Quant Portfolio Manager – Direct Indexing

TIAA

Quant Portfolio Manager responsible for managing performance and risk of Tax-Advantaged L/S SMAs at Nuveen. Collaborating with researchers and traders to improve portfolio construction processes.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $165 - $227 per hourWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Monitor daily P&L across L/S SMAs
Decompose returns by signal, factor, sector, and idiosyncratic components
Diagnose drawdowns and performance divergence across accounts
Run factor and risk decompositions (systematic vs. idiosyncratic)
Identify unintended exposures and style drift
Evaluate turnover, capacity, and realized transaction costs
Work directly with alpha researchers and traders to evaluate live signal performance
Detect signal decay, instability, and crowding risks
Provide data-driven insights to improve portfolio construction and implementation efficiency
Build and refine performance monitoring tools and dashboards
Improve automation of attribution and reporting
Strengthen portfolio construction framework for scalability and robustness

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of 3+ years of experience in quantitative equities
Direct Long/Short experience at a hedge fund, asset manager, or sellside quant desk

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive Total Rewards package
Health, wellness and work-life offerings
Retirement program

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Hard Skills & Tools

P&L monitoringfactor decompositionrisk decompositionperformance analysissignal performance evaluationportfolio constructionattribution automationdata analysisperformance monitoring toolsquantitative analysis

Soft Skills

data-driven insightscollaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationanalytical thinking