CareerPlan

Quantitative Equity Portfolio Manager

Chicago, IL, USFull-time$137k2026-09-29 → 2026-11-10
No visa sponsorship

Core

Manage personalized, tax-aware equity portfolios for high-net-worth, family-office, and institutional clients using quantitative construction and disciplined implementation.

Role type

Senior IC quantitative equity portfolio manager

Builds

Tax-aware equity portfolios, direct indexing solutions, and customized investment strategies

Domain

Wealth management / Quantitative equity investing

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Quantitative portfolio construction, modern portfolio theory, tax-aware investment strategies, risk management, statistics, equity market knowledge, transition analysis, tracking error management

Preferred skills

Direct indexing experience, long/short equity, securities lending, prime-broker experience, CFA designation

Technologies

Optimization engines, risk models, tax analytics platforms

Responsibilities

Review portfolios and optimization outputs daily for tax-loss-harvesting and rebalancing opportunities; Construct and rebalance portfolios to client-directed benchmarks while managing tracking error and transaction costs; Develop transition analyses for cash-funded and concentrated portfolios; Implement client restrictions and sustainability screens; Coordinate with trading, research, and compliance partners; Explain portfolio decisions and outcomes to clients and internal partners

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC