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Chief Operating Officer at Trexquant Investment

Chief Operating Officer

Trexquant Investment · NY, US

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Chief Operating Officer

Trexquant Investment · NY, US

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About the Role

Trexquant is seeking a Chief Operating Officer to translate the company's vision into an executable plan and ensure the organization delivers on it. This highly execution-oriented role involves working closely with the CEO and leaders across various functions to establish goals, assign ownership, and drive projects to completion.

Responsibilities

  • Translate Trexquant's strategic vision into clear, measurable company-wide goals and execution plans.
  • Drive the development of a unified research and trading platform capable of supporting cross-region and cross-asset quantitative strategies.
  • Coordinate research, engineering, data, trading, execution, and operational teams to ensure necessary infrastructure is delivered.
  • Establish priorities, milestones, ownership, and timelines for major initiatives and track progress.
  • Identify bottlenecks and dependencies preventing efficient idea-to-production workflows for researchers.
  • Help expand the firm's capabilities across equities, futures, corporate bonds, options, ETFs, FX, and other asset classes.
  • Coordinate the operational infrastructure for trading across multiple markets, brokers, counterparties, and execution venues.
  • Develop scalable processes to maintain execution effectiveness as the firm grows.
  • Hold teams accountable for results while removing organizational and technical obstacles.
  • Continuously seek opportunities to automate processes and leverage AI for efficiency gains in research, engineering, trading, and operations.

Requirements

  • Exceptional operator with strategic thinking and a strong bias toward execution.
  • Comfortable working across highly technical teams and understanding complex systems.
  • Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional organizations or initiatives.
  • Strong ability to set goals and drive execution.
  • Ability to break down large, ambiguous problems into concrete, manageable projects.
  • Sufficient understanding of technology and quantitative systems to work effectively with researchers and engineers.
  • Ability to coordinate many simultaneous initiatives while maintaining focus on larger objectives.
  • Ability to create accountability through clear ownership and measurable outcomes.
  • Intellectually curious and willing to learn unfamiliar areas quickly.
  • Comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment with evolving priorities.

Skills

  • Strategic thinking
  • Execution
  • Cross-functional leadership
  • Goal setting
  • Problem-solving
  • Technical understanding
  • Project management
  • Process development
  • Automation
  • AI

Location

  • Remote

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • Senior

Education Level

  • Educational background considered

Salary/Compensations

  • $200,000 to $300,000 base salary
  • Performance-based bonus

Benefits

  • PPO health, dental, and vision insurance fully covered for employee and dependents
  • Pre-tax commuter benefits
  • Weekly company-provided meals

About the Company

  • Trexquant is a systematic investment firm focused on building research and trading infrastructure for quantitative strategies across global markets.
  • The company's mission is to build a platform enabling researchers to backtest and implement cross-region and cross-asset alpha ideas efficiently.
  • This requires an integrated research and trading platform supporting multiple asset classes, regions, data sources, execution venues, brokers, and counterparties.

Equal Opportunity

  • Trexquant is an Equal Opportunity Employer.