Research Business Manager

At Aquatic, we are actively recruiting for a Research & Development Business Operations Associate. In this role, you will work directly with our R&D team to push initiatives forward by overseeing a wide variety of projects from conceptual design through implementation. This role works directly with both Research, Technology and Aquatic Leadership and covers the entire scope of the research & development process. 

Role Details

• Work cross-functionally to enable Aquatic to scale across research & development capability building and identify, implement process improvements across research & development projects
• In each project, you will gather and analyze information, formulate and test hypotheses, develop and communicate recommendations to senior leadership in collaboration with research & development colleagues
• Build comprehensive project plans that merge R&D requirements with company goals and coordinate various personnel across all project phases, from initial development through implementation

Technical Experience: 

• Background in engineering, computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience
• Organizational skills that can be applied to overseeing project from inception to completion
• Ability to program in Python to connect systems

Candidate Qualities: 

• 1-5 years of experience, ideally in a top-tier management consulting firm with a focus on financial services / business strategy or top-tier technology firm with a focus on product management
• Rigorous analytical skills and experience with data visualization (e.g., building dashboards, partnering with stakeholders to collect data, synthesizing recommendations to firm leadership)
• Excellent project management skills with a track record of organizing and delivering cross-functional projects with explicit timelines
• Strong bias for action
• Driven by accountability and internal urgency
• Comfortable providing and receiving actionable feedback in a collaborative team setting
• Motivated by an ambitious environment and driven colleagues 
• Strong oral and written communication skills and the ability to present a polished, professional, and diplomatic image to all stakeholders

The base salary for this role is anticipated to be between $125,000 and $300,000, which is based on information at the time of posting. This position may also be eligible for additional forms of compensation, such as a discretionary bonus, and benefits. Discretionary bonus can be a significant portion of total compensation. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their unique skills, qualifications and relevant experience.

Benefits:

• Benefits: Fully paid medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents, competitive 401k plan, employer-paid life & disability insurance
• Perks: Wellness programs, casual dress, snacks, lunch, game room, team and company events
• Development: Open environment to maximize learning and knowledge sharing
• Time: Generous PTO, paid holidays, competitive paid caregiver leaves

Aquatic Capital 

Aquatic is a quantitative trading and investment company recently launched by Jon Graham. Prior to founding Aquatic, Jon was a Partner and Senior Managing Director at Citadel, where he worked for more than 13 years. At Citadel, Jon held numerous senior positions over the years, including head of Statistical Arbitrage and Equity High Frequency, culminating in leading the highly successful Global Quantitative Strategies business.  

Uncluttered by legacy platforms and processes, Aquatic develops systematic investment strategies, enabled by a leading-edge research and development platform. The vision is simple: to build a world class, quantitative trading company with a collaborative team of highly capable researchers and engineers.

This role represents a unique opportunity to join a distinguished and hugely successful quantitative investment manager at the foundational level of building a world class operation from scratch. The firm’s culture will be shaped by collaboration, meritocracy, ambition, and calm determination.