Senior Vice President of Construction
Rochester, NY (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1000+University+Ave+Rochester+NY+USA+14607-1239) - Development
Job Type
Full-time
Description
General Description
The Vice President or Senior Vice President of Construction provides enterprise-level leadership and disciplined execution for all ground up development, rehabilitation, preservation, and capital improvement construction activities across Conifer. This role serves as Conifer's executive lead within the Conifer-LeChase platform and is the direct peer to the LeChase Senior Vice President assigned to this work.
This leader is ultimately responsible to the Chief Executive Officer for the performance of Conifer-LeChase Construction. The internal clients of this construction platform are the Executive Vice President of Ground Up Development and the Executive Vice President of Asset Management and Acquisitions. The Vice President or Senior Vice President ensures that the construction program delivers predictable results for these clients by producing rent-ready units on schedule, controlling cost, improving long-term asset performance, and supporting the company's strategy to collect rent, charge the right rent, and reduce vacancy.
This role requires mastery of the modern scheduling, budgeting, and project controls tools used by Conifer-LeChase, and the ability to lead a multi-state construction business that will continue to scale.
Position Details
Full-Time
Exempt
37.5 Hours per Week
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Hybrid
Location
This position is not fully remote. Candidates must reside in Rochester, NY or within commuting distance to maintain in-office presence. While some remote work is permitted, regular in-office attendance is an essential function of the role. The Rochester Resource Center will serve as your base office.
Platform + Pipeline Context
Conifer-LeChase Business Scale
Conifer-LeChase Construction is a two hundred million dollar per year average volume business operating in New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia, with planned growth in the Carolinas and the broader East Coast. This scale demands disciplined leadership, consistent standards, and reliable delivery to ensure the company's development, rehabilitation, and acquisition timelines are met without impacting rent collection or occupancy.
Ground Up Development Backlog
Conifer maintains a substantial backlog of new construction projects across its markets. This includes active construction, closing-ready projects, and early-stage developments supported by state agencies and municipal partners. The Vice President or Senior Vice President will be the execution arm of the Executive Vice President of Ground Up Development, responsible for ensuring that each project advances from planning to rent readiness with integrity of budget, schedule, and quality.
Rehabilitation and Preservation Market
An emerging and increasingly significant construction market for Conifer is the rehabilitation and preservation of existing affordable housing assets. Many properties are at or beyond Year 15 or Year 30 and require substantial capital programs funded through state preservation tools. This work directly impacts rent collection, building performance, and long-term asset value. The Vice President or Senior Vice President will lead this work and ensure that rehabilitation projects reduce operating disruption, improve building reliability, and protect the resident experience.
Conifer-LeChase Construction Platform
Conifer-LeChase is a dedicated construction partnership between Conifer Realty and LeChase Construction. It delivers both ground up and rehabilitation projects using unified systems, common reporting, schedule management tools, cost controls, and safety programs. The Vice President or Senior Vice President is Conifer's senior representative within this platform and is accountable for enforcing performance standards, protecting Conifer's interests, and delivering construction outcomes that support stable occupancy, reliable rent collection, and long-term margin improvement.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership and Execution
Execute the construction agenda for Ground Up Development, Asset Management, and Acquisitions.
Hold ultimate responsibility for the performance of Conifer-LeChase Construction.
Ensure construction outcomes directly support rent readiness, lease-up success, reduced vacancy, and improved rent collection.
Align construction decisions with long-term operating performance and asset strategy.
Project Management and Platform Oversight
Lead all phases of construction from pre-construction through turnover and stabilization.
Perform constructability reviews, early pricing, value engineering, and scope verification.
Enforce rigorous schedule and cost control using the modern systems and project controls tools used by Conifer-LeChase.
Manage change order risk and ensure transparent, timely reporting to Development, Asset Management, Finance, and Property Management.
Build and lead a high-performing construction oversight team that provides consistent field and office execution.
Rehabilitation and Preservation Execution
Lead construction execution for preservation and rehabilitation projects across the portfolio.
Deliver scopes that reduce service calls, eliminate chronic building issues, and strengthen long-term building performance.
Coordinate with Property Management to protect residents, limit disruption, and avoid unnecessary vacancy loss.
Ensure compliance with all state preservation programs and long-term regulatory obligations.
Capital Improvements Oversight
Manage all capital improvements that exceed routine maintenance across the portfolio.
Remain accountable to Asset Management for scope, cost, and schedule performance for all capital improvement work.
Ensure capital programs support long-term NOI goals, reduce future maintenance burdens, and improve building performance.
Align all work with Property Management to ensure safety, efficiency, and predictable delivery.
Quality, Safety, and Compliance
Enforce safety requirements consistent with LeChase standards and all regulatory obligations.
Ensure construction meets all design, environmental, funding, and code requirements.
Lead compliance for Davis-Bacon, environmental obligations, and state and local funding requirements.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Partner with Development on design, planning, budgeting, and execution strategy.
Partner with Asset Management to align construction with long-term asset performance goals.
Partner with Property Management to ensure smooth building turnover and successful lease-up.
Partner with Finance to ensure budget accuracy, cash flow forecasting, and disciplined controls.
Education
Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or related field. Master's preferred.
Experience
Fifteen or more years of construction leadership experience with responsibility for multifamily or affordable housing projects.
Experience with affordable housing financing, state agency programs, and preservation structures.
Deep proficiency in modern scheduling and budgeting tools used within Conifer-LeChase.
Proven success delivering large-scale, multi-state construction programs on schedule and on budget.
Strong cross-functional leadership, communication, and negotiation skills.
Ability to connect construction decisions to financial performance, rent collection, occupancy, and long-term asset value.
Conifer Realty is a professional, service-oriented organization offering a competitive compensation package commensurate with experience, along with excellent benefits that include ongoing training and development, 13 holidays, 15 days paid time off, 401K with company match, medical, HSA, dependent care Flex account, dental, vision; company-paid life, short and long-term disability insurances; and a wellness program.
The salary rage for this position is $225,000.00 - $275,000.00. The actual compensation may vary depending on a wide range of factors, including experience, skills, qualifications, certifications, location, etc. This range does not include additional forms of compensation such as bonuses.
APPLY TODAY via our website link:http://www.careersatconifer.com (http://www.careersatconifer.%20com/) complete our application process and attach your resume. You will hear directly from the hiring manager on next steps in the process. Thank you for your interest in joining the Conifer Team!
Conifer Realty LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status or characteristic. Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Disability/Veteran.
Salary Description
$225,000.00 - $275,000.00
