Quantamental Equity Portfolio Manager – London

We are working exclusively with a successful boutique asset manager looking to hire an experienced Quantamental Equity Portfolio Manager into its established equities team.

Reporting to a Senior Quantitative Portfolio Manager and Partner, the successful candidate will contribute to existing equity strategies while helping to develop and ultimately launch new products, potentially including a long/short strategy.

This is not a purely systematic, research or portfolio-construction role. The client is looking for an experienced investor who has taken direct responsibility for managing money, developed strong views through that experience and can clearly articulate how they would approach stock selection and portfolio management.

The successful candidate should combine quantitative analysis with genuine investment judgement. They must be able to challenge an existing process, introduce differentiated ideas and demonstrate which elements of their investment approach they have personally developed and implemented.

Key responsibilities will include:

1. Contributing directly to investment decisions across existing equity strategies
2. Generating stock ideas using quantitative, fundamental and market insights
3. Developing and refining a distinctive, repeatable investment process
4. Taking ownership of research and investment projects from conception through to implementation
5. Helping to research, develop and potentially launch a long/short equity strategy
6. Working closely with senior investors on stock selection, portfolio positioning and risk
7. Communicating the investment philosophy and portfolio positioning to institutional clients and prospects

We are looking for candidates with:

1. Direct experience managing equity portfolios and taking responsibility for investment outcomes
2. A clearly developed investment philosophy shaped by practical investing experience
3. Strong and well-supported opinions on stock selection and how portfolios should be managed
4. Experience personally developing investment models, strategies or processes, rather than solely operating an inherited framework
5. The ability to combine quantitative research with fundamental investment judgement
6. A demonstrable contribution to investment performance
7. Strong knowledge of equity markets and portfolio construction
8. The credibility to support the development and marketing of new investment products
9. Strong client-facing and communication skills
10. An entrepreneurial, collaborative and independently minded approach

Candidates are likely to come from an asset manager or hedge fund and should already have meaningful hands-on money-management experience. Experience in long/short equities would be particularly valuable, although candidates from long-only backgrounds will also be considered where they can demonstrate a clear understanding of short investing and portfolio construction.

The opportunity should appeal to an investor who wants to move away from a large or highly segmented organisation and join an entrepreneurial environment where they can influence the investment process, take genuine ownership and help build the next generation of strategies and products.

Please contact

mailto:quanttrading@octaviusfinance.com

for a confidential discussion.