Leasing Consultant (Benton)

Prometheus has been holding apartments in the Bay Area since 1965, which means they've seen more market cycles than most operators care to count. As the largest privately held apartment owner in the region, with a portfolio pushing 13,000 units across Silicon Valley, Portland, and Seattle, they're not a startup figuring things out. The infrastructure is there. So is the expectation that you'll use it.

The Benton community in Santa Clara is looking for a Leasing Consultant, though Prometheus calls the role a Neighbor Ambassador internally. The title shift reflects something real about how they operate. This isn't a straight traffic-to-application conversion job. You're handling the full customer-facing experience: touring future residents, walking them through the leasing process, and staying involved after move-in to make sure people actually feel settled. On the admin side, you're preparing rental agreements, pulling market surveys, posting availability, and producing the kind of property-level reporting that keeps operations honest.

Weekend availability is required, full stop. The schedule runs with regular weekdays off, and Prometheus pays a weekend shift premium on top of the base hourly rate of $25.00 to $26.25. Add a $200 per-lease incentive, a discretionary semi-annual bonus, and additional bonuses tied to lease-up performance, referrals, and training coaching, and the compensation picture is more layered than most leasing roles at this level. Benefits include 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision for employees and eligible dependents, 401(k) with employer matching, and tenure-based housing discounts that become more meaningful the longer you stay.

On the candidate side, Prometheus is open about hiring across industries. Prior leasing experience isn't listed as a requirement. What they're actually screening for is harder to fake: comfort in a sales and service environment, genuine follow-through with people, and the kind of self-direction that doesn't need a manager standing nearby to stay productive.

One thing worth knowing about leasing roles at well-capitalized, vertically integrated owners like Prometheus: the exposure is broader than at a fee-management shop. Because acquisitions, development, value-add renovations, and operations all sit under one roof, leasing staff at the property level tend to see more of how the full business works. For someone early in a property management career, that context compounds quickly. Leasing consultants who absorb the operational side of the role, not just the customer-facing piece, tend to move into assistant manager and then manager positions faster than those who treat it as a pure sales job.

What You Bring

• Experience in customer service, sales, or a client-facing environment (industry doesn't have to be property management)
• Comfort managing competing tasks across leasing, admin, and resident communication
• Availability on weekends as a standard part of your schedule
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• A track record of following through, not just initiating