Vice President, Portfolio Management

Keppel Capital International Pte. Ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Keppel Capital International Pte. Ltd. in Singapore seeks a senior VP to drive portfolio management excellence for private data centre funds, while acting as product specialist and capital formation partner.

The role sits at the intersection of portfolio management, investor relations, and product development, requiring a commercially astute leader who can credibly engage institutional investors and internal investment teams.

Qualifications

• Masters/Degree in Finance/Business Administration from leading university.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant experience with private real estate / infrastructure funds in investment or asset management roles.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute portfolio strategy, business plans, and annual budgets in alignment with the fund's mandate and investment guidelines.
• Maintain centralized oversights of private data centre funds, capital allocation, compliance with investment restrictions, performance monitoring, and governance frameworks.
• Actively manage fund liquidity, control fund-level expenses, and optimize investor distributions and risk-adjusted returns.
• Build and maintain life-of-fund financial models with projections, cash flow forecasting, and scenario analysis.
• Produce fund-level performance metrics, investor reporting, and benchmarking against peer universes.
• Serve as primary contact for existing investors to respond to queries.
• Participate in investment evaluation including acquisition and divestment opportunities, providing portfolio context for decisions.
• Support end-to-end capital raising activities, contribute to marketing materials, pitchbooks, and fund terms documentation.
• Monitor competitive intelligence across private real estate, digital infrastructure, and data centre markets to inform fundraising narratives.

Skills

Portfolio management

Investor relations

Financial modelling

Market research

Education

Masters / Degree in Finance / Business Administration

Job description

Role Overview

The VP will serve a dual mandate - driving portfolio management excellence across Keppel's private data centre funds, while acting as a product specialist and capital formation partner. The role sits at the intersection of portfolio management, investor relations, and product development, requiring a commercially astute individual who can credibly engage both institutional investors and internal investment teams.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Management & Fund Oversight

Develop and execute portfolio strategy, business plans, and annual budgets in alignment with the fund's mandate and investment guidelines. Maintain centralized oversight of the private data centre funds, encompassing capital allocation, compliance with investment restrictions, performance monitoring, and adherence to governance frameworks. Actively manage fund liquidity, control fund-level expenses, and implement strategies to optimize investor distributions and risk-adjusted returns. Build, own, and continuously maintain life-of-fund financial models, ensuring integrity of projections, cash flow forecasting, and scenario analysis. Produce rigorous fund-level performance metrics, investor reporting, and returns benchmarking against relevant private real estate, infrastructure, and data centre peer universes. Serve as a primary point of contact for existing investors of the Funds, to respond to their queries

Investment & Asset Management Support

Participate actively in the investment process - including evaluation of acquisition and divestment opportunities - by providing portfolio-level context, capital allocation perspectives, and investor return considerations. Collaborate with asset management teams to monitor business plan execution across portfolio assets, escalating risks and opportunities as appropriate. Contribute the portfolio and investor lens to investment committee deliberations, ensuring deal-level decisions are evaluated within the context of overall fund construction and mandate constraints.

Product Specialist / Capital Raising

Act as a product specialist for the data centre fund strategy in investor meetings Working as part of a team to support end-to-end capital raising activities, including contributing to the development of marketing materials, pitchbooks, DDQs, RFP responses, and fund terms documentation. Provide substantive responses on fund strategy, portfolio construction, performance attribution, and risk management. Partner with structuring teams on the design and launch of new fund products and co-investment vehicles, ensuring alignment with market demand and investor preferences. Develop and maintain strong, trust-based relationships with a broad institutional investor base including sovereign wealth funds, pension funds, insurance companies, family offices, and fund-of-funds.

Market Intelligence & Thought Leadership

Monitor and synthesize competitive intelligence across private real estate, digital infrastructure, and data centre investment markets, tracking trends in capital flows, fund structures, pricing, and investor sentiment. Produce thematic content to support fundraising narratives, investor communications, and strategic planning.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Pre-requisites

Masters / Degree in Finance / Business Administration from leading university Minimum 10 years of relevant experience with private real estate / infrastructure funds in investment or asset management role with broad knowledge and extensive networks in the private infrastructure/ real estate markets for the Asia Pacific region. Commercially astute, and possess sharp analytical, research, problem solving skills and communication skills. Demonstrated ability to lead investor discussions; Proven track record in dealing with international institutional investors will be viewed favorably. A self-motivated team player who is meticulous, detailed oriented, organized and able to learn quickly and independently Proficient with financial modelling, market and industry research in infrastructure, real estate or other private equity assets; A strong communicator with excellent stakeholder management skill and ability to interact well with different functions and levels. Ability to multi-task and work in fast pace dynamic environment

BUSINESS SEGMENT Connectivity PLATFORM Fund Management

Keppel is a global asset manager and operator headquartered in Singapore. With operations in more than 20 countries worldwide, we provide innovative solutions that address some of the world's most pressing needs across the energy transition, rapid urbanisation, and increasing digitalisation. With sustainability at the core of our strategy, Keppel harnesses the strengths and expertise of our business units to develop, operate and maintain real assets, which provide diverse solutions that are good for the planet, for people and for the Company. Keppel actively seeks out bright and dynamic individuals to join our talent pool. We offer our employees opportunities to grow and shape their careers, across the geographies in which we operate. Be part of our Keppel family today. Find out how Keppel is committed to shaping a brighter, better tomorrow, and building a sustainable future for all.