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Director, Multi-Strategy Research – Portfolio Development
Posted 2 months ago
About the role
- Senior investment professional identifying strategies and external managers for Picton’s alternative multi-strategy platform. Evaluating portfolio fit, due diligence, financing, structuring, and implementation.
Responsibilities
- Source and evaluate new diversifying alternative investment strategies across equities, fixed income and credit, arbitrage, volatility, macro, and commodities
- Apply a structured framework assessing standalone performance and impact on existing portfolios
- Develop and maintain a pipeline of prospective strategies and external managers
- Conduct investment due diligence covering strategy, track record, transparency, and risk management
- Evaluate capacity-sharing, co-investment, and managed account partnership structures
- Monitor onboarded managers against performance, risk, and operational benchmarks
- Work with operations and prime brokerage teams to assess financing costs, cross-margin eligibility, and capital deployment efficiency
- Contribute to portfolio construction, allocation sizing, leverage, and capacity management decisions
- Partner with the Head of Multi-Strategy, portfolio managers, and risk team to align strategies with mandates and risk frameworks
- Present recommendations to the investment committee and senior leadership
- Coordinate with legal, compliance, and operations teams on onboarding, contracts, and regulatory matters
Requirements
- 5–7+ years of experience in the alternative investments industry
- Direct exposure to hedge fund strategies, multi-strategy platforms, or alternatives manager research
- Deep understanding of equity long/short, credit, arbitrage, and alternative or niche strategies
- Ability to evaluate strategies on a net, risk-adjusted basis, including fees, financing costs, and structural considerations
- Working knowledge of prime brokerage relationships, cross-margining, and capital efficiency mechanics
- Experience with managed account and commingled fund structures and their operational, legal, and risk trade-offs
- Strong quantitative and analytical skills
- Ability to build and interpret risk/return and portfolio contribution models
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Master's degree in Finance, Economics, Mathematics, or a related field
- CFA designation or equivalent strongly preferred
- Prior experience at a multi-strategy hedge fund, fund-of-funds, or institutional allocator with manager selection responsibility preferred
- Existing relationships within the Canadian and/or global alternative investment manager community preferred
- Experience negotiating managed account agreements, side letters, and prime brokerage documentation preferred
- Familiarity with risk management systems preferred
- Canadian experience is not required
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards
- Performance-based bonuses
- Clear path for career growth
- Flexible environment
- Corporate fitness reimbursement and discounts
- VersaFi memberships (formerly Women in Capital Markets)
- PICTON Investment Counseling and portfolio management services
- Volunteer and charitable donation matching
- Maternity and parental leave top-up
- Recognition awards
- Semi-annual performance bonuses
- Generous annual vacation entitlement (minimum of 15 days per year)
- Training and development reimbursement
- Extensive health and dental benefits
- Healthcare spending account
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