
House Manager / Household Operations Lead. - Upper West Side, Manhattan, NY
- On-site
- New York, New York, United States
- $30 - $40 per hour
Job description
A single, high-performing professional in New York City is looking for a highly organized, proactive House Manager / Lifestyle Operations Partner to bring more structure, consistency, and accountability to both household and personal life. This role goes well beyond traditional housekeeping. The person in it works as a lifestyle operations partner who reduces friction, maintains organization, supports health and wellness routines, and helps close the gap between intention and execution.
The client has a demanding schedule, travels frequently, and often works from home. They are highly systems-oriented and value organization, efficiency, and someone who can take ownership and follow through reliably without heavy oversight.
The Shape of This Role
The strongest fit is someone who is proactive by nature: they notice friction points and address them before being asked, and they close loops rather than simply start tasks. The goal is to reduce the client's mental load and decision fatigue, and to keep household and personal systems running smoothly and consistently.
This is a systems-and-organization role as much as a hands-on one, so comfort with digital tools and a structured, dependable working style matter as much as tidiness.
Job requirements
What This Person Will Own
Household Operations & Reset
Daily tidying and household resets that keep the apartment calm, organized, and functional
Laundry and clothing care
Surface resets and ongoing organization
Mail management, returns, errands, and household logistics
Proactive restocking of household items and maintaining organization systems
Lifestyle & Executive-Function Support
A central goal of this role is reducing mental load and helping the client stay on top of recurring responsibilities.
Build and maintain accountability systems and routines
Track recurring household and personal tasks, and follow through to completion
Medication refill reminders and inventory tracking
Calendar-aware support and packing preparation for travel
Take initiative to manage the home and close open loops
Meal Prep & Wellness Support
Health, fitness, and reducing reliance on takeout are priorities for the client.
Simple, high-protein meal prep, with portioning and basic macro and protein tracking to the client's goals
Keep ready-to-eat meals stocked in the fridge and freezer
Grocery support and proactive restocking of kitchen essentials
Organize food systems around the client's weekly calendar (simplicity is preferred over gourmet, with variety and thoughtfulness appreciated)
Organization & Inventory Systems
The client is highly systems-oriented and wants durable household infrastructure over time.
Maintain and operate inventories for household supplies, toiletries, clothing, and travel items
Support restocking systems and clothing organization
Help build and maintain checklists and databases for packing, toiletries, groceries, medication, and household preferences
The candidate does not need to build every system alone, but should be very comfortable maintaining and operating within them.
Travel Support
Packing preparation, travel checklists, and outfit coordination
Toiletry preparation and travel-item inventory tracking
Travel resets at home after the client returns
Thinking ahead proactively around travel logistics
Tech & Systems Capability
This role requires comfort with technology and digital organization tools.
Comfort with tools such as ClickUp, Airtable, shared calendars, and digital task management
Comfort with inventory systems, organizational databases, and AI-assisted workflows
Genuine interest in systems, automation, and operational efficiency
Ideal Candidate
Steady presence. Calm, grounded, and quietly dependable
Organized. Highly organized and detail-focused, with a systems-oriented mindset
Proactive. Naturally proactive: notices friction and closes loops without being told
Independent. Comfortable working independently with light oversight
Tech-fluent. Technologically comfortable and quick to adapt to new tools
Adaptable. Emotionally intelligent, resourceful, and solutions-oriented
Coachable. Open to feedback and refining systems over time
Discreet. Discreet and respectful of privacy
Ideal Background
Strong candidates will likely bring a blend of experience across house management, executive-assistant or executive-function support, lifestyle management, professional organizing, and operations or project coordination, ideally with meal-prep capability and real comfort with organizational technology.
Schedule Notes
Approximately 10 to 15 hours per week, Monday to Friday preferred, with a flexible structure
Occasional weekend flexibility as needed
The client values consistency and reliability over rigid scheduling
Non-Negotiables
Highly organized, proactive, and detail-oriented
Follows through and closes loops reliably
Technologically comfortable
Emotionally intelligent and adaptable
Operationally minded and resourceful
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