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Our client is a leading prop trading company with over 600 staff and office on 3 continents. The firm specialises in market making and systematic prop strategies, leveraging a scientific methodology. 

We are looking for a leader/quant/trader with the skills to manage a large book and the interest, capability and desire to build a pod of talent. The primary remit is to build short horizon strategies with a target holding period of 30 minutes to 3 weeks. The mandate is broad and will encompass stat-arb, event prediction, earning prediction and machine learning strategies for cash equities and ETF’s. This is a beta neutral group and the emphasis is on return on capital, capital preservation, sharpe, drawdown management. 

Requirements:

• Significant experience developing short term systematic equity strategies
• Solid track record
• Experience mentoring and building small teams of quants
• The ability to lead by example and from the front 
• The ability to code and implement ideas in an object oriented language

Education:

• PhD in quantitative discipline
  

Benefits:

• Compensation will include a base salary as well as a % of the P&L generated from your own strategies with a secondary % linked to the P&L of the group you build/manage.

If you would like to be considered for the position of Head of Process Driven Trading or wish to discuss it further please leave your details below.  Your resume will be held in confidence until you connect with a member of our search team