Quantitative Investment Strategies, Manager, Institutional Equity Division

About the role

Quantitative Investment Strategies business within Morgan Stanley's Institutional Equity Division designs systematic equity and multi‑asset strategies. The Manager builds and back‑tests new strategies, implements and monitors cross‑asset indices, and produces performance and risk reports for internal and external stakeholders. Mumbai, India, on‑site work model.

What you’ll do

• Develop and back‑test new equity and multi‑asset systematic strategies
• Implement cross‑asset equity volatility and linear indices
• Perform scenario and sensitivity analysis and communicate results to stakeholders
• Maintain and monitor complex indices, resolve calculation issues
• Oversee index rebalance processes for client‑directed strategies
• Modify live indices for cost structures, universe changes, methodology adjustments
• Draft index descriptions and complete launch documentation
• Produce performance attribution and periodic reporting for clients

What you’ll bring

• Degree in quantitative discipline (e.g., Maths, Statistics, Financial Engineering)
• 4-5 years experience in index/quants research and equity/multi‑asset analytics
• Strong programming in Python (mandatory), R, Java
• Understanding of option Greeks and equity derivatives

Skills