Head of SecMaster

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5 Locations
In-Office
150K-250K Annually
Expert/Leader
Financial Services
The Role
The Head of Reference Data leads the development of scalable reference data solutions, ensuring alignment with business goals and exceptional service for internal customers. Responsibilities include strategic leadership, architectural oversight, and driving Agile processes while mentoring engineering teams.
Summary Generated by Built In

WorldQuant develops and deploys systematic financial strategies across a broad range of asset classes and global markets. We seek to produce high-quality predictive signals (alphas) through our proprietary research platform to employ financial strategies focused on market inefficiencies. Our teams work collaboratively to drive the production of alphas and financial strategies – the foundation of a balanced, global investment platform.

WorldQuant is built on a culture that pairs academic sensibility with accountability for results. Employees are encouraged to think openly about problems, balancing intellectualism and practicality. Excellent ideas come from anyone, anywhere. Employees are encouraged to challenge conventional thinking and possess an attitude of continuous improvement.

Our goal is to hire the best and the brightest. We value intellectual horsepower first and foremost, and people who demonstrate an outstanding talent. There is no roadmap to future success, so we need people who can help us build it.

The Role
WorldQuant is seeking a Head of SecMaster to lead our firmwide reference data and SecMaster products. This is a critical leadership position responsible for driving innovation, scalability, and excellence in our reference data solutions.


What You’ll Do

  • Strategic Leadership: Partner with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy scalable reference data and SecMaster solutions that align with business requirements and strategic goals.
  • Architectural Oversight: Collaborate with and lead our engineering team to define and implement a robust platform architecture that supports the firm’s growth and scalability objectives.
  • Customer-Centric Approach: Lead all business initiatives and provide global support to internal customers for all reference data offerings, ensuring exceptional service and alignment with their needs.
  • Agile Processes: Drive and participate in Agile frameworks, continuously improving and expanding platform capabilities to adapt to dynamic business requirements.

What You’ll Bring

  • Experience: A minimum of 10 years of experience in the financial services industry, with a strong focus on reference data and SecMaster solutions.
  • Leadership: Proven ability to act as a business and technical thought leader, sharing best practices and driving innovation.
  • Project Ownership: Demonstrated ability to manage complex projects involving collaboration across multiple teams and stakeholders.
  • Mentorship: A track record of mentoring and collaborating with engineers to foster growth and excellence.

Problem-Solving Skills: A rapid learner with exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities, capable of navigating complex challenges effectively.

Our Benefits:

Core Benefits:

  • Fully paid medical and dental insurance for employees and dependents, flexible spending account, 401k, fully paid parental leave, generous PTO (paid time off) that consists of:
    • twenty vacation days that are pro-rated based on the employee’s start date, at an accrual of 1.67 days per month, three personal days, and
      ten sick days.
  • Perks: Employee discounts for gym memberships, wellness activities, healthy snacks, casual dress code
  • Training: learning and development courses, speakers, team-building off-site
  • Employee resource groups

Pay Transparency:

WorldQuant is a total compensation organization where you will be eligible for a base salary, discretionary performance bonus, and benefits.

To provide greater transparency to candidates, we share base pay ranges for all US-based job postings regardless of state.  We set standard base pay ranges for all roles based on job function and level, benchmarked against similar stage organizations.  When finalizing an offer, we will take into consideration an individual’s experience level and the qualifications they bring to the role to formulate a competitive total compensation package.

The Base Pay Range For This Position Is $150,000 – $250,000 USD.

At WorldQuant, we are committed to providing candidates with all necessary information in compliance with pay transparency laws.  If you believe any required details are missing from this job posting, please notify us at [email protected], and we will address your concerns promptly.

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WorldQuant is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation or preference, age, marital status, citizenship, national origin, disability, military status, genetic predisposition or carrier status, or any other protected characteristic as established by applicable law.

Skills Required

  • Minimum 10 years of experience in the financial services industry.
  • Experience with reference data and SecMaster solutions.
  • Proven ability to manage complex projects across teams.
  • Track record of mentoring and collaborating with engineers.

WorldQuant Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about WorldQuant and has not been reviewed or approved by WorldQuant.

  • Healthcare Strength Feedback suggests medical and dental coverage is fully paid for employees and dependents, indicating strong health benefits support. This breadth and cost coverage positions healthcare as a notable strength.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Feedback suggests paid time off is generous, with substantial vacation, personal days, and sick time described. The overall time‑off structure is portrayed as comprehensive.
  • Parental & Family Support Feedback suggests fully paid parental leave is provided. Family-oriented provisions complement core benefits to support caregiving needs.

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The Company
HQ: Old Greenwich, CT
2,008 Employees
Year Founded: 2007

What We Do

WorldQuant is a global quantitative asset management firm with over $7 billion in assets under management. Founded in 2007 by Igor Tulchinsky with the belief that talent is global, but opportunity is not, WorldQuant has more than 1,000 employees spread among 26 global offices. WorldQuant seeks to get to the future faster, guided by the principle that there are an infinite number of insights to discover. The firm develops and deploys investment strategies across a variety of asset classes in global markets. For more information on WorldQuant’s philosophy and culture, please visit www.worldquant.com.

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