Quantitative Portfolio Manager

Aptic, a recruitment firm specialized in asset management. Since 2016, its expert, dedicated teams have supported clients and candidates across senior leadership and highly specialized roles, delivering tailored recruitment solutions to the asset management industry.

Our client is a leading quantitative investment platform seeking established Portfolio Managers to join and operate with full autonomy. It is a true partnership for those who want to build their own operation while backed by significant institutional capital and world-class infrastructure.

You join to run a systematic portfolio, with end-to-end ownership of the P&L, the operating framework, and the performance you deliver, covering everything from strategy execution to day-to-day decision-making.

For the best-in-class
, you will have the potential of building a desk from the ground up, owning the build-out of the team and the technology that underpins it. It’s essentially launching your own hedge fund inside a platform that takes care of the institutional backbone: risk, legal, operations.

• Own and manage a dedicated P&L with full accountability for performance, risk, and strategic direction
• Recruit, lead, and mentor your own team of quantitative researchers and developers, cultivating a culture of intellectual rigor and collaboration
• Drive hands-on research and alpha generation, remaining deeply involved in the intellectual core of the investment process
• Operate within platform risk parameters while maintaining complete trading autonomy
• Scale your strategies over time, with access to additional capital and resources as your track record compounds

We are looking for Portfolio Managers who meet the following criteria:

• Experience:
  
  Minimum 5 years' systematic trading experience within a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, or alternative investment environment.
• Track Record
  :
  Proven 2-year minimum verifiable track record in:
  Equities Statistical Arbitrage OR Systematic Macro OR Volatility
• Leadership
  :
  Proven experience recruiting, managing, and developing a team, you know how to create an environment where talent thrives.
• Research DNA
  :
  You remain deeply hands-on in research and strategy development.
• Leadership
  :
  Proven experience recruiting, managing, and developing a team, you know how to create an environment where talent thrives.
• Mindset
  :
  Entrepreneurial, autonomous, and willing to build something to last.