Senior Associate - Quant Strategy & Research - Asset Management Business

Position: Senior Associate - Quant Strategy & Research

Location: Mumbai (Hybrid/Onsite)

Department: Quantitative Strategy & Research

Reports To: CIO - Investments

Role Overview:

- We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Associate - Quant Strategy & Research with strong quantitative and technical expertise. The candidate will play a pivotal role in designing, developing, testing, and improving systematic investment and trading strategies across multiple asset classes.

- The role involves collaboration with portfolio managers, data engineers, and technology teams to transform research ideas into scalable investment strategies for mutual funds and other investment vehicles.

Key Responsibilities:

- Research & Strategy Design

- Research, conceptualize, and design systematic trading and investment strategies.

- Identify alpha-generating signals across equities, derivatives, commodities, and other asset classes.

- Build proprietary momentum, relative strength, and risk-based models.

- Development & Testing

- Implement and back-test strategies using historical market data.

- Ensure robustness through factor sensitivity tests, stress testing, and out-of-sample validations.

- Optimize execution strategies to minimize transaction costs and slippage.

- Continuous Improvement

- Monitor live strategy performance and identify areas of enhancement.

- Integrate advanced analytics, machine learning, and statistical techniques to improve efficiency.

- Document research outcomes and maintain reproducibility of models.

- Collaboration & Integration

- Work closely with fund managers to align strategies with fund mandates.

- Collaborate with the technology team to ensure seamless integration into trading platforms.

- Provide research insights to support fund launches, client communication, and regulatory submissions.

Qualifications & Experience:

- Work Experience: 46 years in quantitative research, trading strategy development.

Education:

- Bachelors/Masters degree in Finance, Economics, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or Computer Science.

- Preferred certifications: CMT (Chartered Market Technician), CFA, FRM, or equivalent professional qualifications.

Required Skills:

- Strong knowledge of financial markets, technical analysis, and systematic trading.

- Hands-on experience with Python / R / MATLAB (preferred: Python for back-testing & research).

- Proficiency in SQL and handling large financial datasets.

- Knowledge of factor investing, momentum strategies, and derivatives.

- Strong problem-solving and statistical analysis skills.

- Ability to independently take ideas from concept to production.

What We Offer?

- Opportunity to be part of a fast-growing AMC with a strong quant and tech DNA.

- Exposure to cutting-edge systematic investing frameworks in Indian and global markets.

- Collaborative and innovation-driven work culture.

- Competitive compensation and growth path.