[QuantLib-jobs] Quantitative Product Manager Job at BGI

[Pack, J. B. S. <Jai...@ba...>]

Barclays Global Investors (BGI) is America's largest money manager,
providing structured investment strategies such as indexing,
risk-controlled active products, and exchange traded funds to investors
worldwide. For 35 years, BGI has been at the forefront of developing
innovative investment ideas, applying science and technology to the
investment process. Headquartered in San Francisco and named one of the
SF Business Times' "Best Places to Work in the Bay Area 2007, "the
Barclays PLC subsidiary employs over 3,500 people globally and manages
$1.8 trillion in assets.

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BGI is seeking a Quantitative Product Manager to support our Market
Neutral Research team. The ideal candidate will have a background in
financial engineering and programming languages as well as proven
capabilities to manage large databases. Familiarity with common
financial databases (e.g., Compustat, Worldscope) is desirable.




Primary Responsibilities=20



*                     Working with the Market Neutral and Large Cap team
to setup data feeds, derived data, and productionalize econometric
models.

*                     Designing validation and transformation rules and
mapping, managing exceptions and errors and the future needs for data
and analytics in order to support investment strategy.=20

*                     Design and lead efforts to implement data models
and data objects used in BGI applications and analytics.=20

*                     Will interact with product developers, Knowledge
Management Product Managers, IT and operations to provide reliable
financial information to support strategies.=20

*                     Work directly with market data vendors to set-up
and implement new data feeds or data models.=20




Qualifications=20



*                     Proven experience in analytics and financial
modeling.=20

*                     Advanced degree in financial engineering or
quantitative discipline is highly desirable.=20

*                     Excellent analytic and problem solving skills.=20

*                     Demonstrated ability to deliver solutions.=20

*                     Strong initiative and a thirst for knowledge.=20

*                     Strong interpersonal and communication skills.=20

*                     Requires background in programming languages such
as Java / C++, Perl, and SQL.=20

*                     Knowledge of statistical packages such as SAS,
S-PLUS and MATLAB also desirable.

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https://barclays.recruitmax.com//main/careerportal/candidate_update.cfm?
szOrderID=3D2806

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Jaime Pack

Recruiting Coordinator

Human Resources

Barclays Global Investors

*: (415) 908-7612 (office)

6: (415) 618-1411 (fax)

45 Fremont Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA

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