Job Title: Executive Account & Operations Manager – High-End Commercial Landscaping
Location: Southern Oklahoma
Company: Willis Commercial Landscaping LLC
Salary Range: $110,000-$150,000
Starting Date: April/May 2026
Position Overview
We are seeking an Executive-Level Account Manager to oversee all aspects of a multi-million dollar high-touch commercial landscape management contract on a single, large campus in Southern Oklahoma.
This role is responsible for leading people, managing operations, protecting the client relationship, and ensuring the property is maintained at an exceptional standard year-round. The position requires broad familiarity across horticulture, irrigation, turfgrass, and landscape operations, combined with strong leadership, organization, and communication skills.
Our expectation is excellence in leadership, strong operational instincts, and high-level technical understanding — not personal mastery of every technical discipline. Success in this role comes from leading people and coordinating specialists, not personally performing every task.
Important Note:
We do not expect to find a candidate who is an expert in every technical area listed below. However, you must be familiar enough with each discipline to communicate effectively at a high level with support staff and specialists. Transparency is critical—candidates must clearly communicate which areas are not personal strengths so we can identify where additional internal support will be provided.
General Expectations & Responsibilities
· Spanish speaking is a substantial plus.
- Lead with positivity, humility, and consistency while developing and maintaining a strong company culture where team members feel valued and supported
- Build genuine relationships with staff and maintain regular, personal-touch interactions
- Coach, mentor, and develop team members into our way of doing business
- Interview, hire, onboard, train, discipline, and terminate employees as necessary
- Manage a field organization of approximately 20–40 employees, including:
- Support Staff
- Mowing crews
- Landscaping crews
- Irrigation technicians
- Tree crews
- Turfgrass crews
- Serve as primary client contact and manage the relationship with urgency, professionalism, and proactivity
- Hold constructive, collaborative meetings with headquarters regarding:
- Staffing needs
- Performance gaps
- Opportunities for improvement
- Collaborate with company leadership on operational strategy and resource planning
- Balance attention to fine details with periodic big-picture assessment of:
- Overall contract success
- Long-term property appearance
- Be engaged with the broader company and attend weekly staff meetings in Oklahoma City
- Monitor and maintain budgets and job costing
- Be responsible for ordering materials and supplies
- Be available 24/7 for emergency service needs as requested by the client
- Utilize Aspire software for:
- Contract management
- Work order management
- Scheduling
- Job costing
Irrigation Responsibilities
- Be very familiar with irrigation controls, system architecture, and field hardware
- Understand and work with both conventional and two-wire irrigation systems
- Modify systems when necessary and maintain logical, geographic valve organization
- Oversee year-round irrigation inspections and fine-tuning performed by irrigation technicians
- Manage and adjust irrigation schedules throughout the seasons
- Identify small-scale and large-scale system improvement opportunities
- Design, quote, and sell irrigation improvement projects
- Oversee irrigation repair work and assist with diagnostics when needed
- Establish and maintain uniformity in:
- Head selection
- Nozzle selection
- Precipitation rates
- Cycle-and-soak methodology
Landscaping & Horticulture
- Possess strong horticultural knowledge including:
- Plant selection
- Proper placement
- Water requirements
- Pruning techniques and schedules
- Maintain a year-round, high-touch landscape management plan including:
- Bed weeding
- Mulch freshening
- Pruning and shaping ornamentals
- Deadheading
- Perennial cutbacks
- Crape myrtle trimming
- Bed edging
- General landscape detailing
- Design, quote, sell, plan, and execute enhancement projects ranging from $1,000 to $500,000
- Designing and executing full construction including irrigation, grading, planting
Turfgrass Management
- Understand strengths and weaknesses of:
- Perennial ryegrass
- Bermuda grass
- Fescue
- Understand challenging weeds (dallisgrass, sedges, etc.) and appropriate treatment strategies
- Understand turf striping and how to maintain uniform stripe direction across large properties
- Plan and oversee a high-end turf management program
- Understand logistics and equipment needs:
- Mowers
- Edgers
- String trimmers
- Specialty turf equipment
- Plan and oversee an efficient multi-crew, multi-day turf maintenance program
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Proven leadership experience managing large crews and complex operations
- Strong organizational and planning skills
- Comfortable making decisions and being held accountable
- Professional communicator with clients, peers, and field staff
- Experience in commercial landscape maintenance or large-property grounds management
- Willing to be hands-on when necessary while primarily functioning as a leader
What Success Looks Like
- A stable, engaged, and motivated workforce
- A satisfied client who views you as a trusted partner
- Property consistently presents at a high-end level
- Budgets are managed responsibly
- Enhancements and improvements are proactively identified and executed
Compensation Package
· Salary range $110,000 - $150,000 based heavily on skills and experience
· Health insurance
· Company deployed vehicle
· Company deployed phone
· Company deployed laptop
· PTO
