Risk Manager

Newbridge; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global digital-asset trading platform is seeking a Trading Risk Control Specialist to enhance its market-surveillance and risk-management capabilities. In this crucial role, you will monitor trading activity, develop risk-control models, and respond to market disruptions. The ideal candidate possesses strong quantitative skills and at least 3 years of experience in trading risk control. This position offers opportunities to work closely with product and engineering teams, ensuring market integrity and operational stability.

Qualifications

• 3+ years experience in trading risk control within securities, futures, FX, or crypto-asset trading platforms.
• Strong understanding of digital-asset markets and trading mechanisms.
• Excellent communication and structured problem-solving ability.

Responsibilities

• Monitor market behavior to detect abnormal price movements.
• Develop and refine risk-control models and detection logic.
• Respond rapidly to risk incidents and market disruptions.

Skills

Market intuition

Quantitative capability

Risk management

SQL

Python

R

Education

Bachelor's degree in Financial Engineering

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Bachelor's degree in Mathematics

Bachelor's degree in Statistics

Job description

A leading global digital-asset trading platform is seeking a Trading Risk Control Specialist to strengthen its real-time market-surveillance and risk-management capabilities. This role acts as a core safeguard for the platform, ensuring market integrity, operational stability, and the protection of user and platform assets.

The ideal candidate brings deep market intuition, strong quantitative capability, and hands-on experience managing trading risk in fast-moving environments. You will work closely with product, engineering, and operations teams to design, optimize, and execute risk-control mechanisms across spot and derivatives markets.

Key Responsibilities

• Market Surveillance & Risk Investigation
  • Monitor market behavior to identify abnormal price movements, sudden volume spikes, or liquidity distortions
  • Investigate potential market-manipulation patterns such as spoofing, pump-and-dump, or malicious price wicks
  • Analyse cross-account activity to detect collusion, orchestrated trading groups, and coordinated manipulation schemes
• Risk Strategy Development & Systems Enhancement
  • Develop, test, and refine risk-control models, rules, and detection logic
  • Partner with engineering and product teams to implement automated monitoring and safeguards
  • Prepare structured reports on risk events, root-cause analysis, and remediation recommendations
• Real-Time Risk Management
  • Respond rapidly to unfolding risk incidents, market disruptions, or suspicious trading activity
  • Manage real-time monitoring dashboards and escalation workflows
  • Execute immediate intervention measures to protect market fairness and platform stability

Qualifications

• Required
  • Bachelors degree or higher in Financial Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or related fields
  • 3+ years experience in trading risk control within securities, futures, FX, or crypto-asset trading platforms
  • Strong understanding of digital-asset markets, trading mechanisms, and derivatives products
  • High analytical capability with proficiency in SQL/Python/R for data querying and investigation
  • Strong decision-making skills under pressure, with the ability to react quickly and accurately
  • Excellent communication, teamwork, and structured problem-solving ability
• Preferred
  • Hands-on trading experience with insights into market microstructure and execution strategies
  • Professional certifications such as FRM