Director of Bitcoin Risk Management - Remote

Jobgether SRL; España; Remote; EUR 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote work

Job summary

Jobgether SRL is seeking a Director of Risk Management based in Spain to establish and lead the risk function for a Bitcoin-focused capital markets business. You will oversee market, credit, counterparty, liquidity, operational, and protocol risks across digital assets and traditional instruments, designing governance and advanced risk models.

You will evaluate strategies, assess counterparties and DeFi protocols, and ensure new products meet institutional risk standards.

Qualifications

• Postgraduate degree in Finance, Computer Science, Mathematical Finance, or related field with a recognized risk qualification.
• Senior risk management experience in asset managers, banks, trading firms, or digital asset businesses.

Responsibilities

• Build the global risk management framework covering market, credit, counterparty, liquidity, operational, and protocol risks.
• Establish risk governance and oversight with appetite, limits, and reporting to board and investment committee.
• Provide independent risk approval for new strategies, products, and counterparties.
• Develop quantitative models using VaR, scenario analysis, and stress testing.
• Conduct portfolio stress testing against Bitcoin and DeFi events.
• Evaluate complex transactions and assess risk interactions across on-chain and off-chain activities.
• Monitor exposures daily and escalate emerging risks with actionable recommendations.
• Lead due diligence on counterparties, venues, and DeFi protocols including smart contracts and governance.
• Manage collateral and counterparty limits across bilateral and exchange activities.
• Review risk provisions in fund docs, ISDA/CSA, repos, and collateral terms.
• Strengthen operational risk controls across trading, settlement, and custody.

Skills

Risk management

Quantitative risk modelling

Python/SQL/R

DeFi risk assessment

Governance frameworks

Education

Postgraduate degree in Finance/related

CFA/FRM/PRM or equivalent

Tools

Python

R

SQL

Job description

Jobgether SRL is seeking a Director of Risk Management based in Spain to establish and lead the risk function for a Bitcoin-focused capital markets business. You will oversee market, credit, counterparty, liquidity, operational, and protocol risks across digital assets and traditional instruments, designing governance and advanced risk models.

You will evaluate strategies, assess counterparties and DeFi protocols, and ensure new products meet institutional risk standards.