Senior Quantitative Research Manager, New Product Development
Morningstar, Inc. (company site, opens in a new tab)8+ yrsMumbaiOn-siteDirect career pageEst. 30–50 LPA
Posted 1d ago
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About This Role
- Lead quantitative analysts in developing and launching benchmark, thematic, factor, strategic beta and multi-asset indexes.
- Own index development end to end, from identifying opportunities and testing investment signals through back-testing, methodology design and launch.
- Apply quantitative research, machine learning and risk analytics; advance AI-enabled research workflows and produce tools, research and client-ready explanations.
Minimum Requirements
- Work Experience Required: 8+ years at an index provider, asset manager, investment bank, or fintech/systematic investing firm, with index development and portfolio construction expertise.
- Strong factor research, back-testing, risk analytics, institutional investing and index-construction knowledge; coding ability in Python, R, SQL, MATLAB or similar.
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative or financial discipline, or engineering.
- Experience using AI tools such as Microsoft Copilot, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Gemini or ChatGPT, and experience leading projects or mentoring a research team.
Ideal Candidate Profile
- Has built investment ideas into rules-based index products across the full research-to-launch lifecycle, with a grounding in institutional investing and portfolio construction.
- Can guide a quant research team while applying coding, risk analysis and AI tools to accelerate research and product development.
- May be especially competitive with ESG data and index-design expertise, structured-product basket-design familiarity, or published research; these are listed as bonuses.