Multi-Asset Portfolio Manager

About the role

The Portfolio Manager will be a member of the Multi Asset Solutions Team (MAST) located in New York City. MAST is a fast-growing business within Harbor Capital that delivers investment solutions using Harbor Funds, ETFs, individual securities, and derivatives. Portfolios may include equities, rates/fixed income, commodities, currencies, and alternative asset classes. The MAST team is responsible for cross-asset investment insights and multi-asset strategy, including portfolio construction, implementation, risk management, client service, and stakeholder communication.

The role will support a 70% quantitative / 30% discretionary investment process by providing research, trade ideas, and portfolio insights across equities, rates, commodities, and currencies, and by contributing to the team's quantitative framework.

Responsibilities

• Generate cross-asset research, trade ideas, implementation views, and portfolio insights across equities, rates, commodities, and currencies
• Contribute investment recommendations during strategy discussions and portfolio management meetings, balancing quantitative evidence with discretionary judgment
• Leverage and enhance MAST's quantitative framework, including signal research, data analysis, and portfolio construction tools
• Build, maintain, and document code, models, and signal research for portfolio management and trade ideas
• Use coding and quantitative methods to manage large data sets, test hypotheses, automate repeatable tasks, and translate results into actionable insights
• Apply AI/LLMs thoughtfully to support investment research, knowledge synthesis, coding, workflow automation, and task execution with appropriate oversight
• Communicate clearly and articulately positioning and the team’s investment process to Harbor’s sales force and clients

Requirements

• 7+ years of direct experience in buy-side research including equities, FICC, multi-asset, asset allocation, capital markets research, macro strategy, or on a buy-side / sell-side trading desk; open to different levels of experience as we are willing to tailor the role to the right candidate
• Strong technical and quantitative skills; background in macroeconomics, capital markets, statistics, econometrics, data science, engineering, or other technical disciplines desired
• Coding proficiency, ideally in Python and/or R, with experience using SQL/APIs, notebooks, data visualization, or workflow automation tools
• Demonstrated ability to use quantitative research to evaluate signals, build models, manage data, and generate repeatable investment insights
• Familiarity with AI/LLMs and workflow design to support research, synthesize information, create tools, and automate tasks
• Excellent understanding of financial markets and drivers of returns across equities, rates, commodities, and currencies
• Strong written communication skills with experience writing about markets and investment-related topics
• Ability to create unique investment research, synthesize insights, and generate investment views that balance quantitative evidence with qualitative/discretionary judgment
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of a team, drive results, collaborate across departments, and remain steady in times of adversity

Qualifications

• Strong academic record - Bachelor's/University degree required; Master's degree and/or CFA, CAIA, or FRM preferred but not required
• Knowledge of capital markets and how to make credible and thoughtful cross-asset investment recommendations
• Strong programming, data-analysis, and AI/LLM skills; Python preferred; familiarity with R, SQL, APIs, data visualization, and version control a plus

Pay

Pay Range: $200,000 - $300,000

Schedule

This position is a hybrid opportunity based in our New York office.