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 $253.6 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at www.man.com
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* As at 30 June 2026
THE TEAM
The global IDI team spans Hong Kong, Sofia, London and now Boston. The team is responsible for implementing all new business and portfolios (funds, Separately Managed Accounts (SMAs), and investment strategies), maintaining the integrity of systematic models, and steering the long-term development of our trading initiatives. Our mission is to ensure every quantitative strategy is implemented with precision and aligned with its investment objectives, from initial research idea through to the last trade. Though London-based and focused primarily on Man AHL’s content, as part of Systematic, you will be part of a connected global network, sharing tooling, codebase, and implementation capabilities across all four locations.
The problems the team solves are diverse, complex, and high-impact. The team is the primary responder when production issues halt the investment managers, requiring rapid diagnosis and resolution without introducing new risks. The team are the operational architects who translate a researcher’s ideal strategy or portfolio into a robust, scalable solution, balancing speed, resilience, and business logic. The team also works closely with other areas such as Portfolio Management and Trading to explain why an algorithm and portfolio optimizer generated specific trades. Finally, we partner with technologists to help design trading architecture that is automated, scalable, and transparent enough for manual intervention when necessary.
This role offers exceptional exposure. Man Group's flat structure means your work is widely visible across the group, you will be working with portfolio managers, quantitative researchers, product structuring specialists, and traders, with the opportunity and expectation to contribute, propose solutions, and make decisions regardless of seniority. You’ll be supported throughout and as you build confidence, you will represent the global IDI team on cross-departmental working groups and present findings directly to senior management.
THE PROGRAMME: BUILDING A WELL-ROUNDED ANALYST
This is not a generic graduate scheme where you tour the business and hope to find a home. You are hired explicitly as a future IDI Analyst. However, to be effective in IDI, you must deeply understand the teams you will be interacting with every day.
For this reason, your first 18 months are structured to give you a 360-degree view of how a systematic hedge fund operates:
- Months 1–6 (IDI Team): You begin in IDI, shadowing our core operations. You will learn how we monitor daily portfolio management, implement new research, and drive strategic projects. You will not be making production trading decisions yet; instead, your focus will be on deep-dive data analysis, automating processes, and helping to build out our emerging AI capabilities.
- Months 7–18 (Rotations): You will complete three tailored 4-month rotations across teams that are key stakeholders of IDI—such as Business Management, Investment Risk, Execution Analytics and Trade Operations & Middle Office Accounting. You are there to understand their pain points, their workflows, how IDI can better support them and build lasting human relationships.
- Month 19 onwards: You return to IDI permanently, bringing back the cross-functional knowledge necessary to steer complex, cross-departmental implementations.
Throughout this 18-month journey, you will be supported by a dedicated mentor who will guide your technical and professional development.
RESPONSIBILITIES (FIRST 6 MONTHS)
During your initial 6 months within the IDI team, you will not be expected to run the trading system or make production decisions. Instead, you will focus on building your knowledge and delivering value through:
- Shadowing tasks across the IDI team, including day-to-day portfolio management monitoring, implementation, analytics, and strategic projects.
- Automating existing processes and streamlining daily investment management workflows.
- Conducting deep-dive data analysis with autonomy, providing meaningful business insights to senior management and improving processes for the team.
- Building out tooling and the emerging AI capability of the team.
- Developing a thorough understanding of complex systems and interactions, including the ability to sort through dynamic datasets to analyse key indicators.
- Contributing to AHL's overall Investment and Data Implementation effort by collaborating with other teams across AHL.
KEY SKILLS & ATTRIBUTES
We recognise that technical skills develop over time. We are primarily looking for candidates who demonstrate the right mindset and soft skills to succeed in a fast-paced environment.
Essential:Essential:
- Strong academic record and higher education degree with high mathematical and computing content (e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, or other disciplines involving technical and quantitative analysis techniques).
- High level of curiosity and openness to taking on new challenges.
- Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and problem-solving in unstructured environments.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with peers and senior stakeholders across IDI and other teams.
- Resilience and the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects.
- Accuracy and excellent attention to detail.
Advantageous:Advantageous:
- Programming skills in SQL and an object-oriented language, preferably Python.
- Experience (such as internships or academic projects) working with technical solutions for operational or data-related tasks.
RECRUITMENT PROCESS & TIMELINES
The stages are outlined below, along with indicative timelines. Please note that exact dates may shift depending on application volumes and business requirements.
- Application Window: 29th July - 20th August 2026
- Aptitude & Coding Tests: August – September 2026
- Soft Skills and Core Values Assessment Centre: September 2026
- Final Interview: September/October 2026
We recruit on a rolling basis and reserve the right to close the application window early if sufficient applications are received. We encourage you to apply as early as possible.
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 values. Through our external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes, you'll find opportunities to grow, develop your talents, and help foster an inclusive environment for all across our firm and industry. Learn more at www.man.com/diversity.
You'll 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, you'll 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 [email protected].
Skills Required
- Higher education degree with high mathematical and computing content (e.g., Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics)
- Strong academic record
- High level of curiosity and openness to taking on new challenges
- Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and problem-solving in unstructured environments
- Strong communication skills, with ability to interact effectively with peers and senior stakeholders
- Resilience and ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects
- Accuracy and excellent attention to detail
- Programming skills in SQL and an object-oriented language, preferably Python
- Experience (internships or academic projects) working with technical solutions for operational or data-related tasks
What We Do
Man Group is a global active investment management firm, which runs $127 billion* of client capital in liquid and private markets, managed by investment specialists based around the world. Headquartered in London, the firm has 15 international offices and operates across multiple jurisdictions. Our business has five specialist investment engines, which represent the range of our capabilities: Man AHL, Man Numeric, Man GLG, Man FRM and Man GPM. These engines house numerous investment teams, working collaboratively within the framework of Man Group, with a high degree of investment autonomy. Each team benefits from the strength and resources of the firm’s single operating platform, enabling their primary focus to be seeking to generate alpha for clients. The teams invest across a diverse range of strategies and asset classes with highly specialised approaches, with long only and alternative strategies run on a discretionary and quantitative basis in single and multi-manager formats. Our clients are at the heart of everything we do and we engage in close dialogue with our investors as strategic partners, to understand their particular needs and constraints. Man Group’s investment teams are empowered and supported by our institutional infrastructure and technology, which aims to facilitate the efficient exposure to markets and effective collaboration across the organisation.
