Risk Manager

Newbridge; Dubai; On-site; AED 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Newbridge is seeking a Trading Risk Control Specialist to strengthen its real-time market-surveillance and risk-management capabilities across spot and derivatives markets. You will work with product, engineering and operations to design and optimize risk-control mechanisms.

The ideal candidate has deep market intuition, strong quantitative skills, and hands-on experience managing trading risk on fast-moving platforms, with proficiency in SQL/Python/R and a track record of rapid, data-driven

Qualifications

• Bachelor's 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.

Responsibilities

• Market Surveillance & Risk Investigation: Monitor market behavior for abnormal price movements or liquidity distortions; investigate market-manipulation patterns; analyse cross-account activity for collusion and manipulation.
• Risk Strategy Development & Systems Enhancement: Develop, test and refine risk-control models and detection logic; partner with engineering/product teams to implement monitoring and safeguards; prepare reports on risk events and remediation.
• Real-Time Risk Management: Respond to unfolding risk incidents and market disruptions; manage real-time dashboards and escalation workflows; execute interventions to protect market fairness and platform stability.

Skills

SQL

Python

R

Analytical thinking

Communication

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree

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