Head of Risk - Trading Venue (Crypto & Derivatives)

QuantFlow; Amsterdam; Vor Ort; EUR 120.000 - 190.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

QuantFlow in Amsterdam is seeking a senior risk professional to own the end-to-end risk framework for a growing trading venue. This hands-on role requires deep exposure to derivatives, liquidity, and market risk, with clear communication to the board and regulator.

You will lead margins, scenario analysis and ICT risk under DORA, while building a capable risk team and directly engaging executive leadership in risk decisions.

Qualifikationen

• 8+ years in risk within trading venues, exchanges, clearing houses or prop shops in a regulated environment.
• Demonstrable ownership of margin and liquidation methodology for derivatives and stressed-market behavior.
• Solid understanding of market structure, derivatives, liquidity and operational risk.
• Quantitatively strong enough to challenge a model on its assumptions, not just outputs.
• Working knowledge of MiFID II, MiCAR and DORA.
• Comfortable at the intersection of crypto and traditional finance and able to explain risk terms to a board/regulator.
• FRM/PRM or similar is an advantage; fluent in English, Dutch is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Own the risk framework across market, credit, counterparty, liquidity, operational and model risk as new products go live.
• Develop margin, collateral and liquidation methodology for leveraged products and stress the model.
• Define risk appetite and limits with the board and monitor enforcement daily.
• Perform stress testing and scenario analysis for crypto and traditional instruments and derive capital conclusions.
• Manage ICT risk under DORA including incident response and business continuity.
• Create risk reporting that is understood by the board and regulator (KRIs, KPIs, narratives).
• Build and lead the risk team and the tooling it works with.

Kenntnisse

Risk management

Derivatives knowledge

Quantitative modeling

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder communication

Ausbildung

FRM/PRM or similar

Tools

Risk analytics tools

Jobbeschreibung

QuantFlow in Amsterdam is seeking a senior risk professional to own the end-to-end risk framework for a growing trading venue. This hands-on role requires deep exposure to derivatives, liquidity, and market risk, with clear communication to the board and regulator.

You will lead margins, scenario analysis and ICT risk under DORA, while building a capable risk team and directly engaging executive leadership in risk decisions.