Quantitative Risk Manager Jobs in Charlottesville, VA

Job Summary
This professional will be a core member of Investure's Investment Team focusing on Portfolio Management. Reporting to an Associate Director on the team, this role will contribute directly to institutional portfolio management and asset allocation. This person will support the Portfolio Management Team across its core responsibilities: portfolio oversight, prospective risk/return analysis, quantitative modeling, and original investment research. This professional will take ownership of recurring responsibilities relied upon by key stakeholders including exposure and liquidity analysis, private investment budgeting, and financial market monitoring. Over time, this individual will become a primary resource in areas such as strategic and tactical tilts, risk and liquidity management, and analytical tooling.
The ideal candidate should possess a strong, demonstrated interest in financial markets, experience in investments or a related field, a sharp quantitative and analytical skill set, a commitment to continuous process improvement, and exceptional attention to detail. A strong technical ability is essential as Investure increasingly relies on a modern data and analytics stack in its portfolio management approach. The strongest candidates pair innate curiosity and open-mindedness with a proven ability to work independently and with exceptional attention to detail.
This is a full-time position with an anticipated starting annual base salary range of $95,000 - $105,000 at the time of this posting. Annual salary is a part of Investure's overall compensation and benefits package; full-time positions are typically eligible for discretionary components including merit-based performance bonus, portfolio bonus (based on firm performance), and employer 401k contribution, among other benefits such as group health insurance. The annual base salary range for this position is a guideline and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in determining base salary include (but are not limited to) position responsibilities, individual education/qualifications, general and role-specific experience, knowledge, skills and other abilities, as well as internal equity, geographic location, and alignment with market data.
Investure will not sponsor H-1B or other employment-related visas for this position.
The Company
Based in Charlottesville, Virginia, Investure was founded in 2003 to serve as the outsourced investment office to a select number of non-profit endowments and private foundations. Managing assets of approximately $22 billion as of January 2026, Investure is responsible for portfolio management, asset allocation, and manager selection investing across various asset classes, including fixed income and credit, global public equities, alternative investments (e.g., hedge funds, private equity, venture), and real assets. Investure has a fast-paced culture where there is a vast opportunity for learning and strong expectation of teamwork, collegiality, and integrity. We are a mission-driven organization that values continuous improvement, excellence, and employee engagement.
Essential Functions

• Own recurring workflows crucial to the Portfolio Management Team, keeping reporting and portfolio data accurate and consistent.
• Monitor and communicate portfolio risk measures: factor and currency exposures, portfolio illiquidity and illiquidity budgeting, concentration, and portfolio resilience. Proactively surface rebalancing opportunities for the team.
• Support market and asset-allocation research by identifying macroeconomic and thematic opportunities and helping to translate them into actionable decisions.
• Help connect manager-level decisions to their portfolio-level implications.
• Assist with performance attribution and return decomposition to inform sizing and rebalancing.
• Help build and improve the team's tools, dashboards, and processes, using Excel, SQL, Python, third-party platforms (i.e. Bloomberg, MSCI Private i, Capital IQ, FRED), and emerging tools to make portfolio management faster and more reliable.
• Continuously identify where new technologies, i.e. programming and data tools, can automate manual workflows, speed up analysis, and replace spreadsheet-based processes; learn unfamiliar tools as the work requires and put them into production for the team.
• Support client requests, allocation and sizing decisions, and liquidity planning with bespoke modeling and analysis.

Responsibilities and title will ultimately be commensurate with the professional's experience and demonstrated faculties and judgment.
Education, Experience & Skills

• 2-4 years of investment or adjacent experience. Relevant backgrounds may include institutional investing (OCIO, endowment/foundation, investment consulting), capital markets (sales/trading), investment banking, and/or equity / macro / risk research.
• Bachelor's degree required; finance, math, or other quantitative field preferred. An advanced degree and/or demonstrated progress within the CFA program is a plus.
• Genuine interest in financial markets and institutional investing. Prior exposure to asset allocation, portfolio construction, liquidity, and rebalancing preferred.
• Exceptional attention to detail, particularly in client and portfolio analytics.
• Excellent quantitative aptitude and Excel modeling skills. Familiarity with Python, data pipelines, APIs, and portfolio analytics software is a plus.
• Proficiency in SQL and emerging tools in an institutional investment context is a plus.
• Takes ownership and demonstrates a strong work ethic, balancing high-impact analysis with the recurring operational work that institutional portfolios depend on.
• Applies a systematic approach to problem-solving, automating manual processes, and documenting tools and workflows.
• Communicates clearly and collaborates effectively, escalating issues appropriately and translating complex analysis into plain language across teams.

Guiding Principles

• Integrity: Demonstrates unquestioned ethics and credibility. Strives to exemplify the highest ethical standards in both work and personal lives.
• Excellence: Has exceptional work ethic. Works both hard and smart. Demonstrates continuous self-evaluation of successes and failures.
• Service: Puts the team mission and clients first. Illustrates mission-driven outlook and approach.
• Stewardship: Puts long-term interests above short-term goals. Focuses on the greater good.
• People: Demonstrates passion and excellent judgment. Treats others with respect, helps when and how needed, and is respectful of the needs of others.
• Teamwork: Takes a collaborative and selfless approach. Operates under the "Golden Rule".
• Humility: Comfortable with being wrong. Seeks to learn from mistakes. Does what is needed to help the team succeed. Treats all as equals.

Position Based Competencies

• Accuracy: Identifies and corrects mistakes; does not repeat past mistakes; demonstrates strong attention to detail with an understanding that this is critical in portfolio management.
• Problem Solving: Strong analytical skills with the ability to make recommendations and problem solve with sound judgment.
• Adaptability: Self-starter with the ability to nimbly manage competing priorities; effectively and positively embraces and manages change. Doesn't require constant direction.
• Relationship Management: Ability to establish strong rapport across all levels of the firm and effectively manage cross-functional relationships.
• Process Management: Driven by results but focused on improving processes and efficiency. Focuses on building buy-in and aligning stakeholders.
• Team Orientation: Comfortable taking direction or taking the lead; receptive to feedback.
• Communication: Demonstrates clear, thoughtful, and thorough verbal and written skills; professional and collegial demeanor.

To apply for this position, interested parties should visit our website: www.investure.com/careers.