Portfolio Manager, FX Vol at PIMCO

Newport Beach, California, United States

Not SpecifiedCompensation

Mid-level (3 to 4 years), Senior (5 to 8 years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

UnknownVisa

Asset Management, Fixed Income, Investment ManagementIndustries

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution demonstrating strong academic credentials
Minimum of five (5) years of successful experience in foreign exchange and global fixed income at a prominent buy-side or sell-side institution
Direct experience in trading and managing options, with a deep understanding of market structure, pricing, and modeling
Strong quantitative experience with developing, modifying, and using empirical investment models to analyze, compare, and contrast a diversity of market data and economic variables
Aptitude for conceptualizing transactions, demonstrating the impact of trades and trade strategy, and communicating with portfolio managers and senior management

Combine market knowledge with macroeconomic and quantitative analysis to generate trade ideas in FX options across Developed Markets (DM) and Emerging Markets (EM)
Primary focus on FX options, with the opportunity to develop into a broader focus across multiple asset classes within global fixed income and foreign exchange
Responsible for FX options execution across DM and EM across all PIMCO funds and client portfolios
Prepare materials and presentations related to trade activity and market conditions, and write regular market commentary
Provide market color and insight to other portfolio managers
Apply a broad range of skills to ad hoc requests within the broader portfolio management context, assisting across functional areas
Develop and manage options driven macro and relative value strategies in foreign exchange across developed and emerging markets for use as alpha overlays and risk management of underlying portfolios
Assist with trade execution
Manage and build strong working relationships with sell-side FX option market-makers on behalf of PIMCO