Executive Director, Senior Equity Risk Manager
Core
Senior Equity Risk Manager for a multi-manager, market-neutral equity hedge fund, partnering with portfolio managers to optimize portfolio construction, manage risk, and develop quantitative investment tools.
Role type
Senior IC quantitative risk manager (equity)
Builds
Market-neutral equity hedge fund strategies and risk management infrastructure
Domain
Asset Management / Hedge Funds / Quantitative Equity
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Portfolio construction, risk modeling, factor analysis, Python, quantitative research, optimization methodologies, alpha signal evaluation
Preferred skills
Experience with multi-manager platforms, knowledge of alternative datasets, trading infrastructure design
Technologies
Python
Responsibilities
Work directly with PMs to identify and manage portfolio risks (factor, industry, concentration, liquidity, etc.); Advise PMs on portfolio construction, position sizing, hedging, and diversification; Analyze portfolio behavior across market environments and stress scenarios; Evaluate portfolio performance and sources of alpha; Contribute to platform-level decisions on risk allocation and capital deployment; Research and develop alpha signals using market and alternative datasets; Develop portfolio construction and optimization methodologies; Monitor market developments and communicate risks to leadership; Partner with trading to improve execution efficiency; Design and develop Python-based analytical tools and research infrastructure.
