Senior QIS & TAA Strategist (SVP/Director)

We`re exclusively partnered with a tier-1 global bank to hire a Senior QIS & TAA Strategist (SVP / Director) in London.

The bank is one of the most well-regarded names in QIS and structured products globally, with strong backing from QIS sales, structuring, and senior research leadership for this hire.

The Role

A commercially-driven, heavily client-facing research seat sitting within the cross-asset and macro quant strategy team. The person works closely with QIS sales and structuring across three regions - Europe, the US, and Asia - and spends significant time in front of some of the world`s largest institutional investors including pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and large absolute return and multi-asset managers.

The role carries real commercial weight internally, with strong buy-in from QIS sales, structuring, and research leadership. It comes with a small team to manage from day one and a clear path to heading the QIS Strategy function for the right person.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate the agreed house TAA view into QIS strategy recommendations across asset classes
• Attend client meetings as the independent research voice alongside salespeople and structurers
• Produce and maintain a regular publication cadence - monthly QIS chartbook, trade idea notes, and thematic pieces
• Build and hold relationships with QIS sales heads across three regions, structuring, and client solutions stakeholders
• Manage a small team including an Associate and rotating analyst support
• Travel approximately three weeks per year for client coverage across the US and Asia

Essential Requirements

• Strong, broad QIS expertise across strategies and asset classes - cross-asset, not niche
• Able to think about QIS from a markets perspective - timing, regime behaviour, alpha persistence
• Operates within a house TAA view - collaborative by default, does not run a private line
• Commercially credible in front of the largest institutional investors
• High output and publishing mindset - regular publications and ~250 client conversations a year
• Technically literate - options pricing, convexity, correlation, portfolio construction concepts
• SVP or Director level seniority, able to hold senior stakeholder relationships independently
• Mobile - approximately three weeks of international travel per year

Desirable

• Buy-side experience - increases client credibility and portfolio construction depth
• Portfolio construction research background in a multi-asset context
• Multi-asset or cross-asset background rather than a single asset class in isolation
• Existing institutional relationships with Tier 1 investors