Head of Trading Risk - Lead Real-Time Risk & Strategy

Remotedxb; Dubai; On-site; AED 918,105 - 1,542,416; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive visibility

Growth fund for development

Team-building events

Global collaboration

Job summary

Bybit, a leading crypto exchange, seeks a senior Head of Trading Risk to guide the risk management function in the UAE/Global offices. You will lead a risk-focused culture, set strategic direction, and own risk operations across Spot, Derivatives and Lending products.

You will design risk frameworks, oversee real-time monitoring, define parameters, and collaborate with Product, Engineering and Operations to embed risk thinking into development.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of risk management experience in financial services, fintech, or crypto.
• 3+ years in a leadership role managing teams of 5+.
• Deep understanding of derivatives risk (futures, options, perpetual swaps, CFDs).
• Experience with multi-product risk management (spot, derivatives, lending, or yield).
• Strong quantitative background for designing and validating risk models.
• Programming proficiency in Python and/or C++.
• AI-first mindset leveraging AI/ML tools for risk detection.
• Fluent in English; Mandarin Chinese proficiency is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow the Trading Risk team, setting the strategic vision for business risk management.
• Build a high-performing, risk-focused culture with strong accountability.
• Own business risk operations and logic design across Spot, Derivatives, and Loan/Earn products.
• Design and maintain risk control frameworks, alert systems, and escalation protocols.
• Oversee real-time risk monitoring systems and ensure timely incident response.
• Define and enforce risk parameters such as position limits and margin requirements.
• Lead post-mortem analysis on risk incidents and drive systematic remediation.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Operations to embed risk thinking into development.

Skills

Risk management

Leadership

Derivatives risk

Multi-product risk

Quantitative analysis

Python

C++

AI for risk

English fluency

Mandarin preferred

Education

MSc/PhD in quantitative finance/math

Job description

Bybit, a leading crypto exchange, seeks a senior Head of Trading Risk to guide the risk management function in the UAE/Global offices. You will lead a risk-focused culture, set strategic direction, and own risk operations across Spot, Derivatives and Lending products.

You will design risk frameworks, oversee real-time monitoring, define parameters, and collaborate with Product, Engineering and Operations to embed risk thinking into development.