Systematic Portfolio Manager – Intraday CME Futures
Location: New York or Chicago
Company: Confidential (via Venture Search)
Venture Search is partnering with a high-performing, fast-growing proprietary trading firm to hire Systematic Portfolio Managers specialising in fully systematic intraday CME futures strategies.
Our client is a technology-driven trading firm with a strong reputation for backing elite systematic PM talent across global futures markets. With significant capital, cutting-edge low-latency infrastructure, and an entrepreneurial culture, they are looking to add experienced PMs with proven, high-Sharpe strategies who can deploy and scale their edge within a high-performance environment.
This is a true PM mandate, with direct ownership of strategy deployment, capital allocation, and PnL generation.
The Role
As a Systematic Portfolio Manager, you will:
- Deploy and scale fully systematic intraday strategies across CME futures markets
- Take full ownership of live trading performance, capital deployment, and risk management
- Continue to refine and optimise existing alpha models and execution frameworks
- Leverage the firm’s low-latency infrastructure and market access to maximise performance
- Operate with significant autonomy while collaborating with world-class technology and trading teams
This is a high-impact role designed for proven PMs looking to scale established strategies with meaningful capital backing.
Requirements
- Proven experience running fully systematic intraday CME futures strategies
- Demonstrated track record of 3+ Sharpe on live strategies
- Strong evidence of scalable and repeatable alpha generation
- Deep understanding of market microstructure, exchange dynamics, and low-latency execution
- Strong quantitative and technical capabilities, with programming proficiency (Python, C++, or similar)
- Experience operating as a PM within a leading proprietary trading firm or quantitative hedge fund
What’s on Offer
- Opportunity to join a fast-growing, high-performing proprietary trading firm
- Significant capital allocation with the ability to scale rapidly
- Highly competitive compensation with strong performance-linked upside
- Access to best-in-class low-latency infrastructure and trading technology
- Choice of New York or Chicago as a base location