Head of Systematic Equities Research (AI/ML)

A multi-billion-dollar China-based quant fund is building a global proprietary trading business on a proven, multi-year system, and hiring a leader to own its AI-driven systematic equities research. This is a real build mandate with direct founder access: you set the research direction, own the book, and hire the team around you.What you'll do:Own systematic equities research end to end, from data and hypothesis through modelling, simulation, portfolio integration and live deploymentRun your own book and P&L, covering global equities or a focused US or APAC mandate, across equities, ETFs and futuresSet the bar for validation, data quality, cost modelling and real-world realizability, with quant devs turning your research into productionDesign the team, spot the skill gaps and hire directly into themOwn the roadmap for data, compute and engineering prioritiesWhat you'll bring:Experience exclusively from tier-1 quantitative houses (leading systematic hedge funds or elite proprietary trading firms); a firm requirementStrong systematic-equities track record with meaningful AI/ML ownership and clear evidence of research reaching productionThe judgement and appetite to build and lead (a current Lead title helps but isn't essential; standout Senior Researchers/Quants ready to step up are welcome)Professional Mandarin (required)Bonus points for: ETF experience, though the core mandate is systematic equity trading, not ETF-onlyThe package:Direct report to the founder, with a genuinely flat structure: quants, senior quants and leads, and the founder, and nothing in betweenAccess to an exceptional, large-scale GPU research environment, among the best-resourced anywhere for AI-driven workCompensation benchmarked to top US and global packages, with relocation supportLocation of your choice: Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai or the US