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This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior living sales professional to help rebuild and strengthen occupancy, expand our referral network, and increase our presence throughout the Detroit Metropolitan area. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of sales success, established healthcare and senior living referral relationships, and a genuine passion for helping older adults and their families navigate important life transitions.
The Director of Sales will develop and execute sales strategies, generate qualified leads, build professional partnerships, achieve occupancy goals, and ensure a compassionate, personalized experience for prospective residents and their families.
Why You'll Love Us
- Mission-Driven Culture: Make a meaningful difference in the lives of seniors and their families.
- Opportunity for Impact: Drive occupancy growth and strengthen the community's market presence.
- Collaborative Team: Partner with community leadership, healthcare professionals, and corporate marketing.
- Leadership and Growth: Influence sales strategies, develop referral partnerships, and contribute to community success.
- Supportive Environment: Join a team that values compassion, accountability, hospitality, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute sales strategies to achieve monthly, quarterly, and annual occupancy goals.
- Generate, qualify, and nurture leads through networking, community outreach, digital marketing, and professional referrals.
- Conduct engaging community tours and maintain consistent, timely follow-up with prospective residents and families.
- Monitor sales activity, lead conversion, move-ins, and occupancy trends using CRM and reporting tools.
- Evaluate market trends and competitors to identify opportunities for growth.
- Collaborate with corporate marketing on outreach initiatives, promotional materials, and campaigns.
- Establish and maintain strong referral partnerships throughout the Detroit Metropolitan area.
- Build relationships with senior living placement advisors, hospital discharge planners, rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities, physicians, social workers, home health and hospice professionals, and elder care organizations.
- Represent the community at networking events, industry associations, and local outreach activities.
- Coordinate with community leadership and internal teams to support assessments, admissions, and successful move-ins.
- Ensure accurate and timely completion of resident admission agreements, documentation, and admission packets.
- Coordinate admissions and move-ins with residents, families, responsible parties, and appropriate team members.
- Maintain accurate CRM records and communicate prospect activity, anticipated move-ins, and occupancy updates to leadership.
- Follow applicable state regulations, company policies, and established admission procedures.
- Participate in sales meetings and operational reviews, identify improvement opportunities, and uphold the company's Always Behaviors.
Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum of 3 years of senior living sales experience, with 5 or more years of overall sales experience strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated success growing occupancy in Assisted Living and Memory Care, particularly during a rebuilding, repositioning, or turnaround period.
- Established referral relationships throughout the Bloomfield Hills and Detroit Metropolitan area.
- Proven ability to generate qualified leads, convert prospects into residents, and achieve sales goals.
- Strong understanding of the senior living industry, senior care needs, and admissions best practices.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
- Proficiency with CRM software, Microsoft Office, and sales reporting tools.
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.
- Flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends as business needs require.
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, healthcare administration, or a related field preferred.
What Success Looks Like
- Achieving monthly, quarterly, and annual occupancy goals.
- Increasing qualified leads, referral activity, and sales conversions.
- Strengthening referral partnerships and community visibility across the Detroit Metropolitan area.
- Supporting efficient admissions, well-coordinated move-ins, and accurate documentation.
- Delivering an exceptional, compassionate experience for prospective residents and their families.
Join Our Team
Qualifications:
Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum of 3 years of senior living sales experience, with 5 or more years of overall sales experience strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated success growing occupancy in Assisted Living and Memory Care, particularly during a rebuilding, repositioning, or turnaround period.
- Established referral relationships throughout the Detroit Metropolitan area.
- Proven ability to generate qualified leads, convert prospects into residents, and achieve sales goals.
- Strong understanding of the senior living industry, senior care needs, and admissions best practices.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
- Proficiency with CRM software, Microsoft Office, and sales reporting tools.
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.
- Flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends as business needs require.
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, healthcare administration, or a related field preferred.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced senior living sales professional to help rebuild and strengthen occupancy, expand our referral network, and increase our presence throughout the Detroit Metropolitan area. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of sales success, established healthcare and senior living referral relationships, and a genuine passion for helping older adults and their families navigate important life transitions.
The Director of Sales will develop and execute sales strategies, generate qualified leads, build professional partnerships, achieve occupancy goals, and ensure a compassionate, personalized experience for prospective residents and their families.
Why You'll Love Us
- Mission-Driven Culture: Make a meaningful difference in the lives of seniors and their families.
- Opportunity for Impact: Drive occupancy growth and strengthen the community's market presence.
- Collaborative Team: Partner with community leadership, healthcare professionals, and corporate marketing.
- Leadership and Growth: Influence sales strategies, develop referral partnerships, and contribute to community success.
- Supportive Environment: Join a team that values compassion, accountability, hospitality, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute sales strategies to achieve monthly, quarterly, and annual occupancy goals.
- Generate, qualify, and nurture leads through networking, community outreach, digital marketing, and professional referrals.
- Conduct engaging community tours and maintain consistent, timely follow-up with prospective residents and families.
- Monitor sales activity, lead conversion, move-ins, and occupancy trends using CRM and reporting tools.
- Evaluate market trends and competitors to identify opportunities for growth.
- Collaborate with corporate marketing on outreach initiatives, promotional materials, and campaigns.
- Establish and maintain strong referral partnerships throughout the Detroit Metropolitan area.
- Build relationships with senior living placement advisors, hospital discharge planners, rehabilitation and skilled nursing facilities, physicians, social workers, home health and hospice professionals, and elder care organizations.
- Represent the community at networking events, industry associations, and local outreach activities.
- Coordinate with community leadership and internal teams to support assessments, admissions, and successful move-ins.
- Ensure accurate and timely completion of resident admission agreements, documentation, and admission packets.
