Director of Signal Research

A leading investment bank, based in NYC, is looking for an Equity eTrading Director to join the leadership team of their Equity eTrading group. This is a strategic hire for the business, and you will be tasked with leading their signal research capabilities, helping them to monetize the signals they discover through their execution.

Responsibilities

• Revolutionize their signal research process.
• Conduct signal research and implement changes into existing execution models.
• Working with the wider Equities Business to monetize the signals generated.
• Work with quant development and technology to ensure models are accurately implemented.
• Analyzing and improving the performance of the models within their algo wheel
• Designing models for limit order placement

Requirements

• D. in a quantitative discipline.
• Extensive knowledge of US equity market microstructure and various order types available
• Deep knowledge of equities eTrading algorithms
• Practical knowledge of statistical methodologies
• Proficient programming skills with either Python or Q
• Comfortable handling and analyzing large amounts of tick data
• Excellent communication skills and a confident people manager