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Vice President, Quant Development

Fidelity

Fidelity

Boston, MA, USA
Posted on Nov 19, 2024

Job Description:

Job Description:

The Role

Asset Management Technology (AMT) provides worldwide technology and support to all the Investment Management, Research, Trading and Investment Operations functions. We are seeking a Vice President, Quant Development to join our Quantitative Research & Investing Technology team. You will be collaborating with Investment Risk Analysts to define and develop the Multi Asset Class Risk Platform for Asset Management team. You partner with other Fidelity business and technology leaders to identify and define strategic priorities based on an understanding of business value needs and enable execution of these initiatives. You actively bring new ideas, approaches and insights to improve the contributions of your team and enable them to develop new skills and capabilities. You are committed to ongoing development of your own expertise and knowledge to bring the latest capabilities and thinking to your team to empower others with that knowledge.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

  • 10+ years of industry experience in architecture, analytics, design, and development of solutions in multiple technology platforms, frameworks and languages.

  • Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or computational field such as Computer Science or Applied Mathematics

  • Demonstrated experience and expertise for building investment risk systems for Buyside Asset Management organization.

  • Domain knowledge in either equities, fixed income or alternative asset classes

  • Familiarity with advanced quantitative techniques and methods, statistics, econometrics – including probability, linear regression, time series data analysis and optimizations

  • Financial services experience (experience working in Asset Management environment preferred)

  • Collaborate with senior leaders in AM Tech to propagate best practice to ensure the culture and continue to support attraction, retention, and development of talent

  • Demonstrated experience in technical leadership and hands on day-to-day solutions including preparing the design artifacts and implementation of solutions.

  • Ability to work both independently and with all levels of the organization, including technical and non-technical team members.

  • Experience with Containerization strategies using Docker and Serverless Application Architectures

  • Experience with API Management, domain modeling, policy modeling.

  • Experience in Client-Side technologies like HTML 5, JavaScript, CSS3, Angular.

  • Experience with CI/CD infrastructure as code and pipeline as code.

  • Knowledge of continuous integration, static code analysis and test-driven development.

  • Solid technical background with a willingness to continually learn and apply knowledge with hands-on development

  • Very good communication, interpersonal and relationship building skills to influence decisions and engage across Fidelity and at all levels of the organization

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate associates with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of their job.

For roles based in the US : Visit myHR and search for 'accommodation' to review Fidelity’s Reasonable Accommodation for Disabilities Policy. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Leave of Absence/Accommodation Team by completing the Accommodation Request Form on myHR, or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 2.

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