Description
This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to grow with a fast-growing hospitality company, gain hands-on experience, and make a real impact in a supportive and forward-thinking team environment.
Company Profile
Our client is a residential real estate leasing company and a locally rooted, family-owned vacation rental management firm serving Northern New Mexico, including Santa Fe, Taos, Angel Fire, and Red River. They manage more than 150 properties and were built out of a deep love for the region, with a focus on providing elevated stays for guests and exceptional stewardship for homeowners. They specialize in short-term rentals, vacation rental management, and property management.
Job Description
The Guest Experience team will own:
- Proactive outreach and warm guest engagement that drives five-star stays
- Guest messaging and phone communication
- Workorder coordination and task follow-through
- Cleaning scheduling and day-to-day coordination with our local team and vendors
Role and Responsibilities
- Champion the Elevated Promises (Quality & Standards)
- Lead by example in delivering warm, proactive, responsive guest communication.
- Review message threads and calls to ensure tone, clarity, accuracy, and elevated hospitality.
- Coach the team to uphold company standards in every interaction.
- Support the team in meeting SLAs and monthly quality goals tied to our 5-Star Bonus Pool.
- Demonstrate calm, empathetic communication during escalations and model elevated hospitality under pressure.
Team Leadership & Coaching
- Provide daily support and real-time guidance to Guest Experience Agents.
- Run weekly 1:1s focused on tone, communication, efficiency, and problem-solving.
- Provide shadowing, feedback, and continuous coaching.
- Help build a positive, supportive team culture rooted in hospitality, care, and growth.
- Oversee shift scheduling and ensure full coverage across peak periods (including weekends).
Guest Experience & Operations
- Monitor queues, ticket volume, and coverage to ensure fast and warm responses.
- Solve escalated issues with confidence, empathy, and well-considered judgment.
- Ensure smooth handoffs and detailed documentation for local field teams.
- Own quality control across guest communication, workorder clarity, and task follow-through.
- Support the team in delivering concierge-level stays across all markets.
Property Listing Management & OTA Updates
- Oversee and quality-check all property listings in Guesty and across all OTAs (Airbnb, Vrbo, Booking.com, etc.).
- Ensure every listing is accurate, consistent, and reflects our elevated hospitality standards.
- Lead seasonal updates: amenities, photos, descriptions, policies, access notes, and market-specific highlights.
- Audit listings regularly for clarity, tone, accuracy, and brand alignment.
- Work with Agents to correct gaps, improve listing quality, and add new information from inspections, field reports, or homeowner updates.
- Partner with leadership to optimize listing content for search visibility, guest clarity, and better pre-arrival communication.
- Ensure every property description enhances the guest journey, reduces friction, and helps set the expectation for a five-star stay
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in Guest Experience Management
- Experience overseeing a team of at least 5 to 10 people.
- Hospitality, short-term rental, or property management experience (hotel, vacation rental, Airbnb/Vrbo operations, etc.)
- Experience managing guest journeys end-to-end, not just call handling performance
- Strong escalation management and problem solving in real-world hospitality scenarios
- Operational ownership across messaging, work orders, cleaning coordination, and field team handoffs
- Guesty PMS - specific experience is preferred but not required.
- Familiarity with any OTA listing management, and hospitality operations tools
- Coaching teams to deliver warm, concierge-level service, not just SLA compliance
- Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment where judgment and ownership matter more than scripts and scorecards
- Experience working in an environment where the VA team works hand in hand with a local operations team.
- ·Strong leadership and team management skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Attention to detail.
- A friendly and approachable demeanor.
Local Knowledge & Expertise
- Own the knowledge base for all New Mexico homes and markets: Santa Fe, Taos, Angel Fire, and Red River.
- Maintain deep understanding of seasonal rhythms, weather and road impacts, and guest expectations unique to each area.
- Stay up to date on restaurants, local events, activities, and experiences to ensure the team can provide personalized, concierge-level recommendations.
- Ensure the Guest Experience team knows home layouts, amenities, quirks, access instructions, and “good to know” details through Matterport walkthroughs and photo reviews.
Tools, Systems, and Processes
- Coach the team on efficient, accurate, consistent use of all tools.
- Identify workflow gaps and propose improvements that strengthen the guest journey and team performance.
- Provide weekly reporting on SLAs, trends, and opportunities
- Identify recurring issues and implement practical improvements to reduce friction and improve reviews
Manager Success Measures
- The guest journey feels warm, seamless, and elevated.
- Message response times and phone SLAs are consistently met (messages within 15 minutes; calls within 30 seconds).
- The team feels supported, confident, and connected.
- Escalations are handled calmly and resolved with care.
- Workorders and tasks are clear, complete, and closed-loop. No missed workorders.
- Monthly average rating stays above 4.85+ with review rate above 80%+.
- The team embodies elevated hospitality every day.
- A team culture that feels like hospitality, not a help desk.
- Comfortable leading day-to-day operations inside Guesty, Breezeway, and RingCentral.
Job Type: Permanent
Employment Type: Full-time
Schedule: Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM Mountain Time (MDT) – 9:00 PM to 1:00 PM Philippines Time (PHT)
Location: Work From Home
Industry: Real Estate