Strategist, CIO Office (Equities)

Schonfeld

$175K — $225K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in quantitative research or portfolio analytics, especially in equities or equity derivatives.
  • Experience from sell-side strategists enhancing your analytical toolkit is a plus.
  • Proficient in equities factor models and backtesting methods, with a grasp on equity derivatives pricing.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and SQL for data manipulation and analysis.
  • Familiarity with large language models (LLMs) and AI tools for real-world analytical problems.
  • Fluent in English with notable communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Demonstrated ability to take ownership and produce results with minimal guidance.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build quantitative tools for better portfolio analysis of equities and equity derivatives.
  • Conduct backtests and develop signal frameworks tailored for cash equities and derivatives.
  • Create AI-driven decision-making tools for senior leadership in investment.
  • Automate risk monitoring across various metrics such as exposure and concentration.
  • Provide analytical support for strategic decisions made by senior leadership.
  • Manage and implement recurring operational initiatives in capital and fund management.

Benefits

  • Access to advanced analytics and AI tools to enhance your work.
  • Collaborative environment working alongside senior investment leaders.
  • Opportunities for professional growth through direct exposure to high-stakes investment decisions.
  • Involvement in enterprise-level initiatives enhancing holistic risk assessment.
  • Supportive culture fostering self-starter attitudes and adaptability in team members.
Full Job Description
Strategist, CIO Office (Equities)

The Role

We are seeking an Applied Quant Strategist to join the Chief Investment Office team, focused on the firm's equities platform - covering both discretionary and systematic strategies across equities and equity derivatives. You will work directly with senior investment leadership to build the analytics, screens, and AI-driven tooling that support capital allocation and risk decisions across the firm.

What you'll do

As an Applied Quant Strategist, you will design and build quantitative tooling that sharpens how senior leadership reads the equities and equity derivatives book. You will partner with senior investment leadership, risk, business analytics, and the firm-wide strats community. You will also work alongside your FICC counterpart on enterprise-level initiatives and ensure the CIO has a holistic view into portfolio risk. You will be leading efforts on:
  • Quantitative screens and analytics across the firm's equities and equity derivatives book
  • Backtests and signal frameworks for cash equities and equity derivatives
  • AI-driven decision tooling for senior investment leadership
  • Automated risk-monitoring (exposure, factor crowding, vol/skew, concentration)
  • Ad-hoc analytical support for senior investment leadership
  • Establishing and executing on recurring capital and fund management operational initiatives

What you'll bring
  • Background in quantitative research, strategist, or portfolio analytics focused on equities and/or equity derivatives; sell-side strats experience welcome
  • Working knowledge of equities factor models, attribution, backtesting, and/or equity derivatives pricing
  • Strong Python and SQL skills
  • Hands-on experience applying LLMs and modern AI tooling to analytical problems
  • Familiarity with Bloomberg or comparable market-data systems
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with full professional fluency in English
  • Strong ownership and a track record of delivering results
  • Self-starter, comfortable operating with ambiguity
  • Nimbleness that is conducive to continuously being redeployed tactically to the firm's highest ROI projects and requests


The base pay for this role is expected to be between $175,000 and $225,000. The expected base pay range is based on information at the time this post was generated. This role may also be eligible for other forms of compensation such as a performance bonus and a competitive benefits package. Actual compensation for the successful candidate will be determined based on a variety of factors such as skills, qualifications, and experience.

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