Chief Risk Officer

High Street Resources; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

A multi-strategy digital asset hedge fund is seeking a Chief Risk Officer to lead firmwide risk management across all trading activities. This deeply technical role requires designing and implementing a holistic risk framework while partnering with senior leadership. The ideal candidate has over 10 years in risk management and a proven track record in quantitative environments. Responsibilities include managing risks, model validation, and liquidity oversight. Attractive location in Dubai with a focus on operational resilience.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in risk management, portfolio construction, or capital allocation.
• Strong experience in quantitative trading environments.
• Proven track record building risk frameworks from scratch.
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills.
• Python or similar technical proficiency preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and enforce firmwide risk limits across strategies and counterparties.
• Build real-time and batch risk dashboards for senior leadership.
• Conduct pre- and post-trade risk analysis, stress testing, and scenario analysis.
• Oversee automated risk controls and auto-liquidation frameworks.
• Establish and lead independent model validation across all systematic strategies.
• Review assumptions, data quality, robustness, and implementation fidelity.
• Maintain model inventory, approval workflows, and review cycles.
• Oversee liquidity, collateral, and margin management across venues.
• Optimize capital deployment and lead balance-sheet hedging analysis.
• Lead counterparty and venue risk assessments.
• Support regulatory and investor due-diligence processes.
• Partner with engineering to embed risk data pipelines and alerting systems.

Skills

Risk management

Portfolio construction

Quantitative trading

Stakeholder communication

Python

Job description

About the Opportunity

We are retained by a technology-driven, multi-strategy digital asset hedge fund to appoint a Chief Risk Officer to lead firmwide risk management across all trading and investment activity.

This is a deeply technical role, sitting at the intersection of portfolio risk, model governance, liquidity management, and operational resilience, with a mandate to build institutional-grade risk frameworks across a complex, automated trading environment.

Role Overview

The CRO will own the design and implementation of a holistic risk framework covering portfolio risk, model validation, liquidity, counterparty exposure, and operational risk. The role requires a strong quantitative mindset, robust governance instincts, and the ability to partner closely with trading, engineering, and executive leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Portfolio Risk Management

• Define and enforce firmwide risk limits across strategies and counterparties.
• Build real-time and batch risk dashboards for senior leadership.
• Conduct pre- and post-trade risk analysis, stress testing, and scenario analysis.
• Oversee automated risk controls and auto-liquidation frameworks.

Independent Model Validation

• Establish and lead independent model validation across all systematic strategies.
• Review assumptions, data quality, robustness, and implementation fidelity.
• Maintain model inventory, approval workflows, and review cycles.

Treasury & Liquidity Oversight

• Oversee liquidity, collateral, and margin management across venues.
• Optimize capital deployment and lead balance-sheet hedging analysis.

Risk Governance

• Lead counterparty and venue risk assessments.
• Support regulatory and investor due-diligence processes.
• Partner with engineering to embed risk data pipelines and alerting systems.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in risk management, portfolio construction, or capital allocation.
• Strong experience in quantitative trading environments.
• Proven track record building risk frameworks from scratch.
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills.
• Python or similar technical proficiency preferred.