Futures Portfolio Manager

Portfolio Manager - Futures | Dubai (Open to relocators)

Our client is a proprietary trading firm specialising in systematic strategies across global markets, with established offices in Chicago, New York, and Dubai. As part of its continued international growth, the firm is opening a new office in London and is searching for an experienced Portfolio Manager to join the team.

Role Overview

As a Portfolio Manager – Systematic Futures, you will take full ownership of designing, implementing and managing profitable trading strategies across CME, ICE and EUREX markets. You'll focus on intraday to short-term strategies(holding periods from same day up to five days) and leverage your quantitative expertise to drive strong, consistent performance.

This is an ideal role for a technically skilled, commercially driven trader with a proven background in alpha generation and a passion for systematic research.

What You'll Do

• Build, optimise, and deploy high-quality systematic futures strategies in Python or C++
• Manage portfolio risk and capital allocation with discipline and precision
• Analyse real-time and historical data to enhance performance
• Work closely with engineering and research teams to strengthen infrastructure and tooling

Key Requirements

• Strong quantitative background with experience gained at a proprietary trading firm, hedge fund or family office
• 3+ years trading CME or Eurex futures
• Proficiency in Python or C++
• A proven and verifiable track record of profitable trading performance
• Sharpe Ratio of 3+ over a 12 month period