Senior Vice President of Construction

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.

• Full-Time
• Exempt
• 37.5 Hours per Week
• 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
• Hybrid

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.

+ 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.

+ 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.

+ 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 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.

+ Execute the construction agenda for Ground Up Development, Asset Management, and Acquisitions.

+ Hold ultimate responsibility for the performance of Conifer-LeChase Construction.

+ Ensure construction…