Equities - Systematic Trading - Executive Director

Job Description

As an Executive Director Trader of US Cash Equities Central Risk Book (CRB) in Global Equities you will work in close partnership with our technology and quant research professionals to enhance client execution through systematic liquidity provision, research & implement strategies to improve desk profitability and manage the risk & operation of our systematic trading.

US Cash Equities provides risk and agency‑trading capabilities to global clients executing in US‑listed stocks.

Job responsibilities

• Research & implementation of trading signals & liquidity provision strategies in US cash equities & futures
• Development of alpha signals to overlay across the entire CRB portfolio
• Manage and track the profitability of productionized trading and alpha signals
• Oversight & development of the systematic risk management of the desk’s portfolio using risk models & optimise rs
• Development of risk pricing & execution cost models to reduce costs & improve profitability
• Collaborate proactively with the CRB technology & quant research team members, as well as with the global CRB team

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience trading & managing risk in US markets
• Proven trading track record of systematic trading profitability & understanding of common systematic trading strategies
• Fluency in quantitative data analysis using latest tools, preferably python, pandas & KDB
• Organizational and time management skills
• Strong communication, both real‑time & technical communication