Chief Investment Officer Jobs

Chief Investment Officer, Hedge Fund (Volatility Arb)

If you are interested in being considered for an Volatility Arb CIO position with us, please apply via Linkedin.

In order to be considered, candidates should have a track record of experience running an autonomous strategy in their current or previous roles.

Principal Responsibilities

• Combine sound financial insights and statistical learning techniques to explore, analyze, and harness a large variety of datasets in order to build strong predictive models which will be deployed to the investment process
• Collaborate with the team in a transparent environment, engaging with the whole investment process
• Manage a small investment team in developing systematic trading strategies, with a primary focus on driving: idea generation, data gathering and research/analysis, model implementation and backtesting.
• Manage the production and risks of the strategies developed by the team and yourself

Preferred Technical Skills

• Strong research and programming skills
• Masters or PhD degree in a quantitative subject such as Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, or related field
• Working knowledge of Matlab/Python and SQL are necessary

Preferred Experience

• Demonstrated ability to manage team members
• Demonstrated ability to conduct independent research using large data sets
• Proven, successful track record managing a high, mid or low frequency systematic trading strategy with a focus on equities and/or futures

Highly Valued Relevant Experience

• Product experience in volatility arbitrage strategies
• 7+ years of professional experience in a systematic trading environment (prop desk or hedge fund)