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Systematic Equity – Head of Portfolio Management (US)

A senior leadership role running the US portfolio management team for systematic equity strategies, reporting to the chief investment officer. It covers implementation, risk, clients and product development.

What you’d work on

Our reading of the posting: what a new hire in this role would most likely spend their first months on.

Run daily portfolio construction and implementation for quantitative equity funds
Act as the escalation point for implementation issues
Meet institutional clients and explain the investment process
Develop new systematic equity products
Improve the operating model through automation and better tools

What they ask for

Required

15-20+ years in investment management, ideally systematic equity
Leading portfolio management teams
Portfolio construction, risk and implementation expertise
Client-facing credibility
Understanding of US institutional markets

Preferred

Education: CFA, MBA or equivalent strongly preferred
Experience: 15-20+ years in investment management, ideally systematic or quantitative equity
Markets: equities

How to prepare

Study how quantitative equity portfolios are constructed with risk models and constraints
Learn implementation topics: turnover, trading costs and tracking error budgets
Follow how index and enhanced-index strategies differ from active ones
Practise explaining a quantitative investment process to a non-technical client

What to study

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