Search Associate

Company Description

We are the next-generation hedge fund.  For over a decade, our outstanding people, half of whom have PhDs, have been developing the next generation of technologies, ideas, and strategies, three to four years ahead of our competitors.  We have been highly successful because of both our technically superior strategies and our brilliant people, a close-knit group of alumni from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, and other such elite schools.  This lucrative synthesis of human and machine cognition in an intellectually rich, supportive environment is at the core of our firm.  

Job Description

“Talent hits a target no one else can hit.  Genius hits a target no one else can see.” (Schopenhauer)

Do you have the talent and the genius to grow a company?  

Imagine engaging the world’s most brilliant minds in provocative conversations.  Imagine reading about a Nobel Laureate and his work… Then having dinner with him in an upscale restaurant in Zurich…  And then sparking his interest in joining our elite firm…

As our firm expands, attracting the most talented individuals worldwide is the strategic planning group’s top priority.  As Search Associate, you will have a part in steering our company’s growth by bringing in outstanding new talent.  You will effectively leverage your own talent and expertise to shape our firm’s future.  Your contribution will affect every aspect of our growth: from planning our expansion strategy to developing contacts and networking with the best of the best, from generating great leads to evaluating top-notch candidates and making offers.  You will scout the rare, exceptional individuals who will add value.  You will speak with brilliant people, analyze them, and help make hiring decisions.

If we want to hire additional quantitative strategists, who should we target?  Successful Wall Street analysts, accomplished Astrophysics professors, prize-winning Math prodigies, or someone completely different?  Once we decide, how do we go about finding these high-caliber people?  And then, how do we attract them to join?  You will leverage your intellectual stamina and unparalleled determination to our goal of bringing the right top-notch people to our firm.  The responsibility is yours.  

Starting compensation is exceptional for this high-visibility position, and so is the upside potential.  You can have a lasting impact on the life of our business and the lives of our candidates.  Are you up to the challenge?

Job Qualifications
We are looking for a highly intelligent, motivated, and perceptive individual who will embrace both our commitment to strategically expand our business and our recruiting philosophy of hiring only the best.
The Search Associate position requires demonstrated resourcefulness, creativity, and outstanding interpersonal and communication skills.  We will consider elite candidates from a variety of backgrounds.  What matters most to us is your ability to succeed in this challenging and high-visibility role.  

If you think that with a little time and persistence you could put together a team to reduce traffic congestion in Manhattan, patch up the hole in the ozone layer, or make the post office profitable, send us your resume.  Your projects as Search Associate are just as stimulating, your work more lucrative, and your goals much more feasible.  The most important factors for success are your exceptional intelligence, drive to succeed, insight into human nature, and ability to interact with those who have achieved eminence in a broad range of fields.  

When you submit your resume, please include your GPA and standardized test scores.