- Coordinate admissions and move-ins with residents, families, responsible parties, and appropriate team members.
- Maintain accurate CRM records and communicate prospect activity, anticipated move-ins, and occupancy updates to leadership.
- Follow applicable state regulations, company policies, and established admission procedures.
- Participate in sales meetings and operational reviews, identify improvement opportunities, and uphold the company's Always Behaviors.
Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum of 3 years of senior living sales experience, with 5 or more years of overall sales experience strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated success growing occupancy in Assisted Living and Memory Care, particularly during a rebuilding, repositioning, or turnaround period.
- Established referral relationships throughout the Bloomfield Hills and Detroit Metropolitan area.
- Proven ability to generate qualified leads, convert prospects into residents, and achieve sales goals.
- Strong understanding of the senior living industry, senior care needs, and admissions best practices.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
- Proficiency with CRM software, Microsoft Office, and sales reporting tools.
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.
- Flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends as business needs require.
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, healthcare administration, or a related field preferred.
What Success Looks Like
- Achieving monthly, quarterly, and annual occupancy goals.
- Increasing qualified leads, referral activity, and sales conversions.
- Strengthening referral partnerships and community visibility across the Detroit Metropolitan area.
- Supporting efficient admissions, well-coordinated move-ins, and accurate documentation.
- Delivering an exceptional, compassionate experience for prospective residents and their families.
Join Our Team
Qualifications:
Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum of 3 years of senior living sales experience, with 5 or more years of overall sales experience strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated success growing occupancy in Assisted Living and Memory Care, particularly during a rebuilding, repositioning, or turnaround period.
- Established referral relationships throughout the Detroit Metropolitan area.
- Proven ability to generate qualified leads, convert prospects into residents, and achieve sales goals.
- Strong understanding of the senior living industry, senior care needs, and admissions best practices.
- Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
- Proficiency with CRM software, Microsoft Office, and sales reporting tools.
- Valid driver's license and reliable transportation.
- Flexibility to work occasional evenings and weekends as business needs require.
- Bachelor's degree in business, marketing, healthcare administration, or a related field preferred.
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Who's Hiring
- Senior Lifestyle32
- Sobe Innovative Rehab27S
- Brookdale Senior Living13
- Belmont Village12
- Discovery Management12
Top Industries Hiring
- Healthcare & Medical Services
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in assisted living administrator jobs.
- Current state Residential Care or Nursing Home Administrator license
- Minimum two to three years of senior living or long-term care management experience
- Demonstrated knowledge of state and federal assisted living regulations and survey processes
- Experience managing operational budgets, labor costs, and census development
- Strong leadership skills for directing care, dining, and housekeeping department heads
- Proficiency with electronic health record and community management software platforms
Tips for Your Assisted Living Administrator Job Search
Tailor your resume to state licensing requirements
Assisted living licensing rules differ by state, so your resume should name the specific state license you hold. Hiring managers screen fast, and a resume that buries your NHA or RCAL credential below your job history gets passed over before anyone reads your experience.
Highlight census management and occupancy results
Operators care deeply about census because it drives revenue. If you grew occupancy, reduced move-outs, or hit a budgeted occupancy target at a previous community, put the outcome front and center on your resume rather than describing your duties in general terms.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists assisted living administrator openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by community type and size
A 50-unit independent living property and a 120-bed memory care community run very differently. When you search, focus on community types where your hands-on experience matches so your application speaks directly to what that operator needs.
Prepare for scenario-based interview questions
Interviewers for administrator roles routinely ask how you have handled a state survey deficiency, a family complaint escalation, or a sudden staffing shortage. Prepare two or three real examples with outcomes so you can answer concretely rather than hypothetically.
Negotiate start date around licensing transfer timelines
If you are moving to a new state, your current license may require a reciprocity application or a new exam. Raise this in the offer conversation so your start date reflects realistic approval timelines and you are not set up to miss a compliance deadline before your first day.
Assisted Living Administrator Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most assisted living administrators?
Senior Lifestyle, Sobe Innovative Rehab, and Brookdale Senior Living are hiring the most assisted living administrators right now, with openings concentrated in Florida, California, and Illinois, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Regional operators and nonprofit systems tend to post multiple openings at once when they are expanding or backfilling leadership roles.
How many assisted living administrator jobs are remote?
About 4% of assisted living administrator openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting that most roles require on-site presence to manage staff, residents, and regulatory compliance. The sub-areas most likely to offer remote or hybrid arrangements are regional operations director roles and corporate compliance or training positions that oversee multiple communities.
How do you become an assisted living administrator?
Start by earning a bachelor's degree in healthcare administration, gerontology, nursing, or a related field, since most states require a degree as part of licensure. Next, complete your state's required administrator-in-training program under a licensed preceptor, then pass your state's licensing exam. Some states also require ongoing continuing education to maintain an active license.
Can you get hired as an assisted living administrator with little experience?
Yes, but the path usually runs through a director-in-training or assistant administrator role rather than a top administrator position directly. Operators are willing to invest in candidates who already hold a state license or are actively completing their administrator-in-training hours, particularly when they come from a care coordinator, charge nurse, or department head background within a senior living setting.
What does the assisted living administrator interview process look like?
Most operators run two to three rounds. The first is typically a screening call with a regional director or HR contact covering your license status, experience level, and availability. A second round brings you on-site for a community walkthrough and behavioral interview focused on regulatory knowledge, staffing challenges, and census management. Final-round candidates often meet with ownership or a corporate operations team.
Where can I find and apply to assisted living administrator jobs?
You can find and apply to assisted living administrator jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search for roles that match your license, community type, and experience level, then apply directly to each listing that fits.
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