Vice President, Portfolio Management (with Specialization)

Millennium is a global hedge fund with more than 4,000 employees and offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. We were founded in 1989, and we employ a global multi-strategy investment approach, opportunistically engaging in a broad array of trading and investing strategies. Millennium has differentiated itself from other investment management firms through our consistent ability over the last 25 years to generate returns that have not been correlated to the general market.

The talent and dedication of our people are critical to our success. We offer an opportunity for developing one’s professional career while working with individuals trained in a variety of disciplines in a collegial and dynamic environment. We also offer a broad range of competitive benefits on a global basis.

1. Primary Responsibilities:
• Develop and maintain statistical arbitrage strategies for own portfolio;
• Analyze predictive mathematical models (alphas) produced by researchers and develop algorithms to combine the alphas into a portfolio generating statistically significant returns.
• Construct new algorithmic trading strategies using predictions developed by researchers;
• Optimize risk/reward ratio of portfolio of own strategies;
• Apply filtering techniques to predictive signals in order to filter out random noise;
• Manage day to day evolution of strategies in response to changes in the market environment;
• Stay on top of the latest quantitative research trends in both academia and industry; and
• Evaluate and allocate capital to strategies, targeting optimal value-added to the company portfolio.

2. Position Requirements:
• Master’s or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Statistics, Operations Research, or in a closely related quantitative field.
• 5 years’ experience as a Regional Research Director, Vice President, Research, Senior Quantitative Researcher, Quantitative Researcher, or in similar position(s), which must include:
o Experience working with Portfolio Managers and Researchers on alpha signal combination research and development.
o Experience using data API for trade execution to implement trading strategies individually developed, across major exchanges throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.
o Experience must include mathematical maturity, and the application of data analysis, linear algebra, logic, probability, statistics, and optimization techniques;
o Experience applying advanced of statistical modeling techniques, including machine learning, regression, and multivariate statistics;
o Programming experience in C++; Python; Matlab or R programming languages; and SQL;
o Must have a good understanding of equity, futures, and currency markets;
o Experience with Linux operating system.