Systematic manager · Founded 1783 · London

Man Group quant careers

The largest listed hedge fund manager, with AHL as its systematic engine and a strong academic research culture including university partnerships. A common route into systematic research in London.

Open vacancies
68
Core quant roles
19
Cities hiring
6
Offices tracked
7

How much does Man Group pay?

Modelled mid-level total compensation at Man Group runs to about $1.2m for a systematic portfolio manager, about 5% below the modelled market reference for the same role and seniority. These are modelled bands, not verified pay.

What is it like to work at Man Group?

The largest listed hedge fund manager, with AHL as its systematic engine and a strong academic research culture including university partnerships. A common route into systematic research in London.

KnowQuant research deskUpdated 1 September 20267 offices trackedMethod 2026.1

What Man Group is hiring right now

Early signaln=68

Open vacancies

68

Core quant roles

19

Research, trading, quant dev

Cities hiring

6

Asking for a PhD

3

This firm: 68 live vacancies across 1 employer, last confirmed 31 October 2026. Each vacancy is verified first-party and classified by a published rule set you can inspect.

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Compensation by role

Indicative mid-level total compensation, US dollars.

Man Group compensation by role
RoleTotal comp
Quant Researcher$380k
Quant Developer$290k
Systematic Portfolio Manager$1.2m

Interview process

Man Group interview questions and worked answers
  1. 1

    Screen

    Recruiter and CV review.

  2. 2

    Technical

    Statistics, time series and coding.

  3. 3

    Research panel

    Discussion of prior research and a modelling problem.

Rehearse the reasoning these stages test in the practice bank: probability, expected value, market making and coding problems with worked solutions.

Candidate backgrounds

  • -PhD researchers
  • -Academic partnerships
  • -Systematic research from peers

Man Group, answered

Sourced answers to the questions candidates ask about pay, the loop and where the firm hires.

How much does Man Group pay quants?

Indicative mid-level total compensation at Man Group: Quant Researcher $380k, Quant Developer $290k, Systematic Portfolio Manager $1.2m. That sits roughly 5% below the modelled market reference estimate for the same role and seniority. Figures are annual base plus expected bonus, in US dollars.

What is the Man Group interview process?

3 stages: Screen (recruiter and cv review); Technical (statistics, time series and coding); Research panel (discussion of prior research and a modelling problem).

Where does Man Group hire?

Man Group is headquartered in London and hires into London, New York, Boston, Hong Kong, Zurich / Geneva, Paris, Shanghai. We currently classify 68 open vacancies at the firm, 19 of them core quant roles, across 6 markets.

Which roles does Man Group recruit for?

Quant Researcher, Quant Developer, Systematic Portfolio Manager. The firm runs systematic macro, trend following, machine learning, multi-strategy and hires backgrounds such as phd researchers, academic partnerships, systematic research from peers.

Is Man Group hard to get into?

The largest listed hedge fund manager, with AHL as its systematic engine and a strong academic research culture including university partnerships. A common route into systematic research in London. Of the live vacancies we classify at the firm, 3 ask for a PhD.

Where do these Man Group figures come from?

Vacancy counts are rebuilt from the firm's own career pages, classified and de-duplicated by the KnowQuant research desk. Pay figures are modelled market bands for the role and seniority, adjusted for the firm's observed premium, and labelled as modelled. Method 2026.1, last reviewed September 2026.

Cite these figures

KnowQuant Quant Compensation Benchmark, Q3 2026 edition, method 2026.1. https://www.know-quant.com/firms/man-group

Free to quote and republish with attribution and a link to the source page, under our terms. Method 2026.1, last reviewed 1 September 2026. The methodology sets out how each band is built and what it excludes.

Candidates

Register your profile with the desk

Two minutes, no account, nothing public. When a role matches your profile, the desk reaches out directly and only with your permission.

Speak to the desk

Step 1 of 1

Hiring against Man Group?

Ask the research desk where this firm sits on pay, hiring pace and the candidate pool before you brief the market.

Request a slot in the next two weeks. The desk comes back to you to confirm it. No obligation.

Weekly market movements

One email a week, on what moved and why

The dated market call: which desks opened seats, where pay shifted, and which markets tightened. Written by the research desk, sent Monday, and nothing else.

Research desk

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How Man Group compares

Side by side on modelled pay, interview stages, offices and the roles each firm hires for.

Methodology

Figures are expressed as annual total compensation (base salary plus expected performance bonus) in the reference market's local currency, converted from a US dollar base. They describe typical market ranges rather than any individual offer, and exclude sign-on payments, deferred equity and carried interest. Portfolio-manager figures reflect formulaic profit-share arrangements and are therefore far more dispersed than any other role.

KnowQuantIndex 2026.1 · Updated September 2026

Modelled bands describe the market, not an individual offer. Where an employer states pay, the stated figure is used and labelled as such.

Man Group profile · KnowQuant 2026.1