VP, Systematic Volatility Trading & Quant Research APAC

Testing Site - JPMC; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Testing Site - JPMC’s Systematic Trading Quantitative Research APAC team seeks a VP/Executive Director to design data-driven trading signals and combine alphas with cost and risk models into systematic, mid-frequency strategies in equity derivatives.

You will work with equity volatility flow desks and market makers, automate trading processes, optimize portfolio allocation, and promote automated trading as a core capability across the business.

Qualifications

• PhD or Master’s in a quantitative field from a top-tier institution.
• Experience in systematic quantitative trading in Equity or related asset classes.
• Strong written and verbal communication to convey complex ideas clearly.
• Understanding of algorithmic trading, market making and statistical arbitrage.
• Proficiency in Python and quantitative packages (numpy, pandas).
• Ability to handle large, high-dimensional data from multiple sources.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with equity volatility flow desks to identify new business opportunities with a systematic mindset.
• Contribute to the lifecycle from idea generation to live trading: conceptualisation, research, implementation, monitoring.
• Automate and optimize derivatives trading quantitatively, including alpha research, strategy allocation, and execution.
• Partner with Cash and Prime Finance to develop synergies in the quantitative trading space.

Skills

Python

Statistical modelling

Communication skills

Algorithmic trading

Data analysis

Education

PhD or Master’s Degree in a quantitative discipline

Tools

KDB+/Q

Numpy/Pandas

TensorFlow

PyTorch

C++

Job description

Testing Site - JPMC’s Systematic Trading Quantitative Research APAC team seeks a VP/Executive Director to design data-driven trading signals and combine alphas with cost and risk models into systematic, mid-frequency strategies in equity derivatives.

You will work with equity volatility flow desks and market makers, automate trading processes, optimize portfolio allocation, and promote automated trading as a core capability across the business.