Principal Housing Finance Manager

DEADLINE TO APPLY IS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2026, AT 11:55 PM

FIRST ROUND INTERVIEWS ARE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2026

Be ready to rethink your assumptions about the public sector. Dedicated and motivated colleagues? Beautiful, high amenity building for on-site work and collaboration? Flexible schedules and hybrid work options? Yes, yes, and yes!

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Bay Area Housing Finance Authority (BAHFA) is moving from start-up to becoming a long-term regional institution. With a newly adopted strategic plan and major financing initiatives launching, BAHFA is building the capacity to advance transformative affordable housing solutions across the nine-county Bay Area, and we need a proven deal-maker to put capital to work to directly influence BAHFA's mission of supporting Production, Preservation and Protections.

The Principal Housing Finance Manager is BAHFA's lead subject matter expert on affordable housing lending. This is a hands-on transactions role: you will originate, underwrite, structure, and close loans, and then grow and steward the resulting portfolio. You will launch the Regional Mixed Finance Fund, build its pipeline from the ground up, and expand BAHFA's lending footprint as new programs and products come online with BAHFA's CDFI lending partner.

We are looking for a seasoned affordable housing finance professional with an extensive record of closing complex transactions, who wants to build something lasting. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable dissecting a multi-source capital stack, negotiating terms with developers and co-lenders, presenting credit recommendations, and mentoring staff. You are a trusted relationship builder, a confident communicator, and a practical problem solver who builds structure where none yet exists.

WHY THIS ROLE IS DIFFERENT

Few positions let you shape the credit policy, pipeline, and portfolio of a new regional housing finance authority from day one. You will deploy capital at scale, see your deals break ground, and build the systems and partnerships that let BAHFA's portfolio grow well beyond its first loans.