Role Summary
Every day, we seek to improve financial security for people. Joining our Research team means you will be a part of a passionate and supportive team that believes what we do matters to our clients and investors. We seek a candidate with a track record of sustainable investing and deep fluency with data and quantitative methods. This role requires an individual who can combine quantitative rigor, sustainability domain expertise, and modern data/AI fluency to evolve how sustainability insights are integrated into investment research, portfolio construction, client solutions, and firmwide analytics workflows. While the role sits in the Systematic Equity (SE) Team, projects will span equities, fixed income and alternative assets in collaboration with subject matter experts on our investment teams around the world.
The responsibilities of the individual in this position include:
Serving as a strategic lead for sustainability-related data and analytics, including vendor evaluation, data architecture considerations, governance, integration into investment workflows and scalability across teams and asset classes.
Empirically assessing impact of climate-related factors on investment portfolios.
Developing new and effective methods for communicating these assessments to our clients.
Evolving our process to systematically manage emerging factors. This includes the management of frameworks to support clients’ Net Zero alignment objectives.
Leading firmwide effort to streamline management of client exclusions lists – this will involve working with various stakeholders throughout the firm and understanding of desired data architecture and analytics.
Translating complex quantitative and sustainability-related insights into clear, actionable narratives for both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including clients.
Identifying and evaluating opportunities to leverage AI, advanced analytics and automation to enhance sustainability research workflows, data management, investment insights and client reporting capabilities.`
Active role in the Systematic Equity Team workflow with a specific emphasis on data, analytics and the intersection of sustainability information, portfolio construction and traditional alpha ideas.
The successful candidate will have extensive demonstrable skills and experiences including the following:
Significant experience in quantitative investing.
Strong subject matter knowledge of sustainability investment concepts and data sets.
Advanced degree in a quantitative field or environmental science preferred (e.g. finance, economics, statistics, environment science, or other quantitative discipline).
Undergraduate degree (or equivalent) plus work experience or certifications also considered.
Certifications such as CFA or equivalent a plus.
Prior work experience in one or more of the following a plus: quantitative asset management, financial modelling, programming (Python, SQL), AI (AI workflow, NLP)
Intellectual curiosity and demonstrated ability to rapidly learn and apply emerging technologies, data sources, and analytical approaches.
Product and innovation mindset with comfort iterating on new ideas, workflows, and research frameworks in ambiguous environments.
Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment across investment, technology, research, and client teams.
Strong judgment in balancing methodological rigor, scalability, and practical business application.
Skills Required
- Significant experience in quantitative investing
- Strong subject matter knowledge of sustainability investment concepts and datasets
- Advanced degree in a quantitative field or environmental science
- Undergraduate degree (or equivalent) plus work experience or certifications considered
- Certifications such as CFA or equivalent
- Experience with programming (Python, SQL)
- Experience applying AI, including AI workflows and NLP
- Prior work in quantitative asset management or financial modelling
- Ability to translate complex quantitative and sustainability insights into clear narratives for technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and drive alignment across investment, technology, research, and client teams
- Intellectual curiosity and ability to rapidly learn and apply emerging technologies, data sources, and analytical approaches
- Product and innovation mindset comfortable iterating on new ideas and workflows in ambiguous environments
- Strong judgment balancing methodological rigor, scalability, and practical business application
Russell Investments Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Russell Investments and has not been reviewed or approved by Russell Investments.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off starts at 20 days of vacation in year one (rising to 25 after four years) plus 10 paid holidays and nine sick days, which provides substantial leave coverage. Backup childcare and other leave supports add practical flexibility for life events.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) company match up to 5% of eligible base salary, alongside access to select Russell Investments funds, offers a meaningful foundation for long‑term savings. This structure provides clear, predictable retirement support.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Comprehensive medical coverage, employer HSA contributions, a Lifestyle Spending Account, and Modern Health access (10 counseling and 10 coaching sessions per year) strengthen overall wellbeing. These elements enhance total‑compensation value beyond base pay.
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What We Do
Russell Investments is a leading outsourced CIO (OCIO) partner and global investment solutions firm providing a wide range of investment capabilities to institutional investors, financial intermediaries, and individual investors around the world. Building on an 87-year legacy of continuous innovation to deliver exceptional value to clients, Russell Investments works every day to improve the financial security of its clients. The firm is the world’s sixth-largest investment adviser, with $1 trillion in assets under advisement (as of June 30, 2022) and $288.3 billion in assets under management (as of March 31, 2023) for clients in 32 countries. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, Russell Investments has offices in 19 cities around the world, including London, New York, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo, and Shanghai.
