Vanguard

Financial Services

SeniorQuantitativeCreditStrategist

$220–350k ~AI est. Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Senior Quantitative Credit Strategist at Vanguard. Skills: Corporate credit, Quantitative research, Investment strategies, Alpha generation. Develop quantitative models for credit investing. Inform alpha generation”

What You'll Achieve.

Enhance security selection; Enhance sizing; Enhance risk management

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Quantitative research; Quantitative modeling; Factor analysis; Relative value opportunities

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Master's or PhD in quantitative discipline, 15+ years quantitative research/strategy, Primary focus on corporate credit, Experience supporting credit strategies, Deep understanding of corporate debt markets, Expertise with synthetic credit, Expertise with capital structure RV, Expertise with leveraged loans, Generate investment ideas independently, Partner with PMs, Python programming skills, Experience with large fixed-income datasets, Deliver actionable research

Nice to Have

Exposure to credit risk models, Exposure to issuer-level forecasting, Exposure to stress testing, Experience embedding models, Experience with structured credit, Experience with global credit markets, CFA or progress toward CFA

What You'll Do.

Develop quantitative models for credit investing

Inform alpha generation

Inform issuer/sector selection

Inform relative value decisions

Inform position sizing

Create quantitative signals

Maintain quantitative signals

Link signals to excess return

Partner with portfolio managers

Partner with credit analysts

Ensure quantitative insights drive decisions

Partner with quantitative research analysts

Take ownership of backtesting

Take ownership of performance attribution

Take ownership of factor analysis

Articulate return drivers

Articulate detraction drivers

Articulate strategy performance in stress

Analyze issuer-level relationships

Analyze sector-level relationships

Analyze capital-structure-level relationships

Identify relative-value opportunities

Translate research into analytics

Embed analytics in portfolio construction

Embed analytics in risk workflows

Communicate quantitative insights

Uphold research standards

Uphold model governance

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with portfolio managers; Partner with credit analysts; Partner with risk teams; Partner with quantitative research analysts; Communicate with senior leadership

Communication Scope

Communicate quantitative insights; Decision-relevant outcomes

Full Job Description

**The Opportunity** This is a senior role within the Fixed Income Quantitative Research Group. The Senior Corporate Credit Quantitative Strategist will help set the research agenda in partnership with the Global Head of Quantitative Research and other senior investors. The successful candidate will partner with portfolio managers, credit analysts, and risk teams to design, implement, and scale quantitative models supporting corporate bond investment strategies. The role focuses on credit alpha generation, relative value, and portfolio construction across global investment‑grade and high‑yield markets. A key success factor is the ability to translate quantitative research into investment ideas used in live portfolios, enhancing security selection, sizing, and risk management. **What You’ll Do** * Develop quantitative models for credit investing that directly inform alpha generation, issuer/sector selection, relativevalue decisions, and position sizing across global IG and HY portfolios. * Create and maintain quantitative signals like valuation, spread, quality, momentum, liquidity, downside risk with a demonstrated link to excess return across market regimes. * Partner closely with corporate credit portfolio managers and analysts to ensure quantitative insights drive live portfolio decisions, not standalone research. * Partner with quantitative research analysts on all stages of the model development life cycle. Take ownership of backtesting, performance attribution, and factor analysis, clearly articulating what drove returns, what detracted, and how strategies performed in stress environments. * Analyze issuer‑, sector‑, and capital‑structure‑level relationships to identify actionable relative‑value opportunities in corporate bonds. * Translate research into scalable, production‑ready analytics embedded in portfolio construction and risk workflows. * Communicate quantitative insights succinctly to PMs and senior investment leadership, focusing on decision‑relevan

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