Quantitative Research Analyst — Systematic Strategies

Potomac; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Potomac is seeking an experienced quantitative investment professional to support the development and enhancement of systematic investment strategies, portfolio construction, and risk management across our investment platform. This role offers meaningful responsibility for research, analysis, and model development while growing investment judgment and portfolio management experience.

The Research Analyst will work closely with senior investment team members to evaluate investment ideas, improve

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of relevant investment, quantitative research, asset management, or portfolio analytics experience.
• Strong understanding of portfolio construction, investment research, and risk management.
• Strong Python skills and experience working with financial and market datasets.
• Experience conducting quantitative investment research, including model development and backtesting.
• Ability to analyze investment results and communicate findings clearly to both quantitative and non-quantitative audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with careful attention to research quality and detail.
• Demonstrated intellectual curiosity and genuine interest in financial markets.
• Ability to work independently on research projects while collaborating effectively with senior investment professionals.

Responsibilities

• Conduct quantitative research to support development, testing, and enhancement of systematic investment strategies.
• Analyze equities, fixed income, commodities, currencies, ETFs, and other liquid investment markets.
• Build, test, and maintain factor, trend, momentum, and risk-based models.
• Research market regimes, portfolio construction techniques, and risk-management approaches.
• Perform backtesting, sensitivity analysis, and ongoing evaluation of investment models and strategies.
• Help improve data quality, research processes, and the efficiency of the investment research platform.
• Prepare research and recommendations for review by senior investment leadership and the Investment Committee.
• Support portfolio allocation and strategy evaluation through quantitative analysis.

Skills

Quantitative research

Portfolio analytics

Backtesting

Independent work

Education

CFA designation or progress toward CFA

Tools

Python

Job description

Potomac is seeking an experienced quantitative investment professional to support the development and enhancement of systematic investment strategies, portfolio construction, and risk management across our investment platform. This role offers meaningful responsibility for research, analysis, and model development while growing investment judgment and portfolio management experience.

The Research Analyst will work closely with senior investment team members to evaluate investment ideas, improve