Manager - Operations Strategy

Operations Strategy Manager - Dallas, TX

University Partners is seeking an analytical and results-driven Operations Strategy Manager with experience in revenue management, pricing strategy, forecasting, and portfolio operations. The ideal candidate will turn complex data into actionable strategies, collaborate across departments, and drive measurable improvements in revenue, occupancy, and property-level performance.

The Manager of Operations Strategy is responsible for the tactical accuracy and property-level success of revenue strategies and broader operational performance across a portfolio of Student Housing assets. The role is weighted primarily toward revenue management — validation of property occupancy and revenue outlooks, pricing strategy, and system execution — with a secondary focus on operations strategy, covering non-revenue performance areas such as reputation management, maintenance and service delivery, and the data and analytics that support them.

The Manager, Operations Strategy is responsible for bridging the gap between data analysis and execution to ensure every bed in the portfolio is priced competitively for its specific market and every property is held to consistent operational standards. This position reports directly to the SVP, Operations Strategy.

• Execute and own revenue performance across a portfolio of student housing assets, ensuring pricing, occupancy, and revenue strategies align with broader financial and asset-level objectives.
• Develop, maintain, and continuously refine portfolio-level revenue, occupancy, and rate growth projections to support proactive decision-making.
• Implement asset-level pricing, concession, and leasing strategies to achieve revenue growth and occupancy targets.
• Apply differentiated approaches across assets, balancing rate growth and occupancy based on performance, seasonality, and local market conditions.
• Identify underperforming and outperforming assets, assessing portfolio-wide risks and upside opportunities, and take corrective action or elevate data-driven recommendations as appropriate.
• Validate property-level pricing against BI outputs, competitive data, field intelligence, and local market dynamics.
• Translate corporate and portfolio revenue strategies, outputs, and market intelligence into actionable pricing, concession, and leasing execution plans at the asset level.
• Review and approve floorplan-level pricing recommendations, ensuring alignment with market conditions, asset-specific leasing velocity, and portfolio revenue targets.

• Develop and maintain revenue and leasing forecasts at the property and portfolio levels, owning portfolio forecasting accuracy by integrating historical performance and real-time operational insights.
• Review and interpret revenue management reporting prepared by the Sr. Analyst, identifying variances and driving corrections or opportunities.
• Monitor and assess key performance indicators, including occupancy trends, leasing pace, rate realization, and revenue per bed.
• Identify variances, risks, and opportunities, driving tactical adjustments and ensuring forecasts remain aligned with strategic priorities and evolving market dynamics.
• Evaluate leasing velocity, demand trends, and pricing performance to inform tactical adjustments.
• Own the revenue, occupancy, and rate components of the annual property budget process in partnership with Operations and Asset Management.
• Present portfolio performance, pricing strategy, and forecast updates to University Partners leadership, Investment Partners and third-party management clients.

• Monitor competitive pricing, market conditions, and macro demand drivers at both the asset and portfolio levels to inform revenue decisions.
• Direct the use of internal KPIs and third-party data sources, including College House, Axiometrics, CoStar and proprietary surveys, to benchmark portfolio performance and validate pricing decisions.
• Incorporate real-time leasing results and field intelligence into pricing, forecasting, and system decisions.
• Partner closely with Operations, Asset Management, Marketing and Systems teams to understand property performance, campaign effectiveness and demand impacts.

• Own the definition, tracking, and reporting of non-revenue operational KPIs across the portfolio, including reputation,…