Senior Investment Manager - Hedge Funds - Macro&Relative …, Lausanne

A well-established investment platform is looking to strengthen its Hedge Funds team with the addition of a Senior Investment Manager. The role focuses on sourcing, evaluating and managing a diversified portfolio of hedge fund strategies, with a strong emphasis on alpha generation across different market regimes.

This position offers significant ownership across the full investment lifecycle, from idea generation and manager selection to portfolio construction and ongoing monitoring. The successful candidate will play a key role in shaping investment views and contributing to the overall performance of the platform.

Key Responsibilities:

Identify and assess investment opportunities across a broad range of hedge‑fund managers, with a focus on Global Macro (discretionary and systematic) and Market Neutral strategies

Source and evaluate investment managers through various channels including professional networks, industry events and data platforms

Conduct comprehensive investment due diligence, including analysis of strategy robustness, performance drivers, risk exposures and scalability

Assess qualitative aspects such as investment process, governance, alignment of interests and sustainability of competitive edge

Monitor existing investments through ongoing dialogue with managers, performance analysis and risk assessment

Contribute to portfolio construction and optimization, ensuring a balanced and diversified allocation across strategies and risk factors

Perform detailed portfolio analytics, including performance attribution, risk metrics and scenario analysis

Handle functions related to portfolio management, such as cash management, cash forecast, transactions, FX hedging and corporate actions. Ensure compliance of your portfolio with investment guidelines and restrictions

Prepare investment recommendations, reports and presentations for internal governance bodies

Collaborate with internal stakeholders and contribute to continuous improvement of investment processes and tools

Mentor and coach the analysts, elevate your investment process and help the team to reach excellence. Interact efficiently with transversal functions

Requirements

Advanced academic background (e.g. Master’s degree, PhD, MBA or equivalent); professional certifications such as CFA are a plus

15+ years of experience in hedge‑fund investing, both in Origination, Research and Portfolio Management

Strong expertise and network across a wide range of hedge‑fund strategies (e.g. Relative Value, Macro, Event‑Driven or systematic approaches)

Understanding macro environment, liquidity cycles and alpha regimes

Strong analytical rigor and sense of judgment. Able to analyze a manager’s skills and edges, in an organized way (oral and written) and to take rational decisions

Ability to assess integrity, transparency and alignment of interest of your managers and to evaluate inconsistency, style drift and managers’ resistance to stress

Ability to assess people and process and to build trustworthy relationships with managers

Ability to have a structured, balanced, disciplined and dynamic approach to portfolio management and to build a diversified pool of alpha streams able to withstand various market regimes and tail risk events

Proactive and driven, with the ability to bring energy, initiative and momentum within a collaborative team environment

You will thrive in this organization if you have

Ability to challenge ideas constructively and contribute to a dynamic investment debate

Team‑oriented spirit while maintaining a high level of ownership and accountability

Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to build credibility with both internal stakeholders and external managers

What’s on offer

The opportunity to join an established and prestigious company contributing to its continuous growth and development

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