Vice President, Portfolio Strategy & Analytics

The Amherst Group's companies are comprised of leading real estate investment and advisory firms with a mission to transform the way real estate is owned, financed and managed.  Amherst leverages its proprietary data, analytics, technology, and decades of experience to seek solutions for a fragmented, slow-to-evolve real estate ecosystem and to materially improve the experience for residents, buyers, sellers, communities, and investors.  Today Amherst has over 1000 employees and $14.1 billion in assets under management.

Over the past decade, Amherst has scaled its platform to become one of the largest operators of single-family assets and has acquired, renovated, and leased more than 46,000 homes across 32 markets in the U.S.  The firm delivers customized, stabilized cash-flowing portfolios of assets to its investors, wrapped in all the ongoing services required to manage, own, and finance the asset including property management, portfolio management, and a full capital markets team.  In addition to its single-family rental platform, Amherst’s debt business pursues two distinct credit strategies in mortgage-backed securities and commercial real estate lending.  Over its 25-year history, Amherst has developed a deep bench of research and technology talent, and leverages data and analytics at every stage in the asset lifecycle to improve operations and preserve long-term value for our investors and the more than 188,000 residents the firm has served.

Amherst Overview

Amherst is a vertically integrated real estate investment, development, and operating platform, offering solutions across the U.S. real estate capital stack, including single-family residential (SFR), mortgage-backed securities (MBS), and commercial real estate (CRE). Amherst is headquartered in Austin, TX and New York, NY, in the United States, with regional global offices located in India and Costa Rica. Underpinned by proprietary technology, battle-tested data and mortgage model, and a deep understanding of U.S. real estate markets, Amherst’s vertically integrated platform seeks to provide investors a more efficient model to price, finance, and manage real estate with turnkey execution capabilities across the firm’s debt and equity strategies in the public and private residential, commercial, and mortgage-backed securities markets.

Our Single-Family Residential strategy has quickly scaled over the last 10 years to own and operate 40,000+ homes in 30+ markets across 20 states while building a vertically integrated real estate investment and operating platform that manages approximately $18bn in assets. Across the SFR strategy, Amherst acquires, builds, renovates, leases, finances, manages, and disposes of homes on its own account and for its investors. Outside of the SFR strategy, Amherst is engaged in various strategic initiatives and venture businesses, including commercial real estate debt and equity (all things non-SFR) and mortgage-backed securities advisory. For Further information about The Amherst Group, kindly visit https://www.amherst.com/.

Department / Role Overview: Merchant Banking – Portfolio Management

The Amherst Merchant Banking business unit oversees investment management activities for Amherst, including the raising of new debt and equity capital, the formation of new ventures, the strategic acquisition and disposition of homes and the management and operation of Amherst’s portfolio investments. The Merchant Banking business unit collaborates closely with the other Amherst business units, including the Development and Operator business units, as part of the fully integrated Amherst platform.

We are seeking a Vice President of Portfolio Strategy & Analytics to serve as a strategic, cross-functional leader within Amherst’s investment and operations ecosystem. This role is ideal for someone with a strong analytics foundation who wants to influence the business – owning the full spectrum of asset performance from revenue and expenses through economic NOI and portfolio returns.

The VP will sit at the intersection of Data Science, Asset Management, Fund Finance, and Investor Relations, ensuring that data-driven insights directly shape pricing, capital allocation, and fund-level strategy. This person will translate complex analytical outputs into clear narratives and partner with senior leadership to drive performance across the portfolio.

This is a highly visible, high-impact role for a leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy, analytics, and execution. You will shape how Amherst understands performance, deploys capital, and communicates results—directly influencing outcomes at both the asset and fund levels.

Job Description (Role & Responsibilities):

• Own Portfolio Performance & Insights:
  • Develop a deep understanding of all performance levers across the P&L—from rent growth and renewal strategy to operating expenses, capex, and economic NOI.
  • Convert asset- and portfolio-level data into actionable recommendations for optimizing revenue, reducing cost, and improving long-term asset economics.
• Drive Forecasting, Modeling, and Strategy
  • Partner with Data Science to refine asset cash flow and portfolio forecasting tools, ensuring outputs are accurate, decision-useful, and strategically aligned.
  • Lead portfolio forecasting, scenario testing, and sensitivity analysis to inform capital allocation, fund strategy, and pricing decisions.
• Enhance Asset Management Decision-Making
  • Collaborate with Asset Management to design and operationalize data-driven strategies for pricing, renewals, expense optimization, and operational performance.
  • Establish frameworks and KPIs that connect on-the-ground operations to portfolio-level financial outcomes.
• Lead Reporting & Performance Communication
  • Oversee monthly and quarterly reporting packages for senior leadership, investors, and cross-functional partners.
  • Translate analytical conclusions into clear, compelling narratives that support fund strategy, investor communication, and IC processes.
• Strengthen Data & Analytics Infrastructure
  • Work closely with BI and Technology to improve data quality, accessibility, and visualization tools.
  • Champion analytics best practices and drive adoption of improved dashboards, models, and performance measurement systems.

Desired Skills/Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree and MBA / CA / CFA with financial markets understanding a plus.
• Experience: 6+ years of experience in real estate investment management, portfolio strategy, financial analytics, or a related field. Experience in SFR preferred.
• Technical: Advanced modeling and analytical capabilities with the ability to connect quantitative outputs to business decisions. Prior experience in using Tableau, Python, and SQL preferred.  
• Excellent communicator who can simplify complexity and influence senior leaders.
• Proven experience navigating cross-functional teams.
• Leadership mindset with the ability to both set strategy and dive into details.
• Qualifying candidates may be asked to complete: excel modeling tests, data visualization tests, and personality tests.

Amherst’s core values:

• Culture & Conduct: Positive attitude with high integrity. Agile in adapting to a dynamic environment with emerging datapoints. We do the right thing the right way and are accountable for our actions.
• Client-Centricity & Business Acumen: Strong Team player, multiple internal/external stakeholders management,
• Communication & Connectivity: Strong written and verbal communication skills with clients and management. Collaboration – We align, contribute, and win together.
• Execution & Delivery: Self-starter, Proactive, motivated, driven personality, Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Agility – We are nimble and responsive.
• Community – We empower and support people to create a sense of belonging for all.

​Amherst is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or veteran status, and encourage all applicants to apply.