Man Global Markets (High-Frequency Quantitative Research) PhD Summer 2026 Internship
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
About Man Group
Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets across all major asset classes with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.
Headquartered in London we manage $213.9 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at
* As at 30 September 2025
The Team
Man Global Markets is responsible for all of Man Groups execution spanning all investment engines asset classes and regions. The High-Frequency Quantitative Research team based in New York is responsible for the research and development of low latency alphas and trading strategies and spearheading the development of Man Groups proprietary execution algorithms. The team is responsible for full end to end trading strategy development and uses its own customized ML research and monetization infrastructure.
Who Should Apply
The team is currently hiring PhD interns with strong academic achievement in highly technical degree programs who are interested in a 2026 summer internship (expected to be between 10 12 weeks).
Candidates are encouraged to submit only one application using their university email address via the below link which requires a resume that includes all completed and in-progress post-secondary education GPAs. School transcripts may be optionally provided immediately or later in the process.
Kindly note that the summer internship is open to penultimate year students only who will be graduating between Winter Summer 2027.
Hiring requirements
- PhD student in penultimate year of study majoring in a highly quantitative field such as Computer Science Statistics Mathematics Physics Engineering or Finance.
- Experience in linear and non-linear machine learning algorithms.
- Hands-on experience of working with large data sets.
- An interest in financial markets modelling and investing.
- A deep understanding of statistics and an ability to apply it to real-world problems.
- Intermediate skills in at least one programming language (e.g. Python Java C C).
- The ability to communicate complicated ideas in a clear and concise manner.
Working here
Man Group fosters a performance driven meritocratic culture with a small company no-attitude feel. It is flat structured open transparent and collaborative offering ample opportunity to grow and have enormous impact on what we do. We are actively engaged with the broader research and academic community as well as renowned industry contributors.
Were fortunate enough to have a modern high-rise office in central Midtown conveniently located near Central Park and continually strive to make our environment a great place in which to work.
- We have annual away days and research off-sites for the whole team.
- We open-source some of our technology. See regularly talk at leading industry conferences and tweet about relevant technology and how were using it. See @manquanttech and @ManGroup.
- Our Oxford lab is collocated with the Oxford-Man Institute of Quantitative Finance ( and the Machine Learning Research Group in Engineering Science University of Oxford ( anticipated based salary range for this position is listed below. Compensation packages would also include benefits and a discretionary bonus. This is the base salary range that the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting based on the location and requirements of the position as well as the skills qualifications and experience of the applicant. The Firm reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time.
Key Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Public Relations
- Google Docs
- Data Collection
- MailChimp
- Microsoft Word
- Dermal Fillers
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Research Experience
- Microsoft Excel
- Adobe Photoshop
- Writing Skills
