Senior Talent Acquisition Manager

AXQ Capital; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AXQ Capital, a global quantitative investment firm with offices in New York, seeks an experienced Senior Talent Acquisition Manager for its US office. You will lead end-to-end recruiting and partner with global teams, sourcing and closing senior hires, and shaping the recruiting function as the firm scales.

Your responsibilities include owning the lifecycle, expanding campus partnerships, sourcing portfolio managers, researchers, and engineers, and improving recruiting analytics and interview

Qualifications

• 4+ years recruiting at a fund, trading firm, or tech company, campus to senior hires.
• Ambition to build and lead a recruiting function as the firm scales.
• Strong sourcing instincts and comfort with direct outreach.
• Data- and process-driven; you manage pipelines by the numbers.
• Excellent communication skills, from campus candidates to senior hires.
• Fluency with AI tooling and an ATS such as Greenhouse.
• Highly organized and self-directed across concurrent projects.
• Bachelor’s degree

Responsibilities

• Own recruiting lifecycle from role definition through offer and close.
• Expand campus pipeline: university partnerships and internships.
• Source and close portfolio managers, senior researchers, and engineers.
• Improve recruiting operations, analytics, and firm-wide interview quality.
• Invest in employer brand through events, conferences, and strategic partnerships.

Skills

End-to-end recruiting

Talent acquisition

Campus partnerships

Data-driven recruiting

Sourcing

Executive recruiting

AI tooling

Greenhouse ATS

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Greenhouse

Job description

About Us

AXQ Capital is a global quantitative investment firm with offices in New York, Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong. We pursue consistent alpha through rigorous scientific research and sustained investment in technology and data infrastructure. Our strategies are deployed across global markets, spanning multiple geographies, asset classes, and trading horizons.

Job Duties

Talent is our most important asset. We look for top achievers and invest in them so they keep growing. As Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, you will run recruiting end to end for our US office while partnering closely with our global teams. You will be hands-on from day one: personally sourcing and closing our most senior hires, building the process and standards behind them, and establishing AXQ as a destination for top quantitative talent — with the opportunity to grow the function as we scale.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Owning the recruiting lifecycle, from role definition through offer and close
• Expanding our campus pipeline: university partnerships and internships
• Sourcing and closing portfolio managers, senior researchers, and engineers
• Improving recruiting operations, analytics, and firm-wide interview quality
• Investing in our employer brand through events, conferences, and strategic partnerships

Qualifications

• 4+ years recruiting at a fund, trading firm, or tech company, campus to senior hires
• Ambition to build and lead a recruiting function as the firm scales
• Strong sourcing instincts and comfort with direct outreach
• Data- and process-driven; you manage pipelines by the numbers
• Excellent communication skills, from campus candidates to senior hires
• Fluency with AI tooling and an ATS such as Greenhouse
• Highly organized and self-directed across concurrent projects
• Bachelor’s degree

Additional Information

We are unable to provide U.S. visa sponsorship for this position.