Senior Quantitative Investment Strategist, Policy Holder Investment Office

Location: Greater London

Job Description

Markets change, customer needs evolve and the future rarely behaves like the past. We’re looking for someone who can think like an investor and build like a quant, combining portfolio construction and optimisation expertise with the modelling, mathematics and coding capability to turn investment ideas into evidence-led strategies.

Job Description

Markets change, customer needs evolve and the future rarely behaves like the past. We’re looking for someone who can think like an investor and build like a quant, combining portfolio construction and optimisation expertise with the modelling, mathematics and coding capability to turn investment ideas into evidence-led strategies.

Job Type: Permanent

Location: This role can be based in our London / Edinburgh or Birmingham offices, and you can work flexibly between the office (c.2-3 days/week) and home. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.

Salary and benefits: from £120,000+ (subject to experience) + discretionary competitive bonus, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

Who are we?

We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

The Opportunity

Investment Strategy & Fund Design sits at the heart of how we research, design and evolve long-term investment solutions for our policyholders.

We're looking for a Senior Quantitative Investment Strategist to bring deep quantitative and investment expertise into the team, combining sophisticated investment research with hands-on modelling and development capability.

This is a unique role at the intersection of investment strategy, portfolio construction, quantitative research and technology. You'll explore some of the most important questions facing long-term investors: how markets and investment factors could evolve, how portfolios may behave across different environments, how retirement spending and future risks influence investment needs, and ultimately, what that evidence tells us about how we should invest.

Crucially, you won't just commission or interpret the analysis. You'll have the technical capability to build the models and tools that test the thinking, turning investment hypotheses into robust quantitative evidence and ultimately into better investment strategies and customer outcomes.

Reporting to the Head of Investment Strategy & Fund Design, you'll have significant scope to shape our quantitative research agenda, modelling capability and approach to portfolio construction.

What You'll Be Doing Quantitative Investment Research

• Lead sophisticated quantitative research across investment strategy, portfolio construction and long-term fund design.
• Develop and challenge capital market assumptions, strategic asset allocation frameworks and investment methodologies.
• Research how economic, market and investment factors could influence future portfolio behaviour and long-term investment outcomes.
• Use historical…