Senior Quantitative Portfolio Manager

MassMutual; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee-led communities

Access to learning and development opportunities

Inclusive culture

Job summary

MassMutual in Boston is seeking a Senior Quantitative Portfolio Manager to lead derivatives strategies and manage the Variable Annuity dynamic hedging platform. The role involves significant accountability for hedge design and performance across market environments, ensuring alignment with risk management and financial outcomes.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years in derivatives portfolio management, a strong quantitative background, and experience in communicating complex risk topics effectively. MassMutual fosters a collaborative, integrity-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in derivatives portfolio management, hedging, or financial risk management.
• Strong knowledge of interest rate and volatility derivatives.
• Experience managing financial risk within an insurance or asset management context.

Responsibilities

• Oversee performance and P&L of the Variable Annuity hedging program.
• Lead design and evolution of derivatives-based hedging strategies.
• Collaborate with portfolio managers on hedging operations.

Skills

Derivatives portfolio management

Risk management

Quantitative analysis

Communication and leadership

Python

SQL

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Mathematics, Economics, or related field

Job description

Senior Quantitative Portfolio Manager

Full-Time

Boston, MA

The Opportunity

The Senior Quantitative Portfolio Manager will oversee broad derivatives responsibilities across equity, interest rate, and volatility risk management, leading the strategic construction and evolution of derivatives-based hedging frameworks — with primary ownership of MassMutual's Variable Annuity dynamic hedging platform — and carrying end-to-end accountability for hedge design, governance, risk outcomes, and program-level P&L across market environments.

While the Variable Annuity program represents the largest and most complex initial mandate, this role is designed to add value across multiple portfolios and risk programs over time, including macro equity hedging, interest rate risk management, and other liability-driven strategies.

The successful candidate will also proactively develop, analyze, and present relative value opportunities across these markets to improve hedge efficiency, reduce long-term hedge cost, and manage downside risk.

The Team

The Quantitative Portfolio Management (QPM) team is part of Investment Management and focuses on asset‑liability management (ALM), product pricing, and the formulation and execution of quantitative strategies that enhance policyholder surplus and mitigate unwanted risks across the enterprise. The team oversees derivative‑related portfolio management activities, managing exposure to interest rates, equity markets, volatility, foreign exchange, and credit. QPM is a small, highly collaborative group that works closely with Enterprise Risk, Finance, Actuarial, Treasury, Accounting, Compliance, and Barings, MassMutual’s global asset management subsidiary. The team manages risk across MassMutual’s approximately $250 billion General Investment Account (GIA) and supports the firm’s most complex liability‑driven portfolios.

The Impact

• Own the overall performance and P&L of the Variable Annuity hedging program, including dynamic hedging, convexity management, and option strategy, with full accountability for hedge effectiveness and risk outcomes.
• Lead the design, oversight, and evolution of derivatives‑based hedging strategies across equity, interest rate, and volatility markets within established governance frameworks.
• Collaborate closely with other portfolio managers on day‑to‑day hedging operations, including equity option rebalancing and execution, providing strategic oversight and guidance as needed.
• Work closely with Annuity Products, Enterprise Risk Management, Corporate Actuarial and other members of the Variable Annuity Risk Committee, ensuring alignment on risk, economics, assumptions, and hedge outcomes.
• Partner with Quantitative Research & Development to define modeling, analytics, and tooling requirements, while QRD retains responsibility for implementation and production support.
• Work in close coordination with Barings as the execution and implementation team, while retaining all strategic decision‑making, hedge design, and risk ownership internally.
• Contribute derivatives expertise to adjacent portfolios, including macro equity hedging and interest rate risk programs, as priorities evolve.

The Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in derivatives portfolio management, hedging, or financial risk management, with meaningful focus on interest rate and volatility markets.
• Strong knowledge of interest rate and volatility derivatives, including swaps, swaptions, bond forwards, Treasury futures, total return swaps, and equity exchange‑traded and OTC derivatives.
• Proven experience managing material financial risk within an insurance, asset management, or comparable institutional context across equity and/or interest rate derivatives.
• Demonstrated ability to own a program or initiative end‑to‑end within a governed institutional environment.
• Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to convey complex risk topics to senior and non‑specialist audiences.
• Strong quantitative background, including hands‑on experience with analytics, scenario analysis, research, simulation and risk measurement; Python and/or SQL required.
• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, or a related field.

The Ideal Qualifications

• MBA from a leading institution preferred, reflecting the leadership, strategic thinking, and cross‑functional skills required to own and grow a complex program. Alternatively, MFE, or PhD, combined with demonstrated experience owning risk, making trade‑offs, and operating within institutional governance frameworks.
• Direct experience with Variable Annuity hedging programs, including governance, risk committee reporting, and option budget management.
• Deep expertise in interest rate volatility markets, including swaptions and relative value strategies across the yield curve.
• Strong understanding of asset‑liability management principles in an insurance context.
• Professional certification (CFA, FRM).

What You Can Expect at MassMutual

MassMutual offers the opportunity to do meaningful work within a purpose‑driven organization that values long‑term impact over short‑term outcomes. In this role, you can expect:

• Clear areas of ownership and accountability, with work that connects directly to company and customer outcomes
• A collaborative environment where perspectives are welcomed
• Access to learning, development, and internal networks that support continuous growth and skill‑building over time
• Employee‑led communities and forums that foster connection, learning, and inclusion across the organization
• A culture grounded in integrity, responsibility, and stewardship—supported by a company with a strong legacy and a future‑focused mindset

MassMutual is an equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome all persons to apply.

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