WHO WE ARE
Leonteq is a Swiss fintech company with a leading marketplace for structured investment solutions. Based on proprietary modern technology, the company offers derivative investment products and services and predominantly covers the capital protection, yield enhancement and participation product classes. Leonteq acts as both a direct issuer of its own products and as a partner to other financial institutions. Leonteq further enables life insurance companies and banks to produce capital-efficient, unit-linked pension products with guarantees.
Leonteq generated turnover of CHF 27.6 billion and posted total operating income of CHF 238.5 million in 2024. As of 31 December 2024, Leonteq's shareholders' equity totalled CHF 803.8 million.
Leonteq has an investment grade rating from the rating agencies Fitch Ratings Ltd. and Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd., who have evaluated and assigned ratings to Leonteq AG and Leonteq Securities AG, respectively. Furthermore, Leonteq has ESG ratings from both MSCI as well as Sustainalytics.
Leonteq is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX: LEON) and is a securities firm regulated by the Swiss Financial Market Authority FINMA and is a member of the Swiss Structured Product Association.
About the role
At Leonteq, we are a leading player in the financial industry, renowned for our innovative approaches, our commitment to excellence and our entrepreneurial spirit. Our organisational values people together, passion, dedication, quality and expertise are our guiding north star.
We are looking for a Senior Structurer to join our team in Zurich. In this role, you will be responsible for driving the continued development of Quantitative Investment Strategies (QIS) as underlyings for our innovative range of investment solutions.
What you'll do
- Development of cross-asset QIS
- QIS platform development
- Marketing QIS to Leonteq clients, together with global sales teams.
- Demonstrable experience of QIS Governance Framework
- Structuring and pricing of products with QIS underlyings
What you'll need
- PhD or Master degree in a quantitative subject (Pure Mathematics, Financial Mathematics, Economics)
- At least 10 years professional experience in development of QIS in financial institutions, particularly in the early stages of the business.
- Experience in regulatory projects relating to QIS in Europe and/or Switzerland.
- Experience in client presentations / roadshows.
- Strong knowledge of structured products pricing and structuring
- Strong programming skills (ideally, python)
- You know how to deliver working solutions in a short time-frame
- You are solution-driven, highly detail orientated and ability to work well with teams across the organisations.