Platform & Methodology Owner, Investment Performance, Copenhagen

Urban Partners; København; On-site; DKK 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Urban Partners is seeking a Platform & Methodology Owner to lead its investment modelling framework and governance. You will own modelling standards, manage platform configuration, and serve as the bridge between business requirements and platform capabilities.

This role sits in the CIO Office and focuses on protected development, continuous improvement, and clear methodology ownership. You will collaborate with the Investment Performance Director and cross-functional partners, while maintaining

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant field.
• 3–6 years of experience in real estate, pension funds, or investment management.
• Ability to translate complex business needs into platform specifications.
• Experience with governance, configuration management and change control.
• Strong English communication; Danish proficiency required.
• Knowledge of vendor management and product roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Own and govern the firm's real estate modelling methodology.
• Govern platform configuration, change control, and backlog prioritization.
• Evaluate vendor releases and translate updates to business impacts.
• Manage vendor relationships and influence product roadmap.
• Oversee user administration, licenses, onboarding and training.
• Align investment-level and fund-level modelling approaches.

Skills

Real estate modelling

Stakeholder communication

Analytical thinking

Platform specifications

Governance & change mgmt

Vendor management

Education

Master's degree in a relevant field

Job description

Are you our next Platform & Methodology Owner, ready to shape how Urban Partners models investments and ensure our platform delivers what the business needs?

About The Role

As Platform & Methodology Owner, you will serve as the owner and subject matter expert for Urban Partners’ investment modelling framework. You will set and defend modelling methodology standards, govern platform configuration, and own the relationship between the firm’s requirements and the platform’s capabilities. When the two diverge, you will make the gap visible and drive the execution needed.

Joining the Investment Performance team in the CIO Office, you will play an important role in advancing the methodologies, platforms and analytics that underpin investment performance across Urban Partners. The role reports to the Investment Performance Director. You will work closely with the Performance Analytics Lead and Business Partners, while acting as Urban Partners’ single route to the platform vendor. This is a governance and ownership role, not a quarterly model-preparation role; its greatest value is created through protected development weeks, continuous improvement, and clear methodology ownership.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the owner of our firm-wide real estate modelling methodology, ensuring consistency and quality across investment activities.
• Drive governance of the modelling platform, including configuration management, change control processes, and the prioritization of business requirements and enhancements.
• Lead the assessment and implementation of vendor releases through rigorous testing, translating technical updates into clear business impacts for stakeholders across the platform.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the platform vendor, managing the relationship, influencing the product roadmap, and ensuring issues and improvements are addressed effectively.
• Own and maintain a single, prioritized product backlog, balancing business needs, platform capabilities, and strategic objectives.
• Oversee user administration, licenses, permissions, onboarding, and training, ensuring colleagues are equipped to make the most of the platform.
• Foster alignment between investment-level and fund-level modelling approaches, supporting consistency in investment decision-making across the business.

Your Experience & Skills

In this role, you hold a relevant Master's degree and bring 3-6 years of experience from a real estate company, pension fund, investment manager, private equity firm, or a similar environment.

We Expect You To Bring

• Strong real estate modelling expertise gained in investment, transactions, valuations, asset management, underwriting, or a similar analytical environment.
• Deep understanding of real estate investment and underwriting methodologies.
• Ability to bridge the gap between business and technology by translating complex requirements into clear platform specifications and practical solutions.
• Experience working with specialist systems, models, or platforms, with a structured approach to documentation, governance, and change management.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities, including the ability to assess change impacts and identify risks before they arise.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal. Professional proficiency in Danish, with the ability to understand and engage in day-to-day business discussions, is required. Additional Nordic language skills are considered an advantage.

Your character

• Detail-oriented and proactive, you enjoy improving processes, driving adoption, and strengthening the quality of investment insights.
• Confident and credible, you hold suppliers and stakeholders accountable, challenge commitments when needed, and make sound decisions based on agreed standards and acceptance criteria.
• A strong communicator, you translate complex modelling concepts, platform changes, and methodology decisions into clear messages for both technical and business audiences.
• Collaborative and curious, you value stakeholder input, build trust through sound judgement, and actively explore how AI and emerging technologies can enhance efficiency, insights, and decision-making.

What We Offer

• Make a difference by helping create urban spaces and places that enrich people’s lives in the most sustainable way
• Lead the industry with an innovator that is pioneering new approaches while raising standards and inspiring the industry
• Learn and grow as part of a powerhouse of brilliant people where teamwork, feedback and different ways of thinking are at the core
• Be your whole self in a purpose-driven culture with a strong sense of belonging, based on trust, celebration and caring for each other

About Us

This role is closely connected to colleagues in Copenhagen and teams across the investment platform. Active collaboration and regular in-person presence are important for building strong relationships and driving alignment across functions.

The Investment Performance team sits within the CIO Office and is responsible for the methodologies, analytics, and platforms that support investment decision-making across Urban Partners. Working at the intersection of investments, data, technology, and business processes, the team drives performance management, business partnering, platform ownership, and continuous improvement to help create a scalable and future-fit investment platform.

Join us

Application deadline: 26 October. For questions, please contact Jerker Gustafsson (Investment Performance Director) at [e-mail].