A leading quantitative investment firm is looking for a senior alpha producer to join its India office as Co-Head of Quantitative Research.

This is a player-coach role for a proven quantitative researcher with a demonstrated ability to generate profitable, scalable equity & derivatives alpha and directly contribute to live trading P&L.;

The mandate is straightforward: increase alpha production while helping scale and elevate the India research platform.

What you'll do
Co-lead the India Quant Research function alongside the current India Head of Research
Remain hands-on in alpha generation — this is not a pure people-management role
Independently originate, validate and deploy profitable systematic signals
Generate differentiated, robust and scalable equity & derivatives alpha
Contribute directly to live trading P&L;
Drive rigorous research standards, reproducibility and structured research reviews
Improve existing strategies through better modelling, data and signal construction
Ensure strong out-of-sample validation and mitigate overfitting
Shape research themes, priorities and the platform's research roadmap




Mentor researchers and help build a high-quality research team without compromising the hiring bar or alpha quality.

What they're looking for
5 years of systematic equity and derivatives alpha research experience
BS/MS/PhD in a STEM discipline
Proven track record of developing profitable, statistically robust signals
Direct experience contributing to live trading P&L;
$20M attributable P&L; generated through strategies you've developed
Strong understanding of signal decay, capacity, risk controls and overfitting
Solid programming and quantitative research infrastructure skills
Someone who remains a researcher first, while being capable of taking on broader leadership responsibility

Compensation & Benefits
Competitive compensation
Performance-linked bonus tied to the algorithms you develop
Chance to influence research direction and lead recent ideas
Collaborative environment with significant decision-making responsibility
Comprehensive healthcare and insurance benefits

📌 Quantitative Research Specialist Gurugram
🏢 aaa global
📍 Gurugram