AVP/VP, Fixed Income and Multi Asset, AI Quant - Portfolio Manager

GIC Private Limited; Singapore; On-site; SGD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global investment firm in Singapore is seeking an AI Quant Portfolio Manager. This role focuses on co-developing AI-driven investment strategies and managing portfolio processes. Ideal candidates will possess a PhD or Master’s in a quantitative field and have significant experience in AI/ML and systematic investing. The company fosters a collaborative work culture, requiring strong communication and technical skills, along with a commitment to innovation and integrity.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Professional growth opportunities

Collaboration-focused environment

Qualifications

• Advanced degree (PhD or Master’s) in Computer Science, AI/ML, or related fields.
• Strong foundation in AI/ML and deep learning techniques.
• Experience in systematic alpha research and portfolio management.

Responsibilities

• Co-design and develop AI-powered investment strategies.
• Manage and implement new investment processes.
• Collaborate with teams to develop AI-driven strategies.

Skills

AI/ML expertise

Python proficiency

Systematic investing experience

Communication skills

Strong communication skills

Education

PhD or Master’s in quantitative discipline

Tools

ML frameworks

Scientific computing stacks

Job description

AVP/VP, Fixed Income and Multi Asset, AI Quant - Portfolio Manager

Location: Singapore, SG

Job Function: Fixed Income & Multi Asset

Job Type: Permanent

GIC is one of the world’s largest sovereign wealth funds. With over 2,000 employees across 11 offices around the world, we invest in more than 40 countries globally across asset classes and businesses. Working at GIC gives you exposure to an extraordinary network of the world’s industry leaders. As a leading global long-term investor, we work at the point of impact for Singapore’s financial future, and the communities we invest in worldwide.

Fixed Income and Multi Asset

Our team employs a broad range of investment strategies that span macro, credit, and quantitative investing, including multi-asset, benchmark-agnostic, constrained, indexed, and thematic strategies.

The team develops and manages systematic alpha strategies and portfolio solutions that apply quantitative and AI methods to maximize GIC’s unique competitive advantages. We draw on differentiated datasets, cross-assets insights, and an integrated fundamental-quantitative approach. We capitalize on market inefficiencies and evolving market dynamics to deliver risk-adjusted returns and mitigate drawdowns across Fixed Income & Multi-Asset portfolios.

What impact can you make in this role?

We are seeking an AI-driven Quant Portfolio Manager to pioneer the next frontier of quantitative investing. You will be given a greenfield mandate to redefine how quant investing is done by harnessing LLM, agentic capabilities, integrating man-plus-machine synergy at scale. You will have the opportunity to drive the department’s AI investment evolution, shaping the investment processes, agentic workflows and long-term capability building to drive investment outperformance.

The ideal candidate is passionate about applying LLMs, agentic architectures, and modern data-science techniques to transform how quant investing is conducted. You bring strong technical depth in LLMs and machine-learning frameworks, a solid grasp of the end-to-end quantitative investment process, and prior experience in systematic risk-taking.

What will you do in this role?

• Co-design and develop next-generation investment strategies powered by AI/ML, agentic frameworks, foundation models, and cross-asset world models within the team
• Develop modular AI agents across the investment process (Ideation, research, portfolio construction, implementation and monitoring)
• Manage and run the new investment strategies and processes
• Help define and shape team’s data strategies
• Partner closely with fundamental PMs, quantitative strategists, data scientists, data engineers and technologists to develop the AI/ML powered new investment strategies and processes.
• Communicate research insights, model explainability, and portfolio performance clearly to stakeholders.

What qualifications, skills and traits should you possess in this role?

• Advanced degree (PhD or Master’s) in quantitative discipline: Computer Science, AI/ML, Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Financial Engineering, Physics or related fields
• Strong foundation in AI/ML especially Deep learning, foundation models, LLMs, reinforcement learning, time-series modelling and causal ML
• Experience in systematic alpha research and portfolio management
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks plus familiarity with scientific computing stacks
• Experience building AI agents, automated research pipelines, or decision-support capabilities is a strong plus
• Familiarity with LLM fine-tuning, RAG
• Strong first-principles thinker with creativity to explore unconventional data or modelling approaches.
• Comfortable operating at the frontier of both AI and systematic investing
• High integrity, intellectual curiosity, resilience, and willingness to experiment
• Strong communication and coordination skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external engineering teams.

Work at the Point of Impact

We need to be forward-looking to attract the right people to help us become the Leading Global Long-term Investor. Join our ambitious, agile, and diverse teams - be empowered to push boundaries and pursue innovative ideas, share your views, and be heard. Be anchored on our PRIME Values: Prudence, Respect, Integrity, Merit and Excellence, which guides us in how we make our day-to-day decisions. We strive to inspire. To make an impact.

Flexibility at GIC

At GIC, our offices are vibrant hubs for ideation, professional growth, and interpersonal connection. At the same time, we believe that flexibility allows us to do our best work and be our best selves. Thus, our teams come into the office four days per week to harness the benefits of in-person collaboration but have the flexibility to choose which days they work from home and adjust this arrangement as situational needs arise.

GIC is an equal opportunity employer

GIC is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Please email [e-mail] at any point of the application or interview process if adjustments need to be made due to a disability.