A fund launching in the Middle East with a regional family investment platform as anchor LP and co-GP is seeking a Founding Partner, Quantitative Portfolio Manager to own a live AUM sleeve and lead a pod within a multi-pod trading platform structured to grow to $500 million.
 About the Opportunity — Multi-Pod Fund Launch
Fund Structure: Regional family investment platform as anchor LP and co-GP
Growth Target: Structured to grow to $500 million through staged closings
Current Status: Service providers selected, anchor LP closed
Reporting Line: Reports to the CEO, Middle East region
Team Structure: Multi-pod platform with other portfolio managers and traders running separate sleeves
Career Impact & Founding Partner Opportunity
Location Flexibility: Remote globally, with presence expected across North America and the Middle East
Full Ownership: Accountable for your pod’s strategies, positions, and P&L from day one
Growing Remit: Help underwrite managers, recruit pods, and shape shared infrastructure
Governance Access: Scope to join the Investment Committee as the fund grows
Position Overview
Your first responsibility is live capital — own an AUM sleeve and lead a pod within the broader fund from day one, accountable for your pod’s strategies, positions, and P&L. The first 8-12 weeks will rigorously assess that ownership within agreed risk limits, working alongside the founding team to launch and scale a new fund in the region.
Why This Role Matters: As Founding Partner, Quantitative Portfolio Manager, you lead your pod from research and strategy design through production deployment, execution, and risk, make and explain decisions when models need intervention — sizing, parameters, overrides, and de-risking, write and review production code with strong Python and valued Rust or comparable systems-language experience, apply AI-native workflows, using LLMs and coding agents within research, engineering, and daily operations, help the CEO underwrite managers, recruit and expand pods, and shape shared infrastructure and risk systems, and take on governance responsibilities, with scope to join the Investment Committee as the fund grows.
Key Responsibilities
Live Capital Ownership
- Own an AUM sleeve and lead a pod within the broader fund from day one
- Lead the pod from research and strategy design through production deployment, execution, and risk
Trading & Technical Decision-Making
- Make and explain calls when models need intervention: sizing, parameters, overrides, and de-risking
- Write and review production code with strong Python and systems-language experience
AI-Native Workflow Integration
- Use LLMs and coding agents within research, engineering, and daily workflows
- Demonstrate how you verify AI-generated output
Business Building Beyond the Book
- Help the CEO underwrite managers, recruit and expand pods
- Shape shared infrastructure and risk systems, and support investor diligence and capital formation
Qualifications & Requirements
Experience Requirements
- More than four years of global fund operating experience
- Personally owned live positions, drawdowns, and trading decisions
- Digital assets experience valued; experience in equities, options, FX, or traditional markets a strong priority
Essential Skills
- Strong Python expected; Rust or comparable systems-language experience valued
- Understanding of execution, system design, and risk infrastructure
- Strong quantitative foundations: mathematics, statistics, engineering, sciences, or ML preferred
- Ability to explain a drawdown to the Investment Committee and work through production issues with the CTO
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior fund-building experience is a plus
About the Opportunity
This fund is launching in the Middle East with a regional family investment platform as anchor LP and co-GP, structured to grow to $500 million through staged closings, with service providers selected and the anchor LP closed. The role offers substantial GP equity comparable to other founding partners, along with substantial autonomy to choose where you work and manage your schedule, provided pod positions, risk limits, and escalation coverage remain fully managed.
Career Consideration: This is a founder-level equity opportunity rather than a traditional salaried portfolio manager role — suited to experienced quant traders ready to build a fund from the ground up with real ownership and real risk.
Who Should Apply?
- Experienced Quantitative Traders:Â With 4+ years personally owning live positions and P&L
- Engineer-Traders:Â Strong in Python, systems design, and quantitative foundations
- Digital Asset & Traditional Markets Specialists:Â With experience across equities, options, FX, or crypto
- AI-Native Practitioners:Â Already integrating LLMs and coding agents into daily trading workflows
- Founder-Minded Portfolio Managers:Â Comfortable with equity-based compensation and building beyond their own book
Recently Opening Job👇
