Portfolio Manager - Closed End Fund Series

Who We Are

Core Spaces (Core) is more than a real estate company; it’s a people company. Where building relationships is just as important as building properties. From researchers and architects to designers and operators, Core is made up of risk takers and dreamers who are on a mission to invent the future of living. Our six cultural values guide us every day and we strive to live them in everything we do:
PUSH (Invent Better Places to Live),
GRIT (We Got This),
LIFT (Help Each Other Win),
SHINE (Bring Your Full Self),
UPHOLD (Never Break Trust),
GROW (Always Get Better). Everything Core does stem from this culture of collaboration and innovation, and the drive to constantly improve the resident experience. This unique approach has led to creating spaces and services that are redefining the way people live.

Founded in 2010, Core is a vertically integrated real estate investment manager focused on acquiring, developing and managing across the student housing and build-to-rent (“BTR”) sectors. Its residential communities feature world-class amenities, progressive design, and hospitality-driven service. Core’s student housing portfolio includes over 74,440 beds currently owned or managed, with a pipeline of over 53,860 beds in various stages of development.

Core’s BTR division has over 3,000 homes under development, now leasing or in its pipeline in high-growth metros nationwide. For more information, visit

Portfolio and pipeline numbers as of Q1 2026

• A culture that provides you with a sense of belonging
• Competitive pay that values your contributions
• Incentives designed to reward your achievements
• Paid flexible PTO to disconnect or celebrate life milestones
• Paid 14+ holidays, including your birthday, to disconnect and celebrate
• Paid Parental Leave that begins after 90 days
• Paid volunteer time off to give back to your community
• Monthly workshop weeks; fewer meetings & more collaboration
• Robust health plan options that begin within at least 30 days of your employment
• Monthly phone reimbursement
• Wellness allowance and perks, including a yearly subscription to a meditation app
• An environment that provides you a voice to share your perspectives
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for access to confidential support services
• Company retirement options including 401(k) + matching & Roth account option

The Portfolio Manager – Closed End Fund Series is a senior investment management leader responsible for the strategy, oversight, and performance of Core Spaces’ closed-end, drawdown investment vehicles. This role owns fund-level portfolio construction, capital deployment strategy, portfolio monitoring, performance attribution, investor reporting, and governance across the full fund lifecycle. The Portfolio Manager serves as a key decision-making partner to Acquisitions, Asset Management, Development, Capital Markets, Finance, and Investor Relations to ensure portfolio activity, business plans, and investor commitments remain aligned.

This role requires significant independent judgment, strategic decision-making, and accountability for matters of significance, including portfolio composition, deployment pacing, fund performance, investor communications, and cross-functional execution. The role is expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy and influence within a vertically integrated real estate platform.

• Own fund-level portfolio strategy across closed-end vehicles, including portfolio construction, allocation, diversification, and capital deployment pacing across the lifecycle
• Establish and monitor portfolio frameworks across asset type, geography, risk profile, vintage, and business plan while evaluating concentration, market exposure, liquidity, and risk-return tradeoffs to drive capital allocation decisions aligned with fund objectives and investor mandates.
• Partner cross-functionally to prioritize pipeline, assess strategic fit, and align execution with capital availability and portfolio needs
• Provide portfolio-level evaluation of new investments, including diversification impact, return…