Equities - Systematic Trading - Executive Director

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 300,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorgan Chase & Co. seeks an Executive Director Trader for the US Cash Equities Central Risk Book (CRB) within Global Equities. You will partner with technology and quant research to enhance client execution, implement strategies, and manage risk and operations of the systematic trading desk.

Responsibilities include developing signals, overlaying alpha strategies, and collaborating with global CRB teams to improve desk profitability and risk control.

Qualifications

• Experience trading and managing risk in US markets.
• Proven track record in systematic trading profitability.
• Fluency in quantitative data analysis using Python, Pandas and KDB.

Responsibilities

• Research & implementation of trading signals & liquidity provision strategies in US cash equities & futures
• Development of alpha signals to overlay across the entire CRB portfolio
• Manage and track the profitability of productionized trading and alpha signals
• Oversight & development of the systematic risk management of the desk’s portfolio using risk models & optimisers
• Development of risk pricing & execution cost models to reduce costs & improve profitability
• Collaborate proactively with the CRB technology & quant research team members, as well as with the global CRB team

Skills

Trading experience

Risk management

Quantitative data analysis

Communication skills

Time management

Tools

Python

Pandas

KDB

Job description

Job Description

As an Executive Director Trader of US Cash Equities Central Risk Book (CRB) in Global Equities you will work in close partnership with our technology and quant research professionals to enhance client execution through systematic liquidity provision, research & implement strategies to improve desk profitability and manage the risk & operation of our systematic trading.

US Cash Equities provides risk and agency-trading capabilities to global clients executing in US-listed stocks.

Job responsibilities

• Research & implementation of trading signals & liquidity provision strategies in US cash equities & futures
• Development of alpha signals to overlay across the entire CRB portfolio
• Manage and track the profitability of productionized trading and alpha signals
• Oversight & development of the systematic risk management of the desk’s portfolio using risk models & optimisers
• Development of risk pricing & execution cost models to reduce costs & improve profitability
• Collaborate proactively with the CRB technology & quant research team members, as well as with the global CRB team

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience trading & managing risk in US markets
• Proven trading track record of systematic trading profitability & understanding of common systematic trading strategies
• Fluency in quantitative data analysis using latest tools, preferably python, pandas & KDB
• Organizational and time management skills
• Strong communication, both real-time & technical communication