A top-performing quantitative investment firm in NYC is expanding its research and trading teams and is currently in search of a Director of Execution Research to report into and work closely with C-Suite Professionals. This position involves leading the firm's execution research across Futures, FX, and other asset classes. Please note, this is an extremely collaborative firm that will offer an extremely competitive compensation package.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with senior internal and external stakeholders to assist across idea generation and strategy implementation
- Lead a team of quantitative researchers, while remaining hands-on
- Develop short-term market making multi-asset strategies
- Build new tools to help improve execution
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in algorithmic trade execution
- 3+ years of experience managing a team
- Experience designing execution models, such as VWAP
- Extensive experience performing TCA
- Market microstructure research/modelling experience required
- HFT/market making backgrounds preferred