Market President - West Lafayette

Granite Management, LLC is dedicated to high-road, above-and-beyond, leading-edge property management of student housing. Granite believes in comprehensive, results-oriented property management and focuses on the development of our people to ensure sustainable and superior service.

About the role

The Market President (MP) will provide leadership, accountability, and strategic oversight across our West Lafayette market. This role is responsible for market-level P&L ownership, team performance, and the consistent execution of Granite’s operating platform. The MP will oversee market-specific teams through regular, in-person property visits and ongoing digital engagement, while partnering closely with the Chief Operating Officer and Granite’s executive leadership to improve operational performance, increase NOI, and strengthen owner confidence. This role requires a leader who embraces accountability, actively improves people and processes, and drives results through clarity, follow-through, and disciplined execution.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer, the MP is a key member of the Granite Leadership Team and will interact frequently with Property Owners, Investors, and the Granite C-Suite in support of company-wide strategic objectives.

Responsibilities

• Support all business development efforts across the West Lafayette market with assistance from the COO, CEO, and SVPs.
• Manage activity and output of all market-specific staff, including development, monitoring, accountability, and performance metrics.
• Serve as the ultimate backup and supporting authority for all actions and outputs of market-specific staff.
• Assist in determining capacity utilization to effectively perform required work while limiting over- and under-extension impacts.
• Support market-specific leasing metric management, monitoring, and accountability to the COO, CEO, and SVPs.
• Serve as the first point of contact for property owner clients regarding account management and escalation support.
• Assist teams in formulating pro forma annual property and market budgets by assigned deadlines.
• Participate in annual budget review meetings with property owners to develop and refine budgets.
• Collaborate with executive and operations leadership to monitor Granite market performance and individual property budgets on an ongoing basis.
• Address significant budget variances and develop immediate corrective action plans.
• Develop and support systems for market metric, reporting, and analytical processes.
• Create scalable and repeatable systems for the West Lafayette market (e.g., operations, expansion initiatives, franchising/licensing).
• Oversee and support vendor and subcontractor relationships across the market.
• Maintain general compliance across the market from governmental/legal, lease/contract, safety, and regulatory standpoints.
• Monitor internal compliance on all technician and operational standards.
• Maintain all supporting digital and physical information and files in alignment with corporate standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience in property management or a high-growth, entrepreneurial environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams, improving financial performance, and driving operational change.

Skills

• Analytical and detail-oriented.
• Organized and structured.
• Flexible, approachable, and able to multitask.
• Strong emotional intelligence regarding people management.
• Willing and able to embrace change and growth.
• Able to lead and motivate actively and with strength.

Company Culture

• Champion Granite’s culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Lead with integrity, humility, and transparency.
• Foster a positive, high-performance environment that balances disciplined execution with innovation.
• Support Granite’s commitment to year-over-year NOI growth through thoughtful, forward-thinking leadership.

Benefits

• Performance-based incentive program.
• Elective insurance (Vision, Dental, Life, Disability).
• Health Insurance.
• Matching retirement contribution in 401 K program.
• Paid Vacation.
• Paid Holidays.