Senior Vice President, Quantitative Equity Research Analyst Greater Santa Ana, CA Area

The Company is seeking a Senior Vice President, Quantitative Equity Research Analyst to advance systematic equity research and develop differentiated alpha signals. Responsibilities include generating research ideas, sourcing and evaluating data, backtesting signals, and incorporating them into live strategies. The role also involves expanding research across style timing, event-driven opportunities, and flow, positioning, and crowding dynamics. The analyst will contribute to portfolio construction and communicate research findings to stakeholders and clients, including nontechnical audiences. Candidates should have at least five years of financial industry experience developing systematic equity strategies and a bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, computer science, statistics, engineering, econometrics, or a related field; an advanced degree is a plus. Required qualifications include strong quantitative and analytical skills, investment intuition, and experience predicting returns, modeling companies or sectors, and developing differentiated signals. Proficiency in Python and the ability to write production-quality code are essential, along with knowledge of portfolio construction and optimization. Transaction cost modeling and machine learning experience are beneficial.

Hiring Company

PIMCO