Chief Risk Officer (CRO)

Crypto Pro Network; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary package

Equity package

Unlimited holidays

Hybrid working schedule

Private Healthcare benefits

Annual training budget

Home office setup allowance

Employee referral programme

Job summary

A leading cryptocurrency platform in the United States seeks an experienced Chief Risk Officer (CRO) responsible for developing and managing the enterprise risk framework. The ideal candidate will have over 15 years of experience in risk leadership within financial services and a proven track record of creating risk governance structures. This role involves close collaboration with executive leadership and requires strong stakeholder management skills. Attractive benefits include competitive salary, equity packages, and unlimited holidays.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in risk leadership roles in financial services or fintech.
• Proven track record of building and executing risk frameworks.
• Deep understanding of controls and regulatory expectations.

Responsibilities

• Own and build the enterprise risk management framework.
• Define the company's risk appetite framework.
• Lead risk engagement with regulators across jurisdictions.
• Design and implement risk systems and reporting.
• Build and lead a high-performing global risk team.

Skills

Risk leadership experience

Regulatory knowledge

Enterprise risk management

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Job description

About MoonPay

Hi, we’re MoonPay. We’re here to onboard the world to the decentralized economy by making digital money move as universally and effortlessly as the internet. Why?Because crypto, stablecoins and blockchain aren’t just technologies. They’re tools for global financial empowerment. They give people and businesses more control over their money, their digital assets, and their future, opening access to legacy financial systems that have been out of reach for many. What we doMoonPay is a unified payments platform for digital currency. We make it easy for anyone, anywhere, to buy, sell, swap and pay in digital currencies as easy as sending an email. That simplicity is intentional, our focus is reducing complexity so people can participate confidently, without needing to be crypto experts. We power the entire flow between fiat and crypto end to end, with compliance, identity checks, fraud prevention, and settlement all built in. This end-to-end approach reflects how we work internally: with accountability, rigor, and trust built into everything we ship. Proven at scaleTrusted by over 30 million customers and over 500 ecosystem partners, our secure, enterprise-grade platform is driving mainstream crypto adoption worldwide. Behind those numbers are millions of real people and organizations relying on MoonPay every day. We collaborate with innovative brands and projects to build secure, scalable solutions for a blockchain-powered future. This is an opportunity to help shape systems, not just scale them. And we’re committed to doing it right. Fully licensed in the U.S. and regulated across the UK, EU, Canada, and Australia, because trust and compliance are non-negotiable. But we’re just getting started. We’ve launched a consumer app that makes crypto accessible, intuitive, and usable for everyone, and it’s growing fast. We’re iterating every day to make it the best it can be. If you believe financial freedom should be for everyone. If you believe in building a fairer, more open financial system - we want you with us. To build systems that benefit all, we need contributions from all, regardless of background. Come build the future of payments and the decentralized economy with MoonPay. Let’s make financial freedom and autonomy the new normal.

About the Opportunity

MoonPay is strengthening its global risk leadership as part of its long-term strategy to build a robust, scalable, and compliant infrastructure platform at the intersection of financial services and digital assets. We are hiring a Chief Risk Officer (CRO) to serve as the group independent risk leader across MoonPay’s global operations.

This is a rare opportunity to build and scale a risk function from first principles in a fast-evolving industry. You will play a critical role in defining MoonPay’s risk posture, shaping governance frameworks, implementing risk management programs, and ensuring the company operates safely and responsibly as it grows.

The CRO will report directly to the CAO and will operate independently from the business, with a mandate to design, implement, and execute a comprehensive risk governance framework in a high-growth, high-ambiguity environment.

What You Will Do

• Own and build the end-to-end enterprise risk management framework for MoonPay, including policies, procedures, controls, and risk governance structures.
• Define and operationalise the company’s risk appetite framework, ensuring alignment with global regulatory expectations and best practices around safety and soundness.
• Lead risk-related engagement with regulators and external stakeholders across jurisdictions, ensuring consistent and effective communication of MoonPay’s risk posture.
• Design and implement risk systems, reporting, and monitoring across financial and non-financial risk areas.
• Act as a senior partner to executive leadership (including Legal, Compliance, Security, and Finance) while maintaining strict independence of the risk function.
• Build, scale, and lead a high-performing global risk team, including hiring, mentoring, and setting operating cadence.

About You

• 15+ years of experience in risk leadership roles within financial services, fintech, or other highly regulated industries, with experience building or transforming risk functions.
• Proven track record as a builder and executor — you have created frameworks, led remediation or transformation programs, and delivered under regulatory scrutiny.
• Deep understanding of enterprise risk management, controls, governance, and regulatory expectations across multiple jurisdictions.
• Comfortable operating in high-ambiguity, fast-scaling environments, with the judgment to balance innovation with appropriate risk tolerance.
• Strong operator mindset with the credibility to challenge senior stakeholders while partnering effectively across the organization.
• Strong technical competency across key financial and non-financial risk domains (e.g., market, credit, liquidity, operational, and technology risk).

Values

• B - Be Hungry
• L - Level Up
• O - Own It
• C - Crypto Curious
• K - Kaizen

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary package
• Equity package: We believe financial freedom starts with our employees, so all employees have ownership at MoonPay.
• Pay for performance equity bonus: Those who drive outsized outcomes receive outsized rewards.
• Moonshot award. We honor exceptional impact – 10 employees twice a year, each earning a $250,000 equity grant.
• Unlimited holidays: We give you the autonomy to choose when to work (and when to switch off).
• Hybrid working schedule: Work fully remotely or your nearest Moonbase, the choice is yours.
• Private Healthcare benefits: To protect you and your loved ones.
• Enhanced parental leave: So you can spend more time with your loved ones without a second thought.
• Annual training budget: We support your training journey every step of the way.
• Home office setup allowance: Create the home office of your dreams.
• Remote working allowance: Those working fully remotely get a little extra for utilities.
• Monthly budget to spend on our products and zero fee crypto transactions: Cultivate your inner DEGEN.
• Employee referral programme: Great people know great people, refer them to receive 10K in USDC.
• Regular remote company offsites: Meet your colleagues regularly for high impact in person sessions and hackathons.
• Working in a disruptive and fast-growing company where excellence is rewarded.

Equal Opportunity Employment

MoonPay is a proud equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including, but not limited to, hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, and leave of absence. MoonPay is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our job application procedures for qualified individuals with disabilities. Please inform our Talent Team if you need any assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.