Junior Quant Portfolio Analytics
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 $227.6 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 31 December 2025
About Man Systematic
Man Systematic formed byMan AHLandMan Numeric is one of the largest and most diversified systematic investment platforms in the world managing in the region of$150 billionacross hedge funds long-only programmes total return strategies and bespoke Solutions mandates.
Forover35years AHL and Numeric have been blending techniques from machine learning statistics and physics with world-class engineering to stay ahead of the curve research-driven technology-native and obsessive about the integrity of the investment process from data to execution. Its a place where smart curious people from all kinds of backgrounds come together to solve genuinely hard problems and see their ideas make a real impact in financial markets.
The combined platform offers exposure tovirtually everysystematic style and asset class on the market including trend & quant macro vol credit EMN & stat arb alpha capture risk premia beta and target risk. More at Team: Systematic Portfolio Analytics
Systematic Portfolio Analyticshas beena core function withinMan AHL for the past fouryears andis nowexpandingits mandate to cover the entirety of Man Systematic both AHL and Numeric. This is not a new team finding its feet; it is a provenestablishedfunction with a strongtrack recordinside AHL now scaling up to deliver across one of the largest systematic platforms in the world.
Our mandate is to deliverquantifiable transparent and actionable insightsacross the entire systematic estate from individual signals all the way through to fund-level outcomes. We are an integral part of the decision-making process helpingdetermine where research effort and risk capital should beallocated and our work is a fundamental node in the feedback loop between research portfolio management and the business.
Joining now means joining at agenuinely exciting inflection point: a battle-tested team a proven playbook and a step-change in scope with the opportunity to help shape how Portfolio Analytics is built out across Numeric and the combined platform.
What Were Looking For
We care more aboutraw ability curiosity and drivethan years of experience. The ideal candidate is someone who:
- Is a genuineself-starter comfortable defining their own problems and running with them
- Hasextremely high attention to detail the kind of person who notices the thing nobody else notices
- Isentrepreneurial sees gaps and fills them without needing to be asked
- Isconstantly curious about the why never satisfied with a surface-level answer
- Loves solving problems and gets energy from hard ambiguous ones
- Is excited byAI and modern tooling and proactive about integrating it into their workflow
You will:
- Aggressively adopt AI andcutting-edgetooling to multiply your own output and the teams output
- Work with and make sense of vast amounts of data across both AHL and Numeric
- Develop analytics KPIs and metrics that turn raw data into intelligence
- Carry out research aimed at uncovering non-obvious insights about our strategies signals and portfolios
- Write code build reporting mechanisms and create tools that PMs and researchers actually use
- Rapidly build a deep understanding of the systematic estate and leverage that knowledge to generate cross-functional insights and synergies between AHL and Numeric
- Partner closely with PMs researchers technologists and traders on both sides of the Atlantic
Technical Skills
Essential
- Strong analytical & statistical skills and able to translate them into pragmatic real-world solutions
- Comfortable with large datasets and risk management techniques
- Expertise in a high-level programming language (ideallyPython) and its scientific stack (NumPy / SciPy / Pandas or similar)
Advantageous
- Familiarity with modern AI tooling (LLMs agentic workflows Claude Code / Codex CLI)
- Exposure in key areas on the sell-side e.g. Trading Risk QIS Financial Engineering Strats / Quants Portfolio Management Electronic / Systematic Trading
- Experience analysing or managing complex risk
- Linux SQL / Oracle KDB
Personal Attributes
- Strong academic record from a leadinguniversity with a degreecontaininghigh mathematicalstatisticaland computing content (e.g. Mathematics Computer Science Engineering Economics Physics or Statistics)
- Keen interest in financial markets
- Hands-on attitude; willing to get involved with technology and projects across the firm
- Intellectually robust with a positive attitude to ambiguity and hard problems
- Self-organised able to manage time effectively across multiple competing priorities
- Strong interpersonal skills; able to build close working relationships with quantitative researchers technologists traders and senior business people alike
- Confident communicator; able to argue a point concisely and deal positively with conflicting views
- Strong sense of integrity
Inclusion Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Group
Youll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and values. Through our external and internal initiatives partnerships and programmes youll find opportunities to grow develop your talents and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry. Learn more at have opportunities to make a difference through our charitable and global initiatives while advancing your career through professional development and with flexible working arrangements available too. Like all our people youll receive two annual Mankind days of paid leave for community volunteering.
Our comprehensive benefits package includes competitive holiday entitlements pension/401k life and long-term disability coverage group sick pay enhanced parental leave and long-service leave. Depending on your location you may also enjoy additional benefits such as private medical coverage discounted gym membership options and pet insurance.
Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
Man Group provides equal employment opportunities to all applicants and all employees without regard to race color creed national origin ancestry religion disability sex gender identity and expression marital status sexual orientation military or veteran status age or any other legally protected category or status in accordance with applicable federal state and local laws.
Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us please contact.
Required Experience:
Junior IC
About Company
Inclusion, Work-Life Balance and Benefits at Man Group You'll thrive in our working environment that champions equality of opportunity. Your unique perspective will contribute to our success, joining a workplace where inclusion is fundamental and deeply embedded in our culture and val ... View more