# Head of Systematic Macro Strategy Team (USA)

**Company:** [Trexquant Investment](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/6zS1sq879mbaei7SsMd7Sd.md)
**Location:** Stamford, United States
**Workplace:** hybrid
**Employment type:** Full-time
**Department:** Quantitative Research and Machine Learning

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## Description

We are looking for a senior quantitative professional to develop and lead a Systematic Marco Strategy team at Trexquant. In this role, you will be responsible for developing strategies and building out a team for researching, implementing, and trading profitable macro-based strategies within our core product. Your work will integrate macro related asset-classes such as FX into our proven quantitative processes, significantly expanding our tradable universe, profitability, and competitive edge.

**Responsibilities**

-   Build and lead the Systematic Macro Strategy team, driving the development, enhancement, and ongoing monitoring of macro alpha signals to support scalable and sustainable performance.
-   Design, develop, and scale a diversified suite of systematic macro strategies across asset classes, ensuring robustness from research through production.
-   Collaborate closely with the execution team to optimize strategy implementation, aligning macro strategies with existing portfolios and improving overall trading efficiency.
-   Identify, source, and integrate high-quality datasets for macro research; develop and maintain data pipelines to support efficient backtesting and live trading.
-   Partner with the development team to enhance platform capabilities, improving the accuracy, speed, and reliability of simulation and execution for macro strategies.
-   Work with the risk team to define, monitor, and manage macro-specific risk exposures, while optimizing capital allocation across strategies.
-   Communicate research insights and strategy performance to senior management, ensuring alignment between quantitative macro initiatives and broader investment objectives.

## Requirements

-   Bachelor's, Master’s, or Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics, Statistical Modeling, Computer Science or other related STEM fields.
-   5+ years of experience in researching and trading systematic macro based strategies.
-   Experience managing or leading a team of quant researchers.
-   Strong quantitative skills.
-   Proficiency in Python.

## Benefits

-   Competitive salary, plus bonus based on individual and company performance.
-   Collaborative, casual, and friendly work environment while solving the hardest problems in the financial markets.
-   PPO Health, dental and vision insurance premiums fully covered for you and your dependents.

Trexquant is an Equal Opportunity Employer