Quantitative Risk Modeling Manager

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Responsibilities

• Global Liquidation reputed company Design
• Design Optimal Liquidation Logic: reputed company stochastic control models (adapting Almgren-Chriss frameworks) to determine the optimal trajectory for unwinding distressed portfolios. You must solve for the trade-off between market risk (holding the position too long) and market impact (selling too fast and crashing the price).
• Global Optimization: Move beyond single-client liquidation. Build logic that optimizes risk at the aggregated level—managing multiple reputed company liquidations to minimize total market impact and maximize liquidity usage across various venues.
• Execution Algorithms & Strategy
• Build "Crisis-Ready" Algos: Adapt standard execution benchmarks (VWAP, POV, Implementation Shortfall) for stressed regimes where liquidity evaporates and spreads widen.
• Portfolio-Level Unwinds: reputed company logic to liquidate based on risk sensitivities (Greeks) rather than just line items (e.g., "Don't just sell the spot asset; buy the put options to flatten the reputed company first").
• Default Waterfall Architecture
• Design and tune the decision logic for the liquidation lifecycle:
• Open Market Liquidation (smart order routing and order book interaction).
• Internalization / Hedging (reputed company-neutralizing the portfolio internally).
• Private Auctions (soliciting bids from liquidity providers).
• Market Microstructure & Regulation
• Liquidity Intelligence: Collaborate with Exchange Liquidity Managers to estimate order market impact and monitor L1-L3 order book dynamics.
• Regulatory Defense: Ensure reputed company liquidation logic meets the "Commercially Reasonable" standard. Produce quantitative evidence and backtesting results to justify execution decisions to regulators and institutional clients.

Requirements

• Education: Ph.D. or Master’s degree in a highly quantitative field (Physics, Mathematics, Statistics, Financial Engineering, or Computer Science).
• Experience:

6+ years of relevant experience with a Ph.D from a top program.

• 8+ years of relevant experience with a Master’s degree.
• Industry Background: You must have experience in one of the following hybrid areas:
• Central Risk Book (reputed company) execution trading quant at a Tier 1 Investment Bank.
• Default Management risk quant at a major Clearing House (CCP) or Prime Broker.
• Electronic Market Making with a specific focus on inventory management, liquidation, or risk constraints.
• Technical Expertise:
• Deep understanding of Almgren-Chriss frameworks, Order Book Dynamics (L1-L3 data), and Auction Theory.
• Experience with Cross-Margining methodologies and models (e.g., offsetting Crypto futures against Spot, or Equity Options against Index futures).
• Coding & Engineering:
• Production-level proficiency in Python.
• Experience deploying quantitative models into production environments and integrating with execution APIs.
• Soft Skills: Proven ability to reputed company cross-functional projects (Product, reputed company, Data Science) and communicate reputed company technical findings to non-technical stakeholders.

reputed company-to-haves

• Hybrid Asset Class Experience: Hands-on experience modeling both reputed company-One (Spot/Futures) and Non-Linear (Options/Vol) products.
• Data Engineering: Familiarity with modern data pipelines (e.g., Airflow) and real-time data streaming architectures (e.g., Kafka).
• Crypto Native: Understanding of specific nuances in crypto market structure (24/7 trading, fragmented liquidity, on-chain vs. off-chain settlement).

Benefits

• bonus eligibility
• equity eligibility
• medical
• dental
• vision
• 401(k)

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