Economic and Statistical Research Director (Quantitative Research)

Location: Stockholm, Helsinki, or Vilnius; hybrid work with at least 3 days per week in the office

Company

hirify.global is an exchange group providing market data, trading, capital formation, and market structure services across European financial markets.

What you will do

• Lead the Economic and Statistical Research Quant Research team and set its direction, priorities, and development goals.
• Produce quantitative and qualitative analysis on market microstructure, pricing, financial regulation, and related capital-markets topics.
• Generate research insights and recommendations for internal stakeholders, external clients, senior executives, and market quality initiatives.
• Identify analytical and innovation opportunities that can improve market quality, revenues, European market structure, and regulation.
• Build relationships with product, sales, technology, and senior leadership stakeholders to support thought leadership.
• Own and improve the research technology stack, capabilities, and team processes.

Requirements

• Advanced degree, preferably PhD-level, in engineering, mathematics, finance, economics, or an equivalent field.
• 10+ years of relevant experience and expertise in European market microstructure and market structure.
• Strong skills in statistical methods, machine learning, and/or econometrics.
• Strong statistical programming skills in Python, R, or similar, including work with statistical packages and Level 3 exchange data.
• Advanced understanding of capital markets, secondary markets, and European financial regulation.
• Fluent English language skills and the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly to senior management.

Nice to have

• Quantitative research experience in a trading environment and experience managing expert teams.
• Strong SQL skills, including Amazon Redshift, and experience with AWS cloud services.
• Hands-on experience with hypothesis testing, back-testing, statistical significance, model accuracy, and predictive reliability.
• Understanding of regulated markets, MTFs, SIs, banks, brokers, institutions, and the business drivers of market participants.
• Experience with agentic AI for data analysis and with production environments, version control, and documentation.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work setup with a modern and comfortable office environment.
• Work from almost anywhere for up to 20 days per year.
• Competitive base salary, annual bonus, annual equity grant, and employee stock purchase plan.
• Pension plan, paid vacation, six additional days off per year, and paid volunteer time.
• Health insurance and 24/7 mental health support for employees and their families.
• Global mentoring program, unlimited access to e-learning platforms, and regular office fika breaks.