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About the Role
As a member of the Quantitative Investment Sciences (QIS) team, this Senior Associate, Quantitative Researcher will work with experienced researchers to develop and conduct quantitative modeling and analysis of investment opportunities. This individual will support HarbourVest investment strategy teams on active investment diligence, pipeline monitoring, portfolio construction, and generating quantitative insights for client engagements and fundraising. Projects harness large proprietary private market datasets and statistical models to produce insights that enhance a historically fundamental research-based investment process. This role offers an opportunity to join a diverse and growing team pioneering the application of quantitative research, ML/AI, and data science to private markets investing and risk management.
Responsibilities
- Conducting quantitative/statistical analysis of private markets and investment opportunities (80%)
- Play a lead role in analyzing proprietary private markets datasets and models to characterize market risk/return relationships, evaluate investment opportunities in the private equity co-investment market to inform investment selection and due diligence.
- Perform data exploration and visualization to test investment team hypotheses.
- Communicate analysis results and actionable insights to the investment team.
- Support and drive adoption and integration of QIS models with fundamental analysis conducted by deal teams.
- Apply new models and techniques (AI/ML) to advance the use of quantitative methods in the investment process.
- Responding to ad-hoc quantitative analysis requests (20%)
- Supporting client facing teams in conducting ad-hoc analysis and responding to client requests.
Requirements
- Experience in quantitative equity is required.
- Prior experience with bottoms-up financial modeling is preferred.
- Prior private markets experience is not required.
- Demonstrate rigorous statistical analysis and experience analyzing large datasets.
- Strong programming skills, preferably in Python (including numerical, statistical modeling and visualization libraries) and SQL.
- Prefer prior independent research experience (academic thesis or industry research).
Skills
- Quantitative research
- Complex datasets
- Financial markets
- Investing
- Intellectual curiosity
- Innovative attitude
- Entrepreneurial attitude
- Taking initiative
- Communicating quantitative insights
- Quantitative analysis
- Statistical analysis
- Data exploration
- Data visualization
- AI/ML
- Python
- SQL
- Numerical libraries
- Statistical modeling libraries
- Visualization libraries
Location
- Hybrid
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Remote workdays per quarter
Experience Level
- Senior Associate
- 5-7+ years of relevant experience in quantitative research, quantitative investing, systematic investing, or related quantitative finance roles
Education Level
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A) or Bachelor of Science (B.S.) required
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in a technical field preferred
Salary/Compensations
- $180,000.00 - $210,000.00 USD
Benefits
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Long-term reward programs
- Retirement contributions
- Health insurance
- Income protection
- Paid time off and leave benefits
- Well-being programs
About the Company
- For over forty years, HarbourVest has been home to a committed team of professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit and a desire to deliver impactful solutions to our clients and investing partners.
- HarbourVest is a global firm that continues to add individuals who seek a collaborative, open-door culture that values diversity and innovative thinking.
- HarbourVest offers a collegial environment marked by low turnover and high energy, inspiring employees to grow and thrive.
- Employees are encouraged to build on their strengths and acquire new skills and experiences.
- HarbourVest is committed to fostering an environment of inclusion that promotes mutual respect among all employees.
- Understanding and valuing differences optimizes the potential of both the individual and the firm.
Equal Opportunity
- HarbourVest is an equal opportunity employer.