Standard Chartered
Executive Director, Quant Developer - Credit Trading Quant
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Quantitative Analyst – Credit Trading Quant – Front Office Role
Job Summary
We are seeking a quantitative analyst to join our Credit Trading Quant team, where you’ll deliver technological solutions for Credit Trading into production. The team drives the analytics and e-trading roadmap, collaborating with desk heads to ensure prioritisation, delivery, and tangible business impact.
Our mandate includes:
- Building the foundational platform and analytics enabling performant e-trading for credit flow.
- Researching and deploying systematic trading ideas by applying scientific techniques (AI, machine learning, statistical analysis) to large, noisy, rapidly evolving datasets.
- Developing and implementing tools, dashboards, and APIs that improve efficiency, revenue growth, and process robustness across Credit Trading.
The successful candidate will:
- Design and develop e-Trading platform components (fair value engines, portfolio/risk management tools, client segmentation, RFQ responses).
- Ensure each delivered component enhances Credit Flow performance across the board.
- Deploy a variety of analytical techniques, from statistical analysis to cutting-edge machine learning.
- Lead analytics and tooling development serving the entire Credit Trading division.
- Own projects from conception to delivery, requiring cross-team collaboration (Trading, KDB, QA, DevOps, PSS, second-line risk).
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership & Innovation
- Lead the improvement of credit flow trading metrics, including:
- Response rates
- Market share growth
- Profitability (P&L)
- Optimisation of return on risk-weighted assets (RoRWA)
- Develop and deploy advanced analytics, dashboards, and applications to drive efficiency, revenue growth, and risk optimisation.
- Expand the e-Trading platform’s capabilities to enhance trading performance.
Business Collaboration & Delivery
- Work directly with front-office traders to:
- Capture and translate detailed business requirements into production-ready analytical products.
- Deliver rapid, flexible module developments to support evolving trading needs.
- Make platform components accessible to line traders, fostering overarching Credit Flow improvements.
- Enable real-time data access for traders to accelerate decision-making.
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Process Excellence
- Coordinate cross-functional delivery teams, integrating efforts from:
- Trading
- KDB (Knowledge & Data Base)
- Quality Assurance (QA)
- DevOps
- PSS (Product Support & Services)
- Accelerate product development cycles and codebase refactoring.
- Advocate for best practices in:
- Application lifecycle management
- Code quality and standards
- Environment governance
- Cross-team collaboration
Leadership & Cultural Development
- Act as a role model for professional excellence, championing a culture of:
- Diversity & inclusion
- Integrity
- Proactive risk management
- Clearly define vision and expectations, while collaborating with risk and control functions to ensure compliance and operational robustness.
Risk & Quality Management
- Identify and mitigate operational and model risks, ensuring all quantitative methods and tools comply with:
- Internal governance frameworks
- Group standards
- Implement and oversee:
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Peer QA reviews
- Pre-production validation to maintain high-quality standards.
Competencies & Qualities of the Ideal Candidate
Our top applicant will thrive in an environment requiring: ✔ Action-oriented mindset – Proactive and results-driven. ✔ Cross-team collaboration – Comfortable working with:
- Traders
- Developers
- Risk teams
- Business stakeholders ✔ Customer focus – Delivers clear guidance and manages ambiguity with confidence. ✔ Talent development – Actively mentors and supports team growth. ✔ Courage in decision-making – Balances risk with innovation. ✔ Strategic vision – Aligns technical work with business goals.
Technical & Domain Expertise:
- Programming: Java & Python expertise for model development, scaling, and e-Trading platform maintenance.
- Credit Flow Systems: Deep understanding of e-Trading infrastructure, data flows, and credit market dynamics.
- Quantitative Methods: Expertise in statistics, probability, and machine learning to model complex financial scenarios.
- Credit Markets Knowledge:
- Dynamics of credit instruments
- Behaviour of market participants
- Real-world market conditions and risk management.
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About Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered is a globally recognised financial institution with 170+ years of history, committed to driving commerce and prosperity through diversity, innovation, and ethical leadership.
Our Purpose:
"Here for good." By:
- Putting clients’ interests first.
- Challenging the status quo with integrity.
- Nurturing talent in an inclusive, values-driven organisation.
How We Operate:
**1. Do the right thing – Ethical standards, assertive yet respectful challenge, and client-centric decision-making. *2. Never settle – Pursue continuous improvement through innovation, learning from experiences, and simplifying complexity. *3. Are better together – Foster an inclusive culture where diverse perspectives build sustainable success.
What We Offer
Our comprehensive benefits and well-being package reflect our commitment to equitable, competitive compensation and holistic support.
Core Benefits:
- Retirement, medical & life insurance fully funded, plus tax-advantaged flexible benefits.
- Global rewards that adapt to local needs.
Work-Life Harmony:
- Minimum 30 days annual + public holidays leave.
- Up to 20 weeks parental maternity leave.
- Sabbaticals (up to 12 months).
- Paid volunteering leave.
Flexible Working:
- Adaptable hybrid models (office + remote) to support work-life balance.
Wellbeing Support:
- Unmind (digital mental health platform).
- Resilience & leadership programs.
- Global Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
- Peer support (mental health first aid).
Career Growth:
- Diverse learning opportunities (in-person, virtual, and digital).
- Up/skilling initiatives to future-proof your career.
Inclusive Culture:
- Values-driven workplace where everyone’s success is celebrated.
- Diversity & inclusion as core principles for talent development.
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