Head of Commodities & RV Portfolio Manager

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 14 August 2025
LOCATION
London
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Finance
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SKILLS

Commodities experience Portfolio Management Building a business Positive Track Record Sharpe Ratio PnL generation Cross-Commodities Strategies Metals Strategies

FULL DESCRIPTION

Summary

Our client is building out a new Relative Value Commodities business. This is a completely blank canvas with no one in the business currently running Commodity strategies. The fund is open to all different types of Commodities Portfolio Managers from Discretionary, Quantamental, and fully automated, Cross-Commodity, Cross-Energy, Metals, etc.

Key Responsibilities/Duties

  • Building a Commodities business
  • Portfolio Management
  • Generate PnL

Core Requirements/Qualifications/Skills

  • Current live positive track record with a Sharpe of 1.5+.
  • $20Mn+ PnL
  • Extensive experience in the Commodities arena.
  • Built a Commodities business before.
  • Expertise in either Cross-Commodities, Cross Energy, or Metals strategies.

Head of Commodities & RV Portfolio Manager

- London, Paris, Singapore - Salary is an open floor with guarantees and sign-ons on the table.

Our client is building out a new Relative Value Commodities business. This is a completely blank canvas with no one in the business currently running Commodity strategies. The fund is open to all different types of Commodities Portfolio Managers from Discretionary, Quantamental, and fully automated, Cross-Commodity, Cross-Energy, Metals, etc.

The major requirement here is that you have experience building a business previously within your own vertical. You must have an idea of market connectivity, data vendor sources, costs, runway timelines etc. The fund will absorb a large portion of the costs to get you up and running, and there is flexibility around IP ownership and DD limits. The centralized quantitative resources will be at hand to assist with the infrastructure buildout.

Must have:-

  • Current live positive track record with a Sharpe of 1.5+.
  • $20Mn+ PnL
  • Extensive experience in the Commodities arena.
  • Built a Commodities business before.
  • Expertise in either Cross-Commodities, Cross Energy, or Metals strategies.
  • If quant then a CQF qualification would be a bonus.
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