Digital Assets Risk Leader for Crypto Platform

Charles Schwab