Trexquant is launching a global expansion initiative to build research offices around the world to support talent wherever it may be. We are seeking a highly driven, resourceful, and execution-oriented individual to help execute this expansion. You will work to identify new markets, stand up offices, install local leadership, and ensure each location becomes a productive part of the firm.This is a rare opportunity to help architect global infrastructure inside a high-performing quantitative hedge fund.
Responsibilities
- Expansion Strategy: Evaluate new markets (talent, universities, costs, regulatory factors), assess risks, and deliver decision-ready recommendations on where to build next.
- Office Launch Execution: Coordinate legal, vendor, and operational setup; partner cross-functionally to launch fully functional offices; build scalable playbooks.
- Talent Engine Setup: Establish local recruiting infrastructure, map talent pipelines, define hiring targets, and track early hiring performance.
- Post-Launch Optimization: Monitor new office performance, resolve friction points, ensure head quarter alignment, and support long-term scaling.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field; MBA or relevant advanced degree is a plus.
- 3 – 7 years of experience with international expansion, office launches, or market entry strategy.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex, cross-functional projects from concept to launch.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess markets, evaluate trade-offs, and structure decision-ready recommendations.
- High ownership mindset with a track record of independently driving initiatives in ambiguous environments.
- Exceptional organizational and operational execution skills; detail-oriented without losing sight of the big picture.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience preparing management committee level materials.
- Ability to build relationships across functions (legal, compliance, IT, recruiting, leadership).
Benefits
- Competitive salary plus bonus based on individual and company performance.
- Play a key role in building a high-performing team that drives the future of finance.
- Join a firm that values innovation and offers ample opportunities for career development.
- Collaborative, Casual, and friendly work environment.
- PPO Health, dental and vision insurance premiums fully covered for you and your dependents.
- Pre-tax commuter benefits.
- Weekly company meals.
Applications are open for both Stamford and New York City offices, the latter with a planned opening in October 2026.
The base salary for this role is $140,000 to $175,000, and will be determined based on the candidate’s educational background and professional experience. Base salary is one component of Trexquant’s total compensation package, which may also include a discretionary, performance-based bonus. This position is classified as overtime-exempt.
Trexquant is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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What We Do
Being a quantitative finance firm that uses Machine Learning (ML) to create multi-asset portfolios and seek profit from the market, Trexquant has continuously improved its investment and research platform since starting operations, leveraging new and emerging technologies. Trexquant uses rigorous quantitative methods to create multi-asset portfolios in global markets. To do this, Trexquant develops trading signals using its vast and continuously growing collection of data variables used as inputs for more complex trading models called Strategies. The result is an ever-growing and adapting engine built from thousands of intricate models and tens of thousands of signals, tailor-made with the goal to outperform the market during any condition. Capital is managed across 5,500+ cash equity positions across the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia, and Canada.
