Head of Research – Chief Quantitative Officer, Systematic Trading, Multi-Strategy Hedge Fund $1MM++, NY/CT recruitment

Scope of responsibilities:

• Reporting to the CIO of the firm and other senior executives, you will be responsible for the day to day management and strategic growth of the firm’s systematic trading portfolio.

• Specifically, you will focus on “hands on” research, management, development and execution of the existing and future research pipeline driving the firm’s systematic trading portfolios (several $Billions AUM)

• Ongoing strategic advice to the President, CIO and Investment Committee on the development of the systematic trading business.

• Mentoring, managing, optimising and growing the existing systematic trading research team and framework.

This is a genuine opportunity to take an existing systematic trading business to and through its next exciting phases of growth. This is a high visibility role in a high growth area for the firm. It is anticipated that the incumbent will grow into a broader executive management role within the firm and investment committee. Your profile:

• 10 + years research experience within the systematic trading domain.

• Your research experience is likely to have come from a blend of academia and industry.

• A PhD from a leading faculty with the presence and ability to mentor and grow the existing research team (mix of junior to senior PhD researchers)

• Diverse and versatile cross-asset experience in the research and deployment of systematic trading models / alpha generation.

• Commercially minded with the ability / willingness to interact with the firm’s senior executives and strategic investors.

Contact

If you find this role of interest, please contact Fraiser Weiss in strict confidence on apply@mavenalpha.com or +44 (0)20 3178 5678 quoting the reference “FAWI”. Thank you – www.mavenalpha.com