Title: Senior Quantitative Researcher / Sub-Portfolio Manager

Location: London

Team: Systematic Trading Strategies

About the Role:

Seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Quantitative Researcher or Sub-Portfolio Manager to join a systematic trading team. The successful candidate will play a key role in the full lifecycle of alpha research and strategy development, with the potential to manage risk capital independently or transition into a lead PM role over time

Key Responsibilities

• Design, research, and implement systematic trading strategies across global markets.
• Conduct high-quality alpha signal research leveraging fundamental, alternative, and market data, using advanced statistical and machine learning techniques where appropriate
• Develop and test robust portfolio construction, execution, and risk management models specifically tailored to equity markets
• Work closely with data engineering and infrastructure teams to enhance research workflows, data pipelines, and backtesting capabilities
• Continuously monitor and refine model performance, ensuring strategies remain competitive and scalable
• Take ownership of strategy performance and contribute directly to the team’s overall equity P&L
• Opportunity to transition into a standalone PM role or run a systematic sub-portfolio within defined risk parameters

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in quantitative research or trading with a focus on systematic strategies at a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, or top-tier investment bank
• Proven track record of alpha generation or contribution to profitable systematic strategies
• Deep understanding of equity market microstructure, cross-sectional and time-series modeling, and portfolio optimization techniques
• Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or similar, with experience handling large equity datasets (e.g., fundamentals, estimates, alternative data)
• Master’s or PhD in a quantitative field (e.g., Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Engineering, Statistics)
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a team-oriented yet performance-driven mindset