VP, Investor Behavior & Market Insights

Voices for Voices; Cambridge, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

State Street Associates (SSA) seeks a quantitative researcher to join the Investor Behavior Research Team in Cambridge, MA. The role focuses on developing proprietary behavioral measures, forecasting market risk and return, and translating hypotheses into actionable signals.

Candidates should possess strong writing and communication skills, the ability to manage multiple projects, and a background in quantitative finance or related fields.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as finance, economics, mathematics, physics, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Develop and apply proprietary behavioral measures to forecast market risk and return, and evaluate their relationship with traditional investment factors.
• Drive the development of new research concepts and design innovative proprietary indicators.
• Perform ongoing quality assurance, validation, and enhancement of existing indicators for accuracy and robustness.
• Support client engagement through ad hoc research projects and presentations.

Skills

Written communication

Oral communication

Explain complex concepts

Project management

Mentor juniors

Education

Bachelor's degree in quantitative field

CFA certification desirable

FRM certification desirable

Graduate degree preferred

Tools

Python

MATLAB

SQL

Oracle PL/SQL

MSCI

QAD

Bloomberg

Reuters

Job description

State Street Associates (SSA) seeks a quantitative researcher to join the Investor Behavior Research Team in Cambridge, MA. The role focuses on developing proprietary behavioral measures, forecasting market risk and return, and translating hypotheses into actionable signals.

Candidates should possess strong writing and communication skills, the ability to manage multiple projects, and a background in quantitative finance or related fields.