Rotational Associates Program

Strategy and Business Development New York

The D. E. Shaw group seeks talented, intellectually curious individuals to join our Rotational Associates Program. Rotational associates collaborate on challenging, meaningful projects while rotating through three departments over the course of 12 months at the firm. The program is designed to provide associates with broad exposure to the firm’s activities while they receive coaching and mentoring in key areas including financial modeling, project management, and quantitative and qualitative research from accomplished colleagues with wide-ranging academic, professional, and personal backgrounds. Associates have gone on to manage investment portfolios and make other significant contributions at the firm. This program offers the opportunity to be part of a collegial, collaborative, and engaging working environment.

What you’ll do day-to-day

You’ll use your current strengths to innovate and make recommendations that impact the way we invest and operate, and you’ll build new skills that help shape the course of your career. You’ll work on a variety of projects like evaluating investment opportunities on our Global Macro desk, assessing the unique technological features of and landscape for surgical robots for our Fundamental Equities group, or researching whether or not to start an options market-making business as part of the Corporate Development team.

What we’re looking for

• Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree or higher in any academic field. We welcome applicants from all professions; no previous finance knowledge or experience is required. Past rotational associates have had backgrounds in economics, engineering, history, law, natural sciences, and philosophy before joining the firm.
• Accomplished and creative critical thinkers with an interest in finance, a highly analytical mindset, and a desire to learn and take on a new challenge will excel in this role.
• The expected annual base salary for this position is $145,000 to $200,000. Our compensation and benefits package includes variable compensation in the form of a year-end bonus, guaranteed in the first year of hire, and benefits including medical and prescription drug coverage, 401(k) contribution matching, wellness reimbursement, family building benefits, and a charitable gift match program.

The D. E. Shaw group is an equal opportunity employer.

The applicable annual base salary or hourly rate paid to a successful applicant will be determined based on multiple factors, including without limitation the nature and extent of prior experience and educational background.

European Union (EU), United Kingdom (UK), California, Hong Kong, Singapore, or Shanghai candidates should refer to the corresponding linked privacy notice.

The D. E. Shaw group may collect, use, hold, transfer, and process candidates’ resumes and associated information (including personal information contained therein) for purposes reasonably related to their application, including without limitation: review and management of employment applications and supporting materials; administration and management of offers to and communication with candidates; and administration, management, and improvement of the recruiting operations of the D. E. Shaw group; and/or where reasonably required in connection with a proposed sale, spin-out, reorganization, or outsourcing of all or some of the business of the D. E. Shaw group. The D. E. Shaw group will not use such information for purposes unrelated to the foregoing, such as direct marketing of third-party products to candidates, without candidate consent. As used herein, the term “personal information” is meant to broadly describe information identifying or relating to a specific individual; it is intended to encompass “personal data,” “sensitive personal data,” and “personally identifiable information” and similar terms, as those terms are defined by law in the jurisdictions in which the D. E. Shaw group operates.

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The D. E. Shaw group may retain candidates’ information for prospective recruiting activities, including sourcing candidates for employment opportunities and for organizing events with prospective candidates, in accordance with our internal data retention procedures. Candidates who do not agree to such future use should email [email protected].