Director of Portfolio Management
📍 Berkeley, CA
Bullpen, on behalf of a growing real estate investment and development platform, is seeking a Director of Portfolio Management to take a senior, high-impact role overseeing portfolio performance, forecasting, and execution across a rapidly expanding student housing and mixed-use residential portfolio.
This is a strategic position at the intersection of investments, capital markets, portfolio management, and development, driving outcomes across both operating assets and ground-up projects.
The Role
The Director will own portfolio-level financial performance while supporting underwriting, deal structuring, and long-term planning. You’ll be a key voice in capital allocation decisions and investor reporting as the firm scales nationally.
What You’ll Do
Portfolio Management & Financial Oversight
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and portfolio cash-flow planning.
- Manage financial models for operating assets + development projects.
- Produce monthly / quarterly reporting packages and performance dashboards.
- Run hold / sell evaluations, refinancing scenarios, and capital optimization work.
- Partner with operations teams to ensure leasing, occupancy, NOI, and rent growth targets are met.
Investments & Underwriting Support
Support underwriting for new acquisitions and developments.Assist with JV structuring, waterfalls, and capital stack analysis.Participate in due diligence across budgets, ops statements, comps, and third-party reports.Contribute to investment memos and IC materials.Capital Markets & Strategic Planning
Provide portfolio analytics for debt / equity processes.Evaluate recapitalizations, refis, and dispositions.Support long-term planning, pipeline forecasting, and AUM projections.Cross-Functional Leadership
Align closely with development, asset management, ops, and leasing.Mentor analysts / associates across the investment and portfolio management functions.What You Bring
7–12 years in real estate private equity, acquisitions, portfolio / asset management, investment banking, or development.Strong Excel modeling and financial analysis skills.Experience underwriting real estate investments (student housing or multifamily preferred).Familiarity with capital structuring, JV partnerships, financing, and transaction execution.Ability to synthesize complex data and present it clearly to senior leadership / investors.Highly organized operator who thrives in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.Bachelor's required; advanced degree preferred.Why This Role Is Compelling
High-visibility seat at a platform experiencing real growth.Exposure to the full lifecycle : underwriting → development → operations → capital markets → portfolio strategy.Entrepreneurial environment + true advancement upside.Competitive compensation, strong bonus potential, and long-term incentive opportunities.