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.