Director, Public Markets (North America), New York

Temasek; New York (NY); On-site; USD 330,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Temasek in New York is seeking an experienced US equity analyst to join the North America Public Markets team. The role focuses on generating new investment ideas, providing tactical trading recommendations, and collaborating across US offices and global teams.

The candidate should bring 15+ years of equity-focused investing experience, strong modeling skills, and the ability to mentor junior staff while integrating GenAI into investment processes.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive, consistent track record in investing or financial markets with significant equity focus.
• Experience across equity markets, and potential experience in equity syndicate or capital markets, hedge funds, or long-only strategies.
• Strong understanding of market drivers and ability to manage equity risk; capable of independent research and data analysis.
• Proven leadership, mentoring, and collaboration skills for senior-level responsibilities.
• Ability to incorporate and scale GenAI into investment processes; excellent verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Generate investment ideas for cash equity and derivatives across the portfolio.
• Assist Portfolio Manager with portfolio management; familiarize with risk tools and factor models; manage risk in prior roles.
• Mentor and develop junior investment colleagues.
• Disseminate views and discuss ideas with investment teams, both verbally and in writing.
• Collaborate with Americas and global Public Markets teams to refine investing framework using fundamentals, positioning, and signals.
• Build and maintain a top-tier network of Americas buy-side contacts to aid idea generation.
• Improve idea generation through partnerships and use of alternative data sources.

Skills

Equity research

Portfolio management

Mentoring

GenAI in investing

Communication skills

Risk management

Financial modeling

Derivatives experience

Tools

Bloomberg

FactSet

Job description

The North America Public Markets team is seeking to hire an experienced US equity analyst to expand our team in New York. The candidate will work most closely with investment colleagues in the US (across our San Francisco, Washington D.C. and New York offices) but will also collaborate extensively across our global offices. They will work on both existing portfolio companies and new investments in the Americas, focusing on generating new investment ideas and providing tactical trading recommendations to complement our long-term investment convictions.

Responsibilities

• Generate investment ideas for the portfolio, across both cash equity and derivatives
• Help the Portfolio Manager with portfolio management; must be familiar with risk tools and factor models; must have managed risk in prior roles
• Manage and mentor junior investment colleagues
• Regularly disseminate views and discuss ideas with investment colleagues, both verbally and in writing
• Work with the Americas investment team and the global Public Markets team to continue to refine our investing framework, that incorporates fundamentals, positioning, technical and other relevant signals
• Build and maintain network of top tier Americas buy-side contacts to aid idea generation
• Consistently seek to enhance idea generation process, through building internal and external partnerships, and utilizing alternative data sources

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive, consistent track record in investing, or financial markets, with significant focus on equity markets
• Potential experience not limited to, but could include:
  • Equity syndicate / Equity capital markets
  • Hedge fund analysts / portfolio managers
  • Long-only investment analysts / portfolio managers
• Significant Investment experience, in particular equity and equity derivatives
• Strong understanding of financial markets and their short, medium and long-term drivers
• Ability to help manage equity risk; independently research ideas, and analyze data
• Ability to coach, mentor and motivate junior colleagues – this job is a senior role that requires extensive collaboration and management skills
• Fundamental equity analysis and financial modeling skills
• Ability to incorporate and scale GenAI into our investment processes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Periodic travel required

Desirable Skills

• Cross-product experience. Understanding of how fixed income, credit and foreign exchange markets impact equities
• Patience and persistence to build and integrate new capabilities into an established global investment process
• Bloomberg, FactSet or similar platform skills

Salary Range: Base salary of US$330K – US$400K per annum (not including additional incentive compensation). Actual base salary within that range will be determined by several components including but not limited to the individual's experience, skills, qualifications and other conditions of employment.