Vice President of Operations

Good Carbon Co.

Vice President of Operations overseeing operational execution in sustainable real estate development. Leading teams and ensuring compliance in development, construction, and property management.

Posted 4/12/2026full-timeBuffalo • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $185,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end execution performance across Development, Construction, and Property Management, with full accountability for schedule, budget, quality, compliance, and margins
Lead, develop, and hold accountable senior operational leaders; build scalable teams, systems, and succession depth
Establish and enforce standardized operating processes, metrics, scorecards, and reporting to ensure predictable portfolio-level outcomes
Partner with Finance to set budgets and margin targets; hold division leaders accountable as P&L owners
Ensure disciplined handoffs from Development through Construction to stabilized operations, meeting industry-grade technical and financial standards
Drive construction excellence across cost control, scheduling, quality, safety, subcontractor performance, and compliance
Ensure property management operations deliver strong resident experience, stabilization, and funding-compliant tenant operations
Operationalize compliance with tax credits, incentives, loan covenants, and subsidy programs in partnership with Finance and Legal
Integrate energy systems and products into design, construction, commissioning, and ongoing operations
Champion consistent use of Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) tools within Operations, ensuring leaders apply disciplines to drive accountability, clarity, and execution

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years leading operations in real estate development, construction, or residential asset operations
Demonstrated experience owning enterprise-level operational outcomes, including delivery performance, budgets, and margins across multiple operating units
Experience overseeing compliance for tax credits, incentives, or lender covenants, in partnership with Finance and Legal teams
Experience enforcing subcontractor certification/compliance (prevailing wage, domestic content, commissioning) and tenant qualification/verification systems
Proven track record of building, upgrading, and holding senior leaders accountable, including making difficult talent decisions when required
Experience designing and scaling operating organizations, systems, and processes to reduce key-person risk and enable growth
Proven ability to stabilize and optimize existing operations while creating capacity for growth, including repeatable frameworks for launching new initiatives or entering new markets
Working knowledge of energy incentives, domestic-content rules, and historic tax credit processes, or demonstrated experience partnering closely with teams that manage monetization preferred
Demonstrated experience integrating energy systems (geothermal, battery, insulation) into design, construction, and operations, translating technical requirements into procurement and O&M processes preferred
No immigration or work visa sponsorship will be provided for this position.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Employer-contributed medical and dental insurance
Vision coverage
Company 401(k) contributions
Paid holidays and PTO-including your birthday!

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Hard Skills & Tools

budget managementP&L ownershipcompliance oversightsubcontractor certificationoperational performanceenergy systems integrationconstruction managementproperty managementprocess designrisk management

Soft Skills

leadershipteam buildingaccountabilitycommunicationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingdecision-makingcollaborationorganizational skillsexecution