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Role: Systematic Futures Portfolio Manager (Mid-Frequency)
Location: New York, NY
A newly launched New York-based hedge fund, backed by a group of highly regarded and well-established investors, is seeking a Systematic Futures Portfolio Manager to help build and scale its quantitative trading platform.
The role is focused on mid-frequency systematic futures trading across global macro products, including equities, rates, FX, and commodities. The PM will have significant autonomy over research direction, portfolio construction, and strategy deployment, while operating within a highly entrepreneurial and technology-driven environment.
Key Responsibilities:
• Research, develop, and manage systematic futures trading strategies with holding periods ranging from intraday to multi-day
• Generate and monetize alpha signals across liquid global futures markets
• Design portfolio construction and risk management frameworks
• Conduct signal research using price/volume, macro, alternative, and market microstructure datasets
• Collaborate closely with quant developers and infrastructure teams to productionize strategies
• Monitor live trading performance, execution quality, and risk exposures
• Contribute to the build-out of the firm’s systematic trading and research platform
Ideal Background:
• Proven experience managing or developing systematic futures strategies in a hedge fund, prop trading, or institutional platform
• Strong track record in mid-frequency trading and live PnL generation
• Deep understanding of futures markets, portfolio construction, and execution
• Strong quantitative and programming skills (Python preferred; C a plus)
• Experience working with large-scale market data and research infrastructure
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to operate autonomously in a growing platform environment
The fund offers a highly competitive compensation structure, access to strong infrastructure and capital backing, and the opportunity to play a foundational role in building a next-generation systematic investment business.