Manager of Quantitative Development (US)

Zema Global Data Corporation; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global impact

Scale of innovation

Career growth

Exceptional people

Meaningful ownership

One Global Team

Job summary

Zema Global is seeking a Manager, Quantitative Development to lead a team of quantitative developers building models for our web-based analytics platform. This hands-on technical leadership role combines coding with team development to deliver scalable energy analytics solutions.

You will remain an active contributor, personally writing production code while guiding model development and ensuring high standards in design, testing, and documentation.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in a quantitative discipline or equivalent deep experience.
• 6–8 years building and delivering quantitative models in Python or R.
• Experience leading technical teams or projects, with mentoring.
• Strong fundamentals in time series, optimization, and ML techniques.
• Experience with energy/commodity markets or energy system modeling preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of quantitative developers, including hiring and performance reviews.
• Own delivery for a portfolio of quantitative models, set priorities and timelines.
• Personally develop new models and contribute production code as a working team member.
• Set technical standards for code quality, testing, and performance.
• Translate requirements into actionable development plans and roadmaps.
• Validate models and review methodology, accuracy, and results.
• Act as a senior quantitative expert and escalation point for modeling questions.
• Partner with product, engineering, and client-facing teams to align model roadmaps.
• Drive tooling, automation, and workflow improvements across the team.

Skills

Time series

Monte Carlo

Econometrics

Optimization

Machine learning

Quantitative finance

Python

R

Git

Docker

Kubernetes

Team leadership

Communication

Energy markets

Linux

Education

MS or PhD in quantitative field

Tools

Git

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Location: US. Preference is given to candidates who can work in CO, IL, TX. However, we are also open to candidates based in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, Wyoming, Massachusetts, etc.

Department: Technology

Work Model: Remote

Position Type: Full-time, Permanent

Industry: Energy Data, Commodities & Financial Technology (FinTech)

Reports To: Vice President of Quantitative Development

About Us

Founded in 1995, Zema Global Data Corporation empowers organizations to simplify complexity, reduce risk, and make faster, more confident decisions that drive measurable results. Over the past two years, Zema Global has accelerated its growth through strategic investment and acquisition to strengthen our global leadership. Together we’re helping our customers gain a Decisioning Advantage - one bold idea at a time. With a presence across global energy, commodity, and financial markets, Zema Global empowers customers to simplify complexity, reduce risk, and make faster, more confident decisions that drive measurable results.

At Zema Global, we Think Big, Make It Happen, and Win as One. We thrive on collaboration, creativity, and respect, united by a shared drive to innovate and deliver meaningful impact for our customers and communities. If you’re inspired by solving complex challenges and contributing to a culture that values purpose and performance, we invite you to join us.

Position Overview

Zema Global is revolutionizing the way energy companies' access and use quantitative models to drive their businesses forward, from supporting the renewable transition to optimizing the traditional generation that enables it. Zema Global’s analytical offerings are built specifically for energy companies and span a broad array of industry verticals including energy trading, electricity production (thermal, renewable, and storage), retail energy, gas procurement and transportation, risk management, portfolio optimization, and others.

Zema Global is seeking a Manager, Quantitative Development to lead a team of quantitative developers building and supporting the models delivered within our web-based software-as-a-service platform for advanced energy analytics. This is a highly hands‑on technical leadership role. The successful candidate will remain an active quantitative developer, personally writing production code and building models while leading and developing a small team of quantitative developers. This is not a traditional people‑management‑only position.

What You'll Be Doing

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of quantitative developers, including hiring, onboarding, goal setting, regular feedback, and performance management.
• Own delivery for a portfolio of quantitative models: scope work, set priorities and timelines, manage dependencies, and hold the team accountable for quality and schedule.
• Personally develop new quantitative models and enhancements to existing models against detailed technical specifications, contributing production code as a working member of the team.
• Set and enforce technical standards for the team's codebase, including design patterns, code review, testing, performance, and documentation.
• Gather detailed technical and functional model requirements and translate them into actionable development plans for the team.
• Validate new and existing models, and lead the review of methodology, numerical accuracy, and results produced by the team.
• Serve as a senior technical quantitative subject matter expert across the organization, and act as the escalation point for complex modeling and implementation questions.
• Partner with product management, engineering, and client‑facing teams to align the model roadmap with customer needs and platform capabilities.
• Assist Zema Global staff with the use and maintenance of quantitative models, and drive continuous improvement in tooling, automation, and development workflow.

What You'll Bring

• M.S. or Ph.D. degree in a quantitative discipline (mathematics, quantitative finance, statistics, operations research, computer science, engineering or a related field). Candidates with a B.S. degree and outstanding experience will also be considered.
• 6-8 years of professional experience building and delivering quantitative models in R or Python, with a demonstrated track record of production-quality work.
• Experience leading technical teams or projects - formal people management, or team lead / mentoring experience.
• Deep expertise in several of the following: time series analysis, Monte Carlo simulation, advanced regression and econometric techniques, advanced optimization techniques including linear and non-linear programming, stochastic programming, and dynamic programming, and machine learning.
• Experience with wholesale power markets, commodities markets, and/or energy system modeling.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including version control, code review, testing, and performance optimization; familiarity with git, linux, docker, and/or kubernetes is preferred.
• Proficiency in communicating modeling methodology and explaining results with a focus on the “why”, both verbally and in writing, to technical and non-technical audiences alike.
• Ability to balance hands‑on development with team leadership, and to prioritize effectively across competing demands.
• Ability to thrive within a fast‑paced, highly-collaborative, results‑oriented environment.

Why Join Zema Global?

• Global Impact. Shape the future of energy, commodities, and financial markets through innovative technology.
• Innovation at Scale. Work with cutting‑edge software, advanced analytics, and complex data that solve real-world challenges.
• Career Growth. Join a fast-growing global organization where your ideas, development, and career progression are valued.
• Exceptional People. Collaborate with talented colleagues and industry experts across North America, Europe, and Asia.
• Meaningful Ownership. Take ownership of your work, influence strategic initiatives, and make a measurable impact on our customers and business.
• One Global Team. Be part of a collaborative culture built on trust, respect, and our values: Think Big. Make It Happen. Win as One.

Please note: Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

Zema Global is committed to building an inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates regardless of background or protected characteristic