Head of Central Team Lead

Banyak Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 400,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Multi-Strategy Quant Hedge Fund in New York seeks a Head of Central Team Lead to oversee centralized research and trading teams, including high-frequency trading and futures/macro. The role owns research quality, shared infrastructure, and team structure and priorities, advising senior management on long-term strategy.

The candidate will scale the Central Team, manage strategy leads, and partner with senior leaders to institutionalize priority research and infrastructure capabilities.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in quantitative investing or related field.
• 5+ years of management experience leading PMs or research teams.
• Experience leading multi-team research efforts and platform initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Leading a Central Team, overseeing multiple centralized investment and research teams (e.g., high frequency trading, futures/macro)
• Maintaining accountability for research quality, production quality, scalability of shared infrastructure, and long-term contribution to PnL
• Overseeing development and maintenance of shared research capabilities and infrastructure, ensuring work is robust, repeatable, well-documented, and production-ready
• Scaling the Central Team, shaping its structure, scope, operating norms, and research priorities to support the firm’s evolving needs
• Managing Central Team strategy leads, maintaining high standards for research rigor, judgment, talent development, and risk management
• Partnering with other senior members of the firm to pilot and institutionalize priority research and infrastructure capabilities within the Central Team, ensuring successful approaches scale effectively across the broader platform
• Acting as a thought partner to senior management on overall strategy and long-term priorities

Job description

Multi-Strategy Quant Hedge Fund is seeking a Head of Central Team Lead in New York. This individual will lead its centralized research and trading teams, including high-frequency trading and futures/macro. The role owns research quality, shared infrastructure, and the team’s structure and priorities, and it includes managing strategy leads and advising the head of the quant business on long-term strategy.

Responsibilities

• Leading a Central Team, overseeing multiple centralized investment and research teams (e.g., high frequency trading, futures/macro)
• Maintaining accountability for research quality, production quality, scalability of shared infrastructure, and long-term contribution to PnL
• Overseeing development and maintenance of shared research capabilities and infrastructure, ensuring work is robust, repeatable, well-documented, and production-ready
• Scaling the Central Team, shaping its structure, scope, operating norms, and research priorities to support the firm’s evolving needs
• Managing Central Team strategy leads, maintaining high standards for research rigor, judgment, talent development, and risk management
• Partnering with other senior members of the firm to pilot and institutionalize priority research and infrastructure capabilities within the Central Team, ensuring successful approaches scale effectively across the broader platform
• Acting as a thought partner to senior management on overall strategy and long-term priorities

Requirements

• 15+ years in quantitative investing, with experience in systematic research and production environments
• 5+ years of management experience, ideally of multiple PMs or research teams
• Demonstrated ability to lead multi-team research efforts or platform-level investment initiatives
• Experience building quantitative research processes across data, modeling, portfolio construction, and execution
• Track record of partnering effectively with senior leaders across investment and operations to build and scale a business
• Sound judgment, discretion, and credibility when working with sensitive investment processes and performance information