Portfolio Manager / Quant Trader / Quant Researcher | Global Proprietary Trading Platform



Overview

We are partnering with a rapidly expanding proprietary trading platform that is building a global multi-market trading business and actively investing in the next generation of Portfolio Managers, Quant Traders, and Quant Researchers.
The platform has already established profitable live trading operations and is now entering an accelerated growth phase, supported by substantial proprietary capital, significant technology investment, and a long-term commitment to scaling successful teams.
At a time when many experienced traders and researchers are evaluating whether they have sufficient ownership over their strategies, risk allocation, and career trajectory, this platform has been designed with a different philosophy.
Rather than requiring candidates to arrive with fully institutionalised businesses or mature investment teams, the firm is focused on identifying talented individuals with strong alpha generation capabilities and providing them with the resources required to scale.
This creates a unique opportunity for traders, researchers, and PMs who believe they could achieve more with greater autonomy, faster decision-making, and direct access to capital.


Strategic Areas of Focus

The firm remains asset-class agnostic but has identified several areas as key priorities for expansion.
These include:


CME Futures

Particular interest in:

• US Treasury Futures
• Interest Rate Futures
• Equity Index Futures
• Related macro products

The business sees significant opportunity in systematic, discretionary, and execution-sensitive approaches across some of the world's deepest and most liquid futures markets.


Eurex

Interest spans:

• European Government Bond Futures
• Equity Index Derivatives
• Relative Value Strategies
• Fixed Income Trading

The platform is looking for individuals capable of identifying opportunities across both directional and relative-value frameworks.


ICE

Strong focus on:

• Crude Oil
• Natural Gas
• Energy Derivatives

Given the continued importance of energy markets and structural changes across global commodity trading, the firm sees this as a significant growth area.


US Equities

Particular interest in:

• Electronic Market Making
• Quantitative Trading
• Low-Latency Strategies
• Statistical Arbitrage
• Systematic Equity Research

Niche International Markets

The firm is also interested in professionals who have built successful strategies in less crowded or less efficient markets where proprietary trading firms have historically established strong competitive advantages.


The Opportunity

This is not a platform solely targeting established Portfolio Managers.
The firm is actively interested in speaking with:

• Portfolio Managers currently managing risk
• Senior Quant Traders seeking greater capital allocation
• Senior Quant Researchers looking to transition toward strategy ownership
• End-to-end strategy developers
• Future business builders and team leaders

Successful candidates will have the opportunity to contribute directly to the future direction of the platform whilst benefiting from significant organisational support.
The long-term objective is to build teams around successful individuals and provide clear pathways toward increased responsibility, risk ownership, and leadership opportunities.


Responsibilities

Depending on experience and seniority, responsibilities may include:

• Researching and developing alpha-generating strategies
• Managing live risk and capital deployment
• Generating new trading ideas across liquid markets
• Designing forecasting and modelling frameworks
• Conducting portfolio construction and risk management
• Performing post-trade analysis and performance attribution
• Working alongside technology teams to improve infrastructure and execution
• Building and mentoring teams as the platform expands

Required Experience

We are interested in speaking with candidates who possess:

• Experience within a proprietary trading firm, hedge fund, or systematic investment manager
• Demonstrated alpha generation and live trading performance
• Strong understanding of portfolio construction and risk management
• Quantitative research and modelling capabilities
• Programming skills (Python, C++, or similar preferred)
• Experience owning all or part of the strategy lifecycle
• Entrepreneurial mindset and desire for increased ownership

Candidates do not need fully mature strategies but should demonstrate the ability to generate returns and scale ideas over time.


Compensation & Capital

A major differentiator of the platform is its highly entrepreneurial compensation model.
The firm places significant emphasis on aligning incentives with performance and offers:

• Competitive profit-sharing arrangements
• Quarterly bonus payments
• Meaningful capital allocation
• Clear pathways to increased risk ownership
• Long-term opportunities to build and lead teams

For Portfolio Managers, economics are targeted around 30-40% profit share, whilst Quant Traders benefit from highly competitive performance participation.


Why Apply?

This opportunity is particularly compelling for individuals who feel they could achieve more with:

• Greater risk autonomy
• Larger capital allocation
• Better infrastructure
• Faster decision-making
• Stronger alignment between performance and reward

The platform combines the flexibility of a high-growth entrepreneurial trading business with the infrastructure, technology, and resources typically associated with much larger institutions.
For individuals looking to build and scale something meaningful rather than simply operate within an existing framework, this represents a rare opportunity.

For a confidential discussion, please contact:
Jonathan Ekoh
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