Vice President or Principal, Quantitative Research Specialist

About the role

The Investment Strategy and Risk Management (ISRM) team at Adams Street Partners is responsible for overseeing and contributing to the top-down portfolio construction of the firm's portfolios. This role involves interaction with senior management across various investment teams and the client-facing part of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Design and build statistical models to evaluate alternative datasets, assess portfolio risk, and optimize investment strategies for illiquid assets, including private equity and private debt.
• Translate complex private markets data into actionable, client-ready insights for internal stakeholders and external clients.
• Integrate, clean, and analyze large and complex datasets, including alternative investment datasets that may be unstructured or imperfect.
• Identify value drivers, market behaviors, and trends that can inform investment decision-making.
• Develop advanced analytic models, scenario analyses, and simulation-based frameworks, including Monte Carlo simulations, to support risk-aware portfolio construction and investment processes across subclasses, strategies, and products.
• Generate original, proprietary research and develop clear, concise white papers, presentations, and other materials for internal stakeholders and external clients.
• Partner with software developers, Data Management, IT, and model validation teams to deploy quantitative code and analytics.
• Maintain and enhance existing analytic applications and support the use of analytic models for marketing, client service, and investment-related use cases.
• Collaborate with existing technical resources to optimize where data is stored, how it is accessed, and how end users can effectively leverage data and analytics.
• Manage multiple workflows and projects, including tracking dependencies, deliverable dates, milestones, and stakeholder inputs.
• Prioritize and execute work independently while maintaining accuracy, quality, and timeliness.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Finance, Economics, or a similar quantitative field.
• CFA® charterholder preferred but not required.
• Background in quantitative finance, financial engineering, or quantitative modeling strongly preferred.
• 5–10 years of relevant experience in a quantitative role within asset management.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience involving private markets investment processes and portfolios, such as private equity or private debt.
• Strong quantitative, analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to apply robust statistical techniques to large, complex, and imperfect datasets.
• Exposure to quantitative or statistical modeling techniques used in portfolio analytics, forecasting, and risk management.
• Strong programming capabilities, including proficiency in Python, R, SQL, and/or C++.
• Experience with common database and software platforms required.
• Familiarity with machine learning and AI workflows preferred.
• Strong understanding of investment management concepts, including accounting principles, portfolio theory, equity valuation, factor models, asset allocation, portfolio optimization, liquidity risk management, and performance measurement.
• Familiarity with private investment vehicles and the considerations involved in managing private capital strongly preferred.
• Ability to translate technical methodologies into clear, commercial, and client-oriented insights.
• Demonstrated experience communicating and collaborating across multiple internal and external stakeholders, including technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to manage priorities independently, maintain accuracy under tight deadlines, and drive projects from concept through execution.
• Experience directing and managing support staff a plus.

Benefits

Adams Street Partners offers a competitive U.S. benefits package designed to support health, financial security, and work-life balance. Highlights include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) with immediate vesting and employer match; profit sharing; flexible spending accounts (FSA); and paid parental leave, including adoption. Employees also receive generous paid time off, commuter benefits, employer-paid short- and long-term disability and life insurance, and access to additional voluntary benefits.

Pay

$175,000—$250,000 USD

Schedule

Full-time