Equity Derivatives Quantitative Analyst - Vice President

About the role

Join our Global Markets team as an Equity Derivatives Quantitative Analyst – Vice President. You will develop sophisticated pricing models, analytical tools, and quantitative strategies supporting equity flow, exotic, and hybrid products. Working closely with Front Office, Trading, Sales, and Technology, you will help deliver innovative client solutions and deploy strategic pricing and risk capabilities into production. This is an opportunity to apply your quantitative expertise to strengthen trading decisions, risk management, and the continued growth of our Equities business.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement quantitative models and strategies to derive insight into market trends and optimize trading decisions, pricing, and risk management across various financial products and markets.
• Work closely with sales teams to identify clients’ needs and develop customized solutions.
• Conduct in-depth research, data analysis, and statistical modeling to derive insights into market trends, pricing, and risk dynamics.
• Provide front office infrastructure support through ownership and maintenance of analytical libraries.
• Provide expertise on quantitative methodologies, technological advancements, and industry best practices to drive innovation within the trading environment.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute to or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change.
• Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes. Lead specialists to influence department operations in alignment with strategic and tactical priorities while balancing short- and long-term goals and ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, demonstrate the Barclays LEAD behaviours: Listen and be authentic; Energise and inspire; Align across the enterprise; Develop others.
• For individual contributors, act as a subject matter expert within your discipline, guide technical direction, lead collaborative multi-year assignments, and train and coach less experienced specialists.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management, on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of organizational functions to contribute to achieving business goals.
• Collaborate with other areas to keep up to speed with business activity and strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives, requiring in-depth analysis and interpretative thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem-solving processes.
• Seek out, build, and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

Requirements

• Advanced expertise in a quantitative discipline, such as mathematics, physics, computer science, or engineering.
• Quantitative experience within equity derivatives.
• Advanced programming skills in C++ and Python.
• Experience developing and supporting applications across Windows and Linux environments.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of equity-exotics pricing models and structured products.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and perform effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex quantitative concepts clearly.
• Demonstrated interest in developing expertise and solving complex problems within the equity derivatives business.

Pay

Minimum Salary: $150,000
Maximum Salary: $225,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.