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About the Role

Wells Fargo is seeking a Vice President to join our Equity Derivatives and QIS Structuring team. This role involves designing, pricing, marketing, and transacting Quantitative Investment Strategies (“QIS”) and derivatives products. The successful candidate will leverage quantitative, programming, and product expertise to design investment solutions that address diverse client needs, while closely collaborating with various teams to support sales efforts.

Responsibilities

Research, develop, and evaluate new quantitative investment strategies, index solutions across linear and non-linear markets, leveraging derivatives, alternative data, and machine learning techniques.
Implement strategies in close coordination with sales, trading, quantitative research, legal, compliance and technology teams to ensure accurate, efficient execution.
Partner with sales teams and clients to design customized investment solutions for both institutional and retail distribution channels.
Prepare marketing/presentation materials, market updates, performance analyses and engage with sales teams and clients to showcase capabilities and originate new business opportunities.
Document, maintain, and oversee systematic strategies and indices for investor use.
Build tools, using Python, to support QIS index design and improve platform efficiency.
Monitor and analyze performance across the firm’s systematic strategy offerings, providing insights and recommendations to clients and internal stakeholders.
Collaborate with IT to build out broader QIS infrastructure.
Drive the technology and systems agenda for the business, partnering with key stakeholders to enhance platform capabilities and operational efficiency.

Requirements

5+ years of Securities Sales Trading experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
Advanced degree (e.g., M.S.) in a quantitative discipline such as financial engineering, financial mathematics, statistics, or computer science.
5+ years experience in quantitative investing, structuring, or trading, preferably with a focus on QIS or other systematic strategies with a proven track record.
Demonstrated hands-on experience applying alternative data and machine learning or statistical learning techniques to investment research and strategy development.
Strong proficiency in Python to conduct backtests and tool development for QIS platform.
Strong understanding of market structure and market behavior, with the ability to translate research insights into commercially relevant investment.
Experience working across institutional and retail product distribution, including familiarity with insurance/FIA, ETF issuers and other retail channels.
Familiarity with equity volatility products, including variance swaps, dispersion, gamma, skew, and carry strategies.
Demonstrated success in creating QIS strategies that have been effectively brought to market and actively traded.
Ability to collaborate effectively across sales, trading, quants, and legal teams to bring products from concept through execution.
Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, including pricing, risk assessment, and performance monitoring.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with strong organization and attention to detail.
Registration for FINRA Series 7 must be completed within 180 days of hire date if it is not available for transfer upon hire.
Registration for FINRA Series 63 must be completed within 180 days of hire date if it is not available for transfer upon hire.
Candidates must successfully complete and pass a background check prior to hire.
Applicants are subject to a new screen to comply with Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Skills

Quantitative investment strategies
QIS
Derivatives products
Quantitative expertise
Programming expertise
Product expertise
Machine learning techniques
Python
Market structure
Market behavior
Equity volatility products
Product lifecycle management
Pricing
Risk assessment
Performance monitoring
Communication skills
Presentation skills
Organization skills
Attention to detail

Location

30 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001

Work Type

Onsite

Experience Level

Vice President
5+ years

Education Level

Advanced degree (e.g., M.S.) in a quantitative discipline such as financial engineering, financial mathematics, statistics, or computer science.

Salary/Compensations

$185,000.00 - $300,000.00

Benefits

Health benefits
401(k) Plan
Paid time off
Disability benefits
Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
Parental leave
Critical caregiving leave
Discounts and savings
Commuter benefits
Tuition reimbursement
Scholarships for dependent children
Adoption reimbursement

About the Company

Corporate & Investment Bank (CIB) delivers a comprehensive suite of banking, capital markets and advisory solutions, including a full complement of sales, trading and research capabilities, to corporate, government and institutional clients.
Markets provides solutions to clients with the means to manage their exposure through various derivatives, lending and cash products across Structured Products Group, Rates, Equities, Foreign Exchange, Municipal Products Group, Credit Sales & Trading.
Employees support our focus on building strong customer relationships balanced with a strong risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture which firmly establishes those disciplines as critical to the success of our customers and company.
They are accountable for execution of all applicable risk programs (Credit, Market, Financial Crimes, Operational, Regulatory Compliance), which includes effectively following and adhering to applicable Wells Fargo policies and procedures, appropriately fulfilling risk and compliance obligations, timely and effective escalation and remediation of issues, and making sound risk decisions.
There is emphasis on proactive monitoring, governance, risk identification and escalation, as well as making sound risk decisions commensurate with the business unit’s risk appetite and all risk and compliance program requirements.

Equal Opportunity

Wells Fargo is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristic.
Applicants with Disabilities: To request a medical accommodation during the application or interview process, visit Disability Inclusion at Wells Fargo.
Drug and Alcohol Policy: Wells Fargo maintains a drug free workplace. Please see our Drug and Alcohol Policy to learn more.
Wells Fargo Recruitment and Hiring Requirements: a. Third-Party recordings are prohibited unless authorized by Wells Fargo. b. Wells Fargo requires you to directly represent your own experiences during the recruiting and hiring process. c. Please be prepared to provide accurate information and supporting documentation in connection with any lawful employment and education verification conducted by Wells Fargo.