Macro Strategies - Product Specialist Analyst

AQR•Greenwich, CT

About The Position

AQR Capital Management is a global investment firm focused on delivering long-term results through rigorous testing of financial theories. The Macro Strategies team researches and manages strategies across various macro asset classes, including Managed Futures, Alternative Trends, Global Macro, Risk Parity, Commodities, and Multi-Strategy portfolios. Product specialist teams are crucial in bridging portfolio management and research with other functional areas, particularly business development. They are involved in new product development, creating marketing content, client interactions, and serving as in-house experts on specific products. This role offers end-to-end exposure to the portfolio management process and the evolution of AQR's macro strategies, with opportunities to collaborate with senior investment professionals across the firm.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a business or quantitative discipline
0-3 years of relevant investment management experience
Superior analytical ability with a deep understanding of investment
Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint
Basic programming skills (Python and SQL) required
Ability to communicate and position complex strategies effectively to a broad range of investors both verbally and in writing
Entrepreneurial spirit with a demonstrated work ethic, competitiveness and tenacity required to achieve top performance
Well-organized, detail-oriented; able to multi-task and keep track of various deadlines in a fast-paced, high demand environment
Mature and thoughtful, with the ability to operate in a collaborative, team-oriented culture
Creative, resourceful, and driven - an intelligent risk taker and someone who does not grow complacent with success
Hard-working and eager to learn in a highly intellectual, innovative environment
Highest level of integrity, empathy and character

Nice To Haves

Experience with quantitative strategies preferred

Responsibilities

Prepare client-ready written responses to investment questions covering investment philosophy, process, performance, drivers, and portfolio characteristics.
Create and improve presentations, review materials, and collateral for pitching new business.
Organize and run analyses for RFPs.
Analyze portfolio performance using existing tools and contribute to the development of new monitoring tools.
Conduct custom portfolio analysis to address questions from clients or senior investment professionals.
Present portfolio analysis results to product and portfolio teams.
Analyze business metrics and evaluate strategic priorities.
Produce internal presentations.
Analyze how and why specific components of the portfolio (markets, signals, themes) contributed to overall performance.
Contribute to presentations and white papers on specific products, quant concepts, and market environments.