Pedro Ortiz is a Senior Fellow at the Marron Institute of Urban Management. He is also a Senior Consultant of Metropolitan Management and Planning for IGO's (International Governmental Organizations) such as the United Nations, European Union, UN-Habitat, World Bank, InterAmerican Development Bank, and others. He also consults for national and local governments directly, and through consultancy firms. Ortiz was also a Senior Urban Specialist at the World Bank. 

From 1989 to 1992, Ortiz was the elected Mayor of Madrid’s Central District (Distrito de Salamanca). Additionally, he was a member of Madrid’s City Council (1987-1995), where he was responsible for Urban Prospective (1993-1995) and Culture (1991-1993). He served as Director of the “Strategic Plan for Madrid” (1991-1994), and was the Director General for Town and Regional Planning for the Government of Madrid Region. He also authored the "Regional Development Plan of Madrid of 1996" and the "Land Planning Law of 1997." 

Ortiz is currently a Fellow at George Mason University - Shar Institute. He was previously a Visiting Professor at Milano Politecnico, and the Director of the Masters program of Town Planning at the University King Juan Carlos of Madrid.