Director, Quant Data Platform

Fidelity Investments • Jersey City, NJ

3d • $126,000 - $255,000

About The Position

The Role: Director, Quant Data Platform You will lead the dataset onboarding efforts for the Quantitative Research Platform (QRP) team within Fidelity’s Quantitative Research & Investments (QRI) division. In this role, you will collaborate with technology partners to integrate financial and alternative datasets into QRP, ensuring they meet rigorous standards for quantitative research. You will work closely with researchers to design data consumption patterns and partner with Data Operations to maintain data quality.

Requirements

• Strong background in managing and delivering complex data solutions for quantitative research within asset management.
• Expertise spans onboarding and curating both vendor and enterprise datasets.
• Experience accelerating dataset onboarding processes while maintaining sustainability and quality.
• Ability to coach teams, improve documentation, and maintain best practices in project management.
• Highly analytical, able to navigate complex data challenges.
• Communicate effectively with both technical and investment stakeholders.
• Technical proficiency includes SQL and Python.
• Deep understanding of quantitative datasets ranging from traditional financial data such as prices, returns, fundamentals, and corporate actions to alternative datasets like sustainability analytics, supply chain, and credit card data.
• Hands-on experience with major financial data vendors (Bloomberg, S&P, FactSet, Refinitiv, Morningstar, MSCI).
• Strong grasp of point-in-time data modeling, historical reconciliation, and data governance practices.
• 7+ years of experience in asset management or hedge funds, focused on data analysis, delivery, and transformation across asset classes.
• Proven ability to lead engineering teams and coach others while contributing individually.
• Exposure to a wide array of financial and alternative datasets with deep knowledge of consumption patterns.

Nice To Haves

• CFA charter holder or progress toward CFA designation is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead the dataset onboarding efforts for the Quantitative Research Platform (QRP) team.
• Collaborate with technology partners to integrate financial and alternative datasets into QRP.
• Ensure datasets meet rigorous standards for quantitative research.
• Work closely with researchers to design data consumption patterns.
• Partner with Data Operations to maintain data quality.
• Deliver large-scale data projects on time and at quality, with transparency and collaboration across multiple teams.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care coverage
• Emotional well-being support
• Market-leading retirement
• Generous paid time off
• Parental leave
• Charitable giving employee match program
• Educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed