Point72's Portfolio Construction & Analytics Team (PCAT) needs to study all drivers of success for Long/Short Equities investment professionals using data, analytics, and models of investor behavior and the market to improve strategies and allocate capital.
Requirements
- Intermediate or advanced proficiency in Python
- Experience with statistical models and essential methods of quantitative finance
Responsibilities
- Analyze Investment Strategies to identify strengths and weaknesses, partnering with Portfolio Managers to make improvements based on their idea generation, portfolio construction, and trading
- Forecast performance of investment strategies to drive capital allocation
- Invent new analytics to quantify skill and frameworks to support trade-offs between different sources of skill and risk
- Quantify market drivers to support risk taking and decision making
- Develop in and contribute back to shared code base, reports, and research tools
Other
- Internship or project experience in quantitative research or portfolio management
- Expected degree (Bachelors, Masters, or Ph.D.) in Finance or a STEM-related field, to be conferred Fall 2025 or Spring 2026
- Excellent attention to detail, organization, and project management skills
- Ability to operate productively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Commitment to the highest ethical standards
