Quantitative Researcher
Posted 15 Dec 2025
Advertised as “Quantitative Researcher - Cash Equities”
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- Management level
- Individual contributor
No salary listed for this role.
Field of studyQuantitative subject
Study levelBachelor's or higher
About Man Group
Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.
Headquartered in London, we manage $253.6 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at www.man.com
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* As at 30 June 2026
Algo Research Team
Algo Research team is responsible for alpha research across a wide range of time-scales (from high-frequency up to ~48 hours), design of monetization/execution algos and market impact modelling across all major asset classes (including Cash Equities, Futures, FX, Options). We work in close collaboration with various systematic research teams across Man Group to maximise realized P&L of strategies. Algo Research is one of the key focus areas for Man.
We are looking for a Quantitative Researcher with a primary focus on Cash Equities whose responsibilities will include:
- Creating high quality intraday predictive alpha signals in cash equities, from order book and alternative datasets
- Applying ML techniques to alpha research
- In-depth market impact modelling
- Solving optimal execution optimization problems
- Identifying highest P&L opportunities
- Close collaboration with researchers across the firm