Head of Quantitative Trading & Strategy

Location: Miami, FL

Reports To: Chief Executive Officer

About the Client: Our client is a fast-growing, data-driven leader transforming the live entertainment ecosystem. By merging advanced analytics, technology, and market-making strategy, the company brings liquidity, transparency, and financial innovation to the secondary ticketing marketplace — connecting fans to the events they love through smarter pricing and trading infrastructure. With six years of consistent profitability, the organization is now entering its next growth phase — building a next-generation quantitative trading platform that applies high-frequency trading principles to live event markets. This is not just a technology company — it’s the trading desk of live entertainment.

About the Role: Peskind Executive Search has been exclusively retained to identify aHead of Quantitative Trading & Strategy, an entrepreneurial technical leader who will design, build, and scale the company’s automated trading systems and pricing algorithms from inception. This individual will own the architecture, codebase, and real-time execution strategies that directly drive revenue and profitability. Working closely with the CEO, you will shape the company’s quantitative direction, drive innovation in predictive modeling, and lead a small, high-impact team of engineers and analysts.

Key Responsibilities: Architect and own the company’s trading infrastructure, data pipelines, and execution engines. Design, implement, and optimize high-performance, fault-tolerant trading systems. Develop and refine predictive models for pricing, demand forecasting, and market efficiency. Build real-time dashboards and monitoring tools for trading performance, P&L, and risk exposure. Partner directly with executive leadership to prioritize strategy and identify emerging opportunities. Lead, mentor, and grow a technical team as the organization scales its quantitative operations. Continuously enhance system speed, data integrity, and model profitability.

Ideal Background: 5+ years of experience in quantitative trading, algorithmic strategy, or prop trading environments. Advanced technical expertise inPython, SQL, APIs, and data engineering frameworks .Proven track record designing and deploying real-time trading or optimization systems. Strong understanding of market microstructure, risk, and statistical modeling. Entrepreneurial, hands‑on mindset with a bias toward execution and measurable results. Excellent communication skills — able to distill complex models into actionable business insights.

Preferred Experience: Exposure to dynamic pricing, high-frequency commerce, or live event industries. Prior experience in startup or fintech settings with P&L ownership or performance-based incentives. Compensation Our client offers a highly competitive package aligned with performance and profitability:

Base Salary: $250,000 – $350,000 (depending on experience)