Director Leasing & Marketing FT- Smith (Med Center)
- Job Ref:
- 68153
- Talent Area:
- Leadership Management
- Job Shift:
- 1st - Day
- Job Type:
- Full-Time
- Posted Date:
- March 17, 2025
At Houston Methodist, the Director Leasing and Marketing position is responsible for managing a performance-based lease administration system of the HM MOB portfolio, including over multiple medical office buildings and parking garages. This position oversees a management reporting process that accurately captures all relevant property and financial data and ensures that all lease obligations and opportunities are addressed. The Director Leasing and Marketing position negotiates leases, licenses, subleases, and other real estate related contracts while interfacing with physician tenants, legal resources and appropriate hospital senior leadership. Responsible for this position include all leasing and marketing strategies in relation to the Medical Office Buildings owned by Houston Methodist and prepares and administers multiple timeshare agreements and subleases between various tenants. The Director Leasing and Marketing position assists MOB leadership and hospital executives with HM owned and non-owned real estate.
The Director position responsibilities include overseeing the activities of the department staff, ensuring quality, productivity, functional excellence and efficiency to accomplish strategic and operational objectives. In addition, this position is accountable for employee engagement, adequate staffing levels, budget development and compliance, staffing decisions such as hiring and terminating employment, coaching and counseling employees on work related performance, and developing and implementing policies and procedures to ensure a safe and effective work environment. This position also ensures training, monitoring and operations initiatives are implemented which secure compliance with ethical and legal business practices and accreditation/regulatory/government regulations.
Requirements:
- Directs, develops and implements strategic and operational/high level projects and processes either through independent/highly autonomous work or through the facilitation of work teams to enable the effective and efficient completion of objectives.
- Oversees management of and ensures development for staff to meet overall objectives in terms of quality, service and cost effectiveness. Provides timely guidance and feedback to help others strengthen specific knowledge/skill areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem. Directs management responsibilities of selection, scheduling, supervision, retention, and evaluation of employees.
- Meets or exceeds threshold goal for department turnover and/or system metrics on employee engagement indicators.
- Provides leadership and communication to maintain a competent and engaged employee group by conducting regular department meetings to review policies and procedures and operational matters, rounding on all employees, completing performance appraisals, conducting new hire feedback sessions, coaching/corrective counseling, and providing recognition/commendations to achieve desired outcomes.
- Identifies opportunities and takes action to build strategic relationships between one's area and other areas, teams, departments, and units to achieve business goals. Drives the promotion of teamwork within and between departments; participates and/or leads and facilitates department process improvements as needed.
- Responds timely to requests from building tenants regarding leases, building operations, tenant improvement construction and parking issues to insure appropriate and positive relations are maintained between tenants at Houston Methodist entities and Houston Medical Office Buildings.
- Maintains positive relationships with hospital executives to ensure that appropriate physicians receive priority consideration for available space.
SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Oversees department operations, designated projects, schedules and activities as needed to ensure that goals or objectives are accomplished within the prescribed time frame. Sets priorities and functional standards, giving direction to staff as necessary to ensure the best possible delivery of service and high customer/patient satisfaction.
- Drives department service standards and activities to impact department and/or system score for patient/customer-based satisfaction, through role modeling and fostering accountability. Serves and actively participates on various entity committees as a voice for the department.
- Manages the initial phase of the tenant improvement projects including preliminary and final pricing with physician tenants. Responds to requests from tenants during tenant improvement construction to ensure that projects are completed timely.
- Prepares, reviews and administers all lease documents for new and renewal tenants and timeshare and sublease agreements. Meet with tenants and explain business terms of lease agreements. Provides advance notification to tenants of lease expiration. Maintains market surveys of rental rates and other lease related costs in appropriate submarkets.
QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Ensures a safe and effective working environment; monitors and/or revises the department safety plan and/or any specific accreditation/regulatory required safety guidelines. Responsible for staff maintenance of credentials and competencies, per accrediting/ licensing agency and/or department guidelines as applicable.
- Employs a proactive approach in the optimization of safe outcomes and information systems by monitoring and improving the department workflow and enhancing operations, using peer-to-peer accountability and identifying solutions via collaboration. Implements process improvements utilizing tools such as lean principles. Role models situational awareness, using teachable moments to improve safety.
- Responsible for employee compliance to policies and procedures and performs associated actions upon non-compliance (i.e., licensure/certification compliance, focal point review requirements, disaster plan, in-services, influenza immunization, wage and hour, standard hours, timely termination submission, timely timecard approval, etc.).
- Administers lease documents as written and ensure all leases comply with The Stark Law and Houston Methodist policies and procedures. Work closely and assist the HM Chief Legal Officer and Legal staff with review of leases and related documents.
- Maintains necessary information of special clauses in certain leases, current and accurate waiting list for outside tenants desiring space and all current tenants requesting expansion space and assists appropriate hospital executives in determining the selection of tenants for vacant space.
- Performs lease administration including monitoring lease provisions and managing the landlord-tenant relationship. Responsible for managing, coordinating, and consulting with assigned Houston Methodist legal on all regional lease activities and the lease document review process. Negotiates with tenants or tenant's legal representation (with HM legal assistance) the business and legal terms and implement revisions to lease agreement.
FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Develops and manages department operational and capital budgets, approvals, and ongoing maintenance of the department(s), ensuring operation in a cost-effective manner. Proactively identifies and plans for capital needs related to current equipment and future department projects. Ensures staffing plans and schedules meet department needs that reflect understanding of the importance of cost-effectiveness.
- Creates department strategies to achieve financial target and staffing needs, through optimizing productivity, supply/resource efficiency, minimizing incidental overtime and overtime percentage, and other areas according to department specifications.
- Prepares appropriate documentation, with HM legal assistance, to collect rents and other amounts, including, demand, default and eviction letters.
- Assists in the collection of any tenant improvement costs owned by physician tenants. Partners with Accounts Receivables, confirming that rents and other amounts are paid and collected timely.
GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Identifies and implements innovative solutions for practice or workflow changes to improve department, entity or system operations by leading unit projects and/or other department/ system-directed activities. Proactively leads task forces and committees. May represent HM at assigned community or professional organization meetings.
- Drives change initiatives, maintaining effectiveness when experiencing major changes in work responsibilities or environment; adjusts effectively to work within new work structures, processes, requirements or cultures. Partners effectively with stakeholders as appropriate.
- Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management. Completes and updates the My Development plan on an on-going basis. Conducts conversations with staff on their development and My Development plan.
- Proactively develops and maintains lists of potential tenants for future leasing opportunities. Monitors physician lease renewal process.
This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree with a concentration in Business, Finance, Real Estate or four additional years of experience in lieu of degree
- Master's degree preferred
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Ten years' experience in healthcare real estate administration, commercial lease management, marketing, and negotiating physician leasing agreements with five years of people management experience; for HM employees, nine years of experience in relevant field with at least two years in a people management role
- N/A
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES
- Demonstrates the skills and competencies necessary to safely perform the assigned job, determined through on-going skills, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
- Sufficient proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing the English language necessary to perform the essential functions of this job, especially about activities impacting patient or employee safety or security
- Demonstrates the ability to interact with others in a way that gives them confidence in one's intentions and those of the organization
- Ability to use appropriate interpersonal styles and techniques to gain acceptance of ideas or plans; modifying one's own behavior to accommodate tasks, situations and individuals involved
- Demonstrates leadership qualities and critical thinking through self-direction initiative and effective interpersonal skills and oral/written communication skills
- Ability to identify and understand issues, problems and opportunities, comparing data from different sources to draw conclusions; using effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; taking action that is consistent with available facts, constraints and probable consequences
- Extensive knowledge of regulatory and accreditation agency requirements that impact department; stays abreast of industry changes
- Demonstrates highly effective communication skills-strong written communications and platform presentation abilities
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Demonstrates flexibility and adaptability in the workplace
- Capable of leading teams/facilitating groups, building consensus and garnering highest confidence in professionalism and work product by senior leadership
- Ability to work under pressure and balance many competing priorities; highly responsive and solution/action oriented
- Proficiency in spreadsheet, word processing, and presentation software
- Maintains a positive and supportive attitude and demeanor
- Professional handling of exposure to confidential/sensitive information
- Ability to negotiate with physician groups and all levels of management
SUPPLEMENTAL REQUIREMENTS
WORK ATTIRE
- Uniform No
- Scrubs No
- Business professional Yes
- Other (department approved) No
ON-CALL*
*Note that employees may be required to be on-call during emergencies (ie. DIsaster, Severe Weather Events, etc) regardless of selection below.
- On Call* Yes
TRAVEL**
**Travel specifications may vary by department**
- May require travel within the Houston Metropolitan area Yes
- May require travel outside Houston Metropolitan area Yes
Company Profile:
Houston Methodist is one of the nation’s leading health systems and academic medical centers. Houston Methodist consists of eight hospitals: Houston Methodist Hospital, its flagship academic hospital in the heart of the Texas Medical Center, and seven community hospitals throughout the greater Houston area. Houston Methodist also includes an academic institute, a comprehensive residency program, a global business division, numerous physician practices and several free-standing emergency rooms and outpatient facilities. Overall, Houston Methodist employs more than 27,000 employees and is supported by a wide variety of business functions that operate at the system level to help enable clinical departments to provide high quality patient care.
Houston Methodist is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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