Senior Quantitative Architect, New Markets Analytics

Athene; Iowa, Northern (LA, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Athene in West Des Moines, IA (plus Austin, TX and Toronto, ON) seeks an AVP of New Markets Quantitative Analytics. This senior role designs, builds, and maintains stochastic models for stable value wrap programs, insurance guarantees, and 401(k) portfolios, translating complex product structures into measurable risks and outcomes.

You will partner with Product, Asset Management, and Risk teams; develop reproducible analytics pipelines in Python and SQL, perform back testing, and support

Qualifications

• 8+ years of quantitative analytics or related experience.
• Experience with stochastic modeling, pricing, and back-testing.
• Ability to build reproducible research workflows with version control and testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain stochastic models and Monte Carlo engines for product strategies.
• Perform derivative pricing to value guarantees and hedge structures.
• Generate outcome and risk metrics to inform product design and governance.
• Undertake risk/reward assessments across the product portfolio and quantify sensitivities.
• Develop and maintain historical back testing frameworks and scenario analyses.
• Build reproducible analytics pipelines in Python with SQL data sources.

Skills

Python

SQL

Stochastic modeling

Historical back-testing

Data analysis

Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree in financial engineering/quantitative field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Bloomberg

MATLAB

VBA

Excel

Job description

Athene in West Des Moines, IA (plus Austin, TX and Toronto, ON) seeks an AVP of New Markets Quantitative Analytics. This senior role designs, builds, and maintains stochastic models for stable value wrap programs, insurance guarantees, and 401(k) portfolios, translating complex product structures into measurable risks and outcomes.

You will partner with Product, Asset Management, and Risk teams; develop reproducible analytics pipelines in Python and SQL, perform back testing, and support