High-Touch Execution Strategist
at Squarepoint Capital
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Join the Quant Execution Analytics (QEA) team as a High-Touch Execution Strategist. You will interface with traders, execution quants, external counterparties and internal stakeholders to design and improve the high-touch execution processes and onboard new products. Responsibilities include onboarding new flows, collecting market intelligence and analyzing market microstructures, reviewing transaction costs, liaising with dealers and platforms, and promoting best trading practices on the High-Touch desk.
Team: Quant Execution Analytics (QEA)
We are looking to add a High-Touch Execution Strategist to our Quant Execution Analytics (QEA) team. Our team manages the central high-touch execution ecosystem across asset classes, and you will be responsible for interfacing with our traders, execution quants, external counterparties and other internal stakeholders on designing and improving our execution processes, as well as onboarding new products to trade. If you are looking to join a fast paced, ever-evolving environment, we encourage you to apply.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with strategists to understand requirements and onboard new flows into the High-Touch execution pipeline
- Collect market intelligence and analyze market microstructures
- Review transaction costs and recommend trading improvements in coordination with traders and quantitative developers
- Liaise with dealers and external platforms (Tradeweb, Bloomberg, etc.)
- Promote and enforce best trading practices on the High-Touch desk
Role Requirements:
- 2–4 years of experience in a High-Touch execution role
- Proficiency in Python and/or KDB
- Strong analytical and communication skills
- Familiarity with transaction cost analysis (TCA)
- Experience with project management tools and methodologies
- Git/Jupyter skills are a plus
- Ability to work closely with trading desks and understand detailed market structures
