Portfolio Manager - Systematic Rates (NLP Specialist)

Onyx Alpha Partners; England; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive compensation

Autonomy in a data-centric culture

Access to institutional infrastructure

Job summary

A leading multi-strategy investment firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Portfolio Manager to develop systematic rates strategies powered by NLP signals. The role involves capital deployment, quantitative insights extraction, and collaboration with research teams. Ideal candidates should have a strong background in NLP and quantitative finance. This full-time position offers a highly competitive, performance-linked compensation.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing systematic rates models.
• Strong background in NLP and financial markets.
• Ability to extract insights from unstructured data.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement systematic rates strategies.
• Oversee capital deployment with disciplined risk controls.
• Partner with data scientists to enhance NLP pipelines.
• Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to evolve NLP pipelines.

Skills

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Systematic trading strategies

Quantitative analysis

Risk management

Portfolio construction

Python

SQL

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Job description

Base pay range

This range is provided by Onyx Alpha Partners. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Our client is a leading multi-strategy investment firm managing approximately $40 billion AUM, recognized for their consistent performance, institutional infrastructure, and disciplined approach to risk. This platform combines quantitative and discretionary investment methods across global markets, supported by a robust data driven, mature research ecosystem.

Role Overview

The firm is seeking a Portfolio Manager to design and lead systematic rates strategies powered by natural language-derived signals. The mandate focuses on transforming unstructured text — including policy statements, macro commentary, and news — into predictive insights that drive alpha across global yield curves and interest rate markets.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and implement systematic rates models that leverage NLP-based signals across futures from research through to live trading.

Oversee capital deployment with disciplined risk controls, volatility targeting, and robust portfolio construction, ensuring consistent, high risk-adjusted returns.

Extract quantitative insights from unstructured text — central bank communications, macroeconomic news, and research reports — to identify directional and relative value opportunities.

Research & Development

Partner with data scientists and quantitative researchers to evolve NLP pipelines, enhance model robustness, and ensure signal persistence through stress testing and regime validation.

Collaborate closely with engineering and macro research teams to optimize data ingestion, execution efficiency, and research scalability across systematic fixed‑income strategies.

Reasons to Apply

• Front-line opportunity to pioneer NLP-driven alpha within a exponentially growing systematic fixed income platform.
• Access to institutional infrastructure, rich data pipelines, and cross‑disciplinary research teams.
• Significant balance sheet and scale to grow your book to critical mass while maintaining a strong Sharpe ratio.
• Highly competitive, performance‑linked compensation with ability to co‑invest in the fund with market leading returns.
• High degree of autonomy within a semi‑collaborative, data‑centric culture.

Apply Now

At Onyx Alpha Partners, we connect world‑class investment talent with opportunities that expand their universe of unconstrained performance. If this role aligns with your ambitions, we encourage you to apply or contact the Onyx Alpha team in confidence.

Seniority level

Director

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Finance

Industries

Financial Services, Investment Management, and Capital Markets