Senior PM/CIO (Quantamental/Systematic Global Equities)

Capital Executive Search; Sydney; On-site; AUD 350,000 - 700,000; Full time

Job summary

Capital Executive Search client seeks a senior investment leader to design, refine and ultimately lead a new systematic equities program. The candidate should bring quantamental/systematic experience, a track record of managing live capital, and a hands-on approach to building teams and investment processes.

The role involves shaping strategy, portfolio construction, risk management, and leading research efforts alongside traders, quants, and engineers.

Qualifications

• Senior PM/CIO-level with live capital experience
• Background in quantamental/systematic investing
• Experience building investment teams and processes

Responsibilities

• Shape and lead a new systematic equities strategy from pre-launch to live trading
• Own capital construction, risk allocation, and execution with accountable P&L
• Drive earnings-based fundamental signals alongside quants and data specialists
• Build research capability and investment team as the platform scales
• Operate with low-ego, high-conviction approach and direct leadership influence

Skills

Quantamental equities

Systematic equities

Portfolio construction

Risk management

Research leadership

Tools

Quantitative models

Job description

Our client is launching a live, committed-capital equities strategy within the next six months. They are looking for a senior investment leader (with quantamental/systematic backgrounds only) to help build, refine and ultimately lead the investment function.

The strategy is a systematic, quantitatively driven long/short global equities strategy. It is not high-frequency trading or discretionary stock picking. It is fundamentally driven, centred on forecasting corporate earnings and identifying mispriced equities. Quantitative models drive stock selection, portfolio construction and exits, over medium-term holding periods of several months.

This is a build role, not a maintenance role. You will work directly with senior leadership and have real influence over strategy design, portfolio construction, risk allocation, execution, research direction, hiring and investment process. Good ideas are expected to be tested and built quickly.

The opportunity

• Shape a new systematic equities strategy from pre-launch through live trading and scale-up.
• Own how capital is constructed, risked and executed, with direct accountability for long-term P&L.
• Drive research into earnings-based and fundamental signals alongside quants, engineers, traders and data specialists.
• Build out the research capability and investment team as the platform grows.

About you

You are a senior PM, CIO, Deputy CIO, Head of Equities or senior systematic equities leader. You have run live capital and can point to a measurable record of improving investment outcomes. Your background is likely to be one of the following:

• Quantamental equities PM: you combine deep fundamental market understanding with a quantitative investment process.
• Systematic equities PM: you have strong market intuition and understand the economic drivers behind your signals, not only their statistical properties.
• We won't be considering those from a fundamental equities background for this role.

You will also bring:

• Experience with fundamental, financial-statement or earnings-based signals in a systematic framework.
• Strong command of portfolio construction, risk, drawdowns, capacity, liquidity and transaction costs.
• Experience building process, research capability or investment teams.
• A background in a hedge fund, proprietary trading firm, systematic equities business, institutional manager or high-performing family office.
• A low-ego, high-conviction, highly accountable approach, with the commercial sharpness and competitive drive to thrive without heavy infrastructure or committee layers.