Data Science Analyst

Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.

Headquartered in London, we manage $172.6 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at www.man.com

* As at 31 March 2025

Analyst – Data Science Analysts – Man Data and Machine Learning

 

The Team

The Data and Machine Learning division at Man Group is dedicated to ensuring the business can generate valuable insights from data. The team owns the sourcing and delivery of traditional and alternative data to our investment teams as well developing and supporting Man Group's central data platform. The team is also responsible for development of generative AI tooling to drive innovation and accelerate business processes.

The function seeks to unlock the value in data by partnering with investment teams to source new and diversifying datasets and build scalable evaluation methods and insights on data. The core value which unifies us is a passion to utilise science, technology, and data to enhance our investment and business processes.

 

The Role

As an Analyst in the Data Science Analysts team, you will use your specific and general skills to support the quantitative research and portfolio management teams in the development of data driven trading models. Your focus will be on acquiring, cleaning, mapping, and analysing, large structured and unstructured datasets for alpha generation. On some projects you will act as a subject matter expert, delivering high quality exploratory data analysis and insights.

You will have responsibilities ranging from data vendor scoping through to data ingestion, exploratory analysis and prototyping robust data pipelines. The team’s aim is to provide a consistent and scalable approach to data delivery and analysis along with a low touch data management process. This is delivered through a series of small self-managed projects working with the relevant investment teams and other members of the data team.

 

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with investment teams to identify data opportunities, propose creative use cases, and recommend datasets to inform investment strategies.
• Acquire, transform and analyse large, messy and unstructured datasets to support investment research and decision-making.
• Maintain strong data vendor relationships, evaluate, document and compare new data offerings to assess their applicability to our investment teams.
• Research company KPIs, test relevant datasets and document findings to support investment teams and maintain an accessible knowledge base.
• Contribute to firm-wide data initiatives, enhancing the data ecosystem, and stay informed on industry trends in alternative data.
• Build new proof-of-concept data products to test investment hypotheses and collaborate with technology to productionise them

 

Requirements

• 2+ years’ experience in a related position.
• Ability to present results, conclusions and translate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a willingness to learn investment team requirements and the ability to proactively push new data-driven solutions that solve business questions for them.
• Strong academic record and higher education degree in a STEM field.
• Proven experience in timeseries data analysis, statistical techniques and data visualisation
• Expertise in Python data science stack including Pandas, Numpy, Spark, matplotlib, Jupyter. SQL experience is a plus.
• Experience with ETL and evaluation of large datasets.
• Working knowledge of Snowflake, Linux / UNIX, Git, Jira is preferable.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Self-organised with the ability to effectively manage time across multiple projects and with competing business demands and priorities.
• Previous experience of working with investment professionals in a fast-paced environment is preferable but not essential.

 

Our Culture, Values and Benefits at Man

Man Group is proud to provide the best working environment possible for all of its employees, and we are committed to equal opportunities. At Man Group we believe that a diverse workforce is a critical factor in the success of our business and this is embedded in our culture and values. There are a number of external and internal initiatives, partnerships and programmes that help us to attract and develop talent from diverse backgrounds and that encourage inclusion and diversity across our firm and the industry. Man Group is a Signatory of the Women in Finance Charter and the Race at Work Charter.

Man Group supports many charities, and global initiatives. We support professional training and development, and requests for flexible or part-time working. Employees are also offered two 'Mankind' days of paid leave per year as part of the Man Charitable Trust's community volunteering programme.

We offer comprehensive, firm-wide employee benefits including competitive holiday entitlements, pension/401k, life and long-term disability coverage, group sick pay, enhanced parental leave and long-service leave.  Additional benefits are tailored to local markets and may include private medical coverage, discounted gym membership and wellbeing programmes.

Man Group is a Disability Confident Committed employer; if you require help or information on reasonable adjustments as you apply for roles with us, please contact Peopleoperations@man.com.

 

Man Group is a global alternative investment management firm focused on pursuing outperformance for sophisticated clients via our Systematic, Discretionary and Solutions offerings. Powered by talent and advanced technology, our single and multi-manager investment strategies are underpinned by deep research and span public and private markets, across all major asset classes, with a significant focus on alternatives. Man Group takes a partnership approach to working with clients, establishing deep connections and creating tailored solutions to meet their investment goals and those of the millions of retirees and savers they represent.

Headquartered in London, we manage $168.6 billion* and operate across multiple offices globally. Man Group plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker EMG.LN and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. Further information can be found at www.man.com

* As at 31 Dec 2024