Community Manager

Hawthorne Residential Partners operates just outside the top 50 largest multifamily management companies nationally, with a footprint rooted in the Southeast. This Community Manager opening sits at their Druid Hills property in Atlanta, a market that doesn't give occupancy away for free. If you've spent time in Atlanta multifamily, you know the traffic is real and the competition for qualified prospects is consistent year-round.

The role is what you'd expect from a full-service CM position at a performance-driven regional operator: you own the financial results, the leasing trajectory, and the team. That means running your T-12 and understanding what's driving variance, keeping delinquency tight, managing vendor relationships, and staying on top of renewals before units go MTM at the wrong time. Yardi is the platform here, with Knock handling CRM, so candidates who've worked that stack will move faster on day one.

On the people side, you're hiring, coaching, and holding accountable both office and maintenance staff. Weekly team meetings, performance conversations, and the occasional difficult one. The leasing piece doesn't disappear when you become a CM at a property this size. You'll still jump on tours when traffic spikes or coverage is thin, and you'll be responsible for social media presence alongside the operational load. That's a real part of the job, not an afterthought.

What separates a solid candidate from an average one here is financial fluency. A lot of managers can run occupancy and keep residents happy. The ones who move up at companies like Hawthorne can read a budget variance report, make a pricing call, and explain it to an ownership group without flinching. Their career path program is explicit about the CM-to-Regional-Manager trajectory, which tells you something about what they're actually evaluating for.

What Hawthorne is looking for

• High school diploma or GED; CAM, CAPS, or a real estate license is a plus
• At least two years of multifamily property management experience, including time as a Leasing Consultant and Assistant Community Manager
• Six months of Community Manager experience in multifamily is strongly preferred
• Working knowledge of Yardi and Knock preferred
• Valid driver's license required

Schedule runs Monday through Friday, 9 to 6, with Saturdays from 10 to 4. One weekday off keeps the week at 40 hours. Resident events and community needs will occasionally pull outside those hours. That's the job. Compensation includes base salary plus monthly leasing and renewal commissions and quarterly performance bonuses. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, 401k match, paid maternity and paternity leave, and pet insurance, among others.