feet and moving around (stand, sit, or walk for an extended time) and taking a hands-on approach to work (move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 50 pounds without assistance). Doing all these things well (and other reasonable job duties as requested) is critical for our General Managers and an exceptional guest experience. 

Our benefits & perks

Competitive pay, generous stock options and performance bonuses  

Medical, Vision & Dental Insurance with options for Flexible Spending Accounts

Paid Parental Leave

Paid Life Insurance

401k + 4% employer matching program 

Flexible PTO to allow time for you to recharge  

Monthly cell phone reimbursement and health & wellness stipend

Plus, discounts to stay at select Placemakr properties all over the US

Our community norms

Great people are the key to our success. From corporate team members to our property teams and leaders, we’re looking for collaborative, driven individuals to join us as we continue to expand our presence across the US. Most importantly, we create positive community norms that shape our company culture and inform how we do business:

We own it.

We make it better.

We treat people right.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States and meet our age requirements of 18 years or older in order to be considered for employment with Placemakr. 

Placemakr will provide reasonable accommodation to complete an application upon request, consistent with applicable law. If you require an accommodation, please contact our team at recruiting@placemakr.com

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Placemakr values diversity of all kinds and is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other. We are an equal opportunity employer and evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

If you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, we still encourage you to apply!