We are hiring an Associate, Data Science to help build the next generation of quantitative and AI-driven investment tools for private equity secondaries.

Role purpose

You will work within the investment team to:

• build models to forecast private equity performance and take them to production

• support underwriting and portfolio decisions as a secondary investor

• develop practical AI tools that improve investment workflows

• champion the use of modern AI tools and AI best practice across the team

Key responsibilities

• Build quantitative, statistical and machine learning models for PE fund and asset forecasting

• Analyse proprietary and external datasets to generate investment insights

• Support live deal evaluation with data-driven analysis

• Develop AI-enabled tools for research, diligence, memo drafting and workflow automation

• Use the latest AI coding tools to accelerate development and improve code quality

• Partner with investors, engineers and data teams to productionise tools and models

• Help define best practice for AI use within the investment team

Candidate profile

• 2–6 years’ experience in data science, quantitative research or machine learning

• Strong Python, SQL and statistical modelling skills

• self-starter, innovative, strong communicator

• Experience working with messy, real-world datasets

• Ability to turn technical work into clear commercial insight

• Strong interest in investing and private markets.

• Comfortable using modern AI development tools in day-to-day work

Preferred

• Experience with AI tools, and particularly AI coding tools.

• Experience with forecasting, portfolio analytics or investment decision tools

• Experience building AI/LLM-based workflows

Why this role

This is a hands-on role at the intersection of investing, data science and AI. The successful candidate will help improve investment decisions and lead adoption of AI across the team. This aligns with Coller’s emphasis on innovation in secondaries.

Benefits:

In addition to a competitive salary and bonus scheme, we offer private medical insurance and an attractive pension.

Coller Capital is an equal opportunities employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. We consider all applications on merit and do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and are dedicated to providing an inclusive recruitment process for all candidates.

Please let us know if we can make any reasonable adjustments at interview in order to fully support and promote your talent.