Strategy and Operations Head – WQBRAIN UK London, England
WorldQuant
Full Time
London, England
10.56 - 12.04 GBP Today
Job description
WorldQuant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and global markets. We seek to produce high-quality predictive signals (alphas) through our proprietary research platform to employ financial strategies focused on market inefficiencies. Our teams work collaboratively to drive the production of alphas and financial strategies – the foundation of a balanced, global investment platform.
WorldQuant is built on a culture that pairs academic sensibility with accountability for results. Employees are encouraged to think openly about problems, balancing intellectualism and practicality. Excellent ideas come from anyone, anywhere. Employees are encouraged to challenge conventional thinking and possess an attitude of continuous improvement.
Our goal is to hire the best and the brightest. We value intellectual horsepower first and foremost, and people who demonstrate an outstanding talent. There is no roadmap to future success, so we need people who can help us build it. Our collective intelligence will drive us there.
About WorldQuant Brain
BRAIN is a group within WorldQuant similar to a traditional B2C fintech setup. Our mission is to simplify quant finance and provide global opportunities for individuals to participate remotely in this initiative, while potentially learning quant finance, AI and ML concepts. WorldQuant Brain provides a crowdsourcing platform for external participants to contribute alphas and various other models or algorithms to the firm’s business. BRAIN is comprised of an entire ecosystem within the firm that includes resources from various technology, data, business and operations groups throughout the firm globally. Today, BRAIN is still fairly young – though it’s a full featured business with forward looking plans that run into years.
The Role: We are looking for someone to lead the WQBRAIN Strategy and Operations in the United Kingdom. The successful candidate will be responsible for the business to grow and engage WorldQuant BRAIN’s user base and will be the face of WQBRAIN to all UK users.
- Define the Country’s growth strategy:
- Work closely with Brain global leadership and WorldQuant’s UK Head to build the WQBrain brand
- Develop business case for new growth initiatives
- Operations include:
- User Management: Includes acquisition, onboarding, engagement, support and lifecycle support
- Engage with internal and external partners to implement the growth plan
- Lead execution of key initiatives like promotions, competitions etc.
- Lead key global initiatives and craft standard methodologies across Brain locations
What You’ll Bring:
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree(s) from a leading university
- Experience as a team leader
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Fluent in spoken and written English
- Self-starter: has shown an ability to set up initiatives and see them to the end without supervision.
- Product experience: Proven positive impact on user onboarding, conversion, growth or engagement metrics
- Any of the following would be an added bonus
- Proven record of building /scaling a B2C business or online community
- Previous strategy consulting
- History as an entrepreneur
- Experience in the quant or finance domains
Why you Will like working for WorldQuant Brain:
- We are a high-performance organization looking to solve quant finance problems at scale
- As part of this team, you will not only work on your primary skills and role, but will also contribute to the evolution of how this developing business is defined in the coming years
- Clear career path from the country role towards regional and global roles
- We value diversity and inclusivity. We are an equal opportunity employer
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