Quantitative Analyst, New Product Development

Location: London, UK; hybrid work with four days in the office each week

Base salary: GBP 57,200.00–76,266.66 annually; 7.5% annual bonus target

Company

hirify.global Indexes creates global equity, bond, private markets, and asset allocation indexes using hirify.global research and intellectual property.

What you will do

• Collaborate with equity, quantitative, manager, private markets, and sustainability research teams and product management to develop thematic and smart beta indexes.
• Participate in the full product development lifecycle, including ideation, design, development, validation, and launch.
• Work with index teams to operationalize index methodologies.
• Develop tools and capabilities for portfolio construction and analytics using statistical and machine learning techniques.
• Explore AI implementation for research and portfolio analysis.
• Prepare white papers, factsheets, client presentations, and other go-to-market materials.

Requirements

• Up to 2 years of experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or financial discipline, or engineering.
• Knowledge of institutional investing, modern portfolio theory, and portfolio construction processes.
• Excellent documentation, oral and written communication, and presentation skills, including the ability to explain complex ideas simply.

Nice to have

• MBA from a premier institute.
• CFA charter or candidature, with at least Level I passed.
• Hands-on experience creating Strategic Beta, factor, ESG, or similar rules-based quantitative investment strategies.
• Technical proficiency in at least one of Python, R, or MATLAB, in addition to SQL.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with regular in-person collaboration.
• Tools and resources for meaningful collaboration with global colleagues.
• Additional benefits supporting flexibility as needs change.