Director of Affordable Operations & Compliance (Affordable Housing)

Location: Seattle, Washington; regular time at properties between Seattle, Portland, and Spokane. Hybrid role requiring time at the Seattle office, properties, and portfolio teams, with periodic travel within Washington and Oregon.

Salary: $135,000–$160,000 per year, plus annual performance bonus and profit sharing.

Company

hirify.global is a rapidly growing Pacific Northwest property management company combining local property operations, centralized expertise, technology, and automation to manage affordable and workforce housing.

What you will do

• Build and continuously improve affordable housing compliance standards, controls, audits, procedures, and escalation systems.
• Provide senior expertise across LIHTC, HUD, certifications, recertifications, resident files, inspections, and regulatory requirements.
• Translate company initiatives into executable workflows for Regional Managers and property teams, monitoring exceptions and operating KPIs.
• Visit properties and work with site teams to resolve issues, improve accountability, and redesign recurring operational failures.
• Own the operating playbook for property and portfolio takeovers, coordinating operations, compliance, accounting, maintenance, leasing, technology, and support teams.
• Prepare pre-takeover readiness reviews, transition plans, post-takeover audits, reporting, staffing, vendor transitions, and resident communications.

Requirements

• Significant multifamily property management experience, including direct site-level experience as a Property Manager or equivalent.
• Experience as a Regional Manager or in another multi-site operating leadership role.
• Meaningful experience managing affordable housing communities.
• Strong working knowledge of LIHTC and HUD programs, affordable leasing compliance, file audits, certifications, inspections, and regulatory requirements.
• Track record of holding property teams accountable and improving operating performance.
• Ability to work between resident files, property visits, operating dashboards, and owner discussions while making decisions in a fast-changing environment.

Nice to have

• Affordable housing credentials such as HCCP, COS, TCS, CPO, or similar certifications.
• Experience with multiple affordable housing programs.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to help build the affordable and nonprofit housing operations function as the portfolio expands.
• Access to internal technology platform Maynard, centralized support teams, and automation resources.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Paid time off and retirement benefits.
• Professional development and industry certification support.
• Annual performance bonus and participation in the management profit-sharing program.