Head of Quantitative Research
About the Opportunity
We are retained to hire a Head of Quantitative Research for a cutting-edge digital asset investment manager operating at the intersection of quantitative finance, AI, and automated trading.
Role Overview
This is a senior leadership role responsible for defining research strategy, building and mentoring quant teams, and delivering a consistent pipeline of deployable alpha. The role is both strategic and hands-on, with deep involvement in research, validation, and production workflows.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and execute the firm’s quantitative research roadmap.
- Lead hands-on strategy development using statistical, ML, and AI techniques.
- Build and manage high-performing research teams.
- Partner closely with trading, risk, and engineering.
- Drive adoption of next-generation compute and research tooling.
Requirements
- Advanced degree in a quantitative discipline.
- 8+ years in quantitative research with leadership exposure.
- Strong Python expertise; additional low-latency languages a plus.
- Experience with large-scale data, cloud infrastructure, and AI/ML.