Data Operations Manager

Data Operations Manager at Urban Partners

Urban Partners is a leading European urban investment manager, owner, and operator with a 20-year track record of delivering strong, risk-adjusted returns through market cycles. We develop and actively manage high-quality assets in prime locations across Northern Europe. For further information, please see Urban Partners.

As part of ensuring Urban Partner’s continued growth journey, we are establishing a transformational, scalable and data-driven foundation. This includes setting up a Data Operations team within Finance, with a Data Operations Manager as lead.

Role & Purpose

The role as Data Operations Manager is physically located in Nordhavn, Copenhagen, next to many colleagues in our Corporate Functions. The role is pivotal, sitting in Finance and reporting to Mark Reid, Director in Finance, and involving many stakeholders e.g. the Digital & IT function and business teams across the company.

The purpose of the Data Operations Manager is to ensure that the data delivered to users across the UP organization meets the quality standards required by the business. This will be achieved by ensuring that data quality rules are in operation, supporting the correction of data issues and contributing to the design, implementation and review of UP data governance processes.

Responsibility and Tasks

As Data Operations Manager, you will promote, control, and ensure business-as-usual data governance routines and timely quality control with operational monitoring across the UP data landscape. You will oversee and manage the performance of the Data Managed Services function of our external Data Services Provider, and your tasks will encompass:

• Ensuring data quality rules are operational
• Overseeing deployment of new data management projects and initiatives
• Liaising with data owners across all UP business units to promote data quality requirements and fixes
• Managing the service level quality of our external data managed services provider to ensure compliance with SLAs and KPIs
• Continually assessing and reporting on the effectiveness of data quality governance and rules, recommending improvements
• Maintaining “the bible” of data rules and technical validations

Experience & Skills

You have at least five or more years of experience with data operations or data governance role. Ideally, you have worked in an investment company, and if not, in other complex, customer-centric and multinational organisation. We expect you to possess the following professional skills:

• Data flow domain expertise with end-to-end data origination transformation and reporting
• Ability to implement validation processes, data quality standards, and automated controls
• Familiarity with domain appropriate metrics and KPIs for tracking data quality performance
• Acquired expertise in data modelling, data warehousing, ETL processes and data governance principles
• Demonstrable knowledge of cloud based database systems and best practices for data exchange and integration

Furthermore, the following competencies characterize you:

• Ability to convey complex data concepts to non-technical audiences
• Proactivity, adaptability, and results-orientation
• Strategic thinking with attention to detail
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
• Natural interest in and understanding of complex business operations

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

Join Us

If you feel we have just described you, let us know more about you as soon as possible and no later than 9 March 2026. Please attach your CV and application using the apply link below. Should you have questions, you are welcome to write to Mark Reid, Finance Director, at mare@urban.partners.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Key skills/competency

• Data Governance
• Data Quality
• Data Operations
• ETL Processes
• Data Warehousing
• Cloud Databases
• Stakeholder Management
• Data Modelling
• KPI Monitoring
• SLA Management