Hr Business Partner

At Aquatic, we are actively recruiting for an HR Business Partner to support Campus/Early Career Recruitment. You will play a pivotal role in shaping our organization's future by identifying and nurturing top talent at the University level. This role involves building and executing a comprehensive campus recruitment program, with a strong focus on PhD students. You will be responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with educational institutions, managing social media and marketing initiatives, and providing support to campus/early career hires throughout their first two years with Aquatic.
Role Details

• Program Development: Develop a campus recruitment program from the ground up, including clear strategies, policies, and procedures to attract and hire undergrad and grad level students.
• Sourcing and Relationship Management: Identify, source, and establish strong relationships with target universities, faculty members, and career services to access top PhD student talent.
• School Partnerships: Collaborate with educational institutions to establish partnerships, internship programs, and other cooperative initiatives that align with our hiring needs.
• Social Media and Marketing: Create and execute effective social media and marketing campaigns to promote our campus recruitment program, engage with potential candidates, and build our employer brand on campuses.
• Candidate Selection: Lead the selection process for campus hires, including conducting interviews, assessments, and evaluations to identify the best candidates for our organization.
• Onboarding: Develop and implement an onboarding program tailored to campus hires, ensuring a smooth transition into the company and helping them integrate into the workplace.
• Mentorship and Support: Provide ongoing support and mentorship to campus hires during their first two years with the organization to facilitate their growth, development, and retention.

Candidate Qualities:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field (Master's degree preferred).
• Proven experience in campus recruitment, talent acquisition, or a related HR role.
• Strong network within the academic community and knowledge of campus recruitment best practices.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Proficiency in social media platforms and digital marketing.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Results-oriented, with a commitment to achieving recruitment goals.
• A genuine passion for developing and nurturing young talent.

The base salary for this role is anticipated to be between $75,000 and $175,000, which is based on information at the time of posting. This position may also be eligible for additional forms of compensation, such as a discretionary bonus, and benefits. Discretionary bonus can be a significant portion of total compensation. Actual compensation for successful candidates will be carefully determined based on a number of factors, including their unique skills, qualifications and relevant experience.
Benefits:

• Benefits: Fully paid medical, dental, and vision for employees and dependents, competitive 401k plan, employer-paid life & disability insurance
• Perks: Wellness programs, casual dress, snacks, team and company events
• Development: Open environment to maximize learning and knowledge sharing
• Time: Generous PTO, paid holidays, competitive paid caregiver leaves

Aquatic Capital
Aquatic is a quantitative trading and investment company recently launched by Jon Graham. Prior to founding Aquatic, Jon was a Partner and Senior Managing Director at Citadel, where he worked for more than 13 years. At Citadel, Jon held numerous senior positions over the years, including head of Statistical Arbitrage and Equity High Frequency, culminating in leading the highly successful Global Quantitative Strategies business.
Aquatic develops systematic investment strategies, enabled by a leading-edge research and development platform. The vision is simple: to build a world class, quantitative trading company with a collaborative team of highly capable researchers and engineers.
This role represents a unique opportunity to join a quantitative investment manager at the foundational level of building a world class operation from scratch. The firm's culture will be shaped by collaboration, meritocracy, ambition, and calm determination.
Aquatic is a proud equal opportunity workplace. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.