LSEG

Director, Private Markets Research

New York City, United States · Director · Part-time

Sponsorship not specified$240k-$400kDetected 15 days ago

PythonGitSQLStatisticsResearchPublic SpeakingCFA

About the role

(a) Deep understanding of financial markets holistically, the private markets landscape and ability to explain relative merits between them and how they could be integrated into portfolios.

Lead the initiation of Private Markets research for GIR.
Working closely with regional and global teams to support index product strategies to drive ETF client adoption and AUM-based revenues from both.
Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

10+ years experience in private markets investment research and portfolio management, either on buy-side or sell-side, in wealth or institutional money management.
Familiarity with Git, collaborating on coding projects / package management, Streamlit / Dash experience and SQL would be great.
A proven track record of authorship of client facing research publications and presentations.
Experience of senior level client engagement in a research capacity, with the required gravitas and presentation skills.

Post-Graduate degree in investment management related field, or equivalent experience.
CAIA or CFA would be a big plus.
Familiarity with and interest in financial data required.
Experience with LSEG Workspace and Datastream, and similar data platforms would be a great plus.
Experience working with index data and financial datasets would be a great plus.
Target AIP rates will be commensurate with role level and posted career stage.

(b) Strong quantitative skills.
Ideally familiarity with Python (or other coding languages), and analytics platforms like LSEG Workspace and Datastream.
(c) The ability to communicate clearly & succinctly, and present to clients across the value chain and investor ecosystem.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
Proactively thinking of utilizing new datasets and analytics to expand the repertoire of GIR research into private markets.
Be comfortable with both the Wealth and Institutional channels.
Post-Graduate degree in investment management related field, or equivalent experience. CAIA or CFA would be a big plus.

The anticipated base salary for this position is $239,800 - $399,600.
Individual salary will be reflective of job related knowledge, skills and equivalent experience.

LSEG is committed to offering competitive Compensation and Benefits.
In addition to our offered base salary, this role is eligible for our Annual Incentive Plan (AIP/"bonus plan").
Annual Wellness Allowance, Paid time-off, Medical, Dental, Vision, Flex Spending & Health Savings Options, Prescription Drug plan, 401(K) Savings Plan and Company match.
LSEG's Benefits plan also includes basic life insurance, disability benefits, emergency backup dependent care, adoption assistance commuter assistance etc.
The Global Investment Research (GIR) team is a client-facing investment research group, within the Equity and Multi-Asset business vertical of FTSE Russell, with team members in the Americas, EMEA and APAC.

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement.

This listing is sourced directly from LSEG's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.