Futures Portfolio Manager

Role Overview

Our client is a proprietary trading firm specialising in systematic strategies across global markets, with established offices in Switzerland, Chicago, New York, and Dubai. As part of its continued international growth, the firm is also opening a new office in London. There is also the opportunity to work remotely in Europe.

As a Futures Portfolio Manager you will take full ownership of designing, implementing and managing systematic trading strategies across CME, ICE and EUREX markets. You’ll focus on intraday to short-term models (holding periods from same day up to five days) and leverage your quantitative expertise to drive strong, consistent performance.

This is an ideal role for a technically skilled, commercially driven trader with a proven background in alpha generation and a passion for systematic research.

• Build, optimise, and deploy high-quality systematic futures strategies in Python or C++
• Manage portfolio risk and capital allocation with discipline and precision
• Analyse real-time and historical data to enhance performance
• Work closely with engineering and research teams to strengthen infrastructure and tooling

• Strong quantitative background with experience gained at a proprietary trading firm, hedge fund or family office
• 3+ years’ trading CME or Eurex futures
• Proficiency in Python or C++
• A proven and verifiable track record of profitable trading performance
• Sharpe Ratio of 3+ over a 12 month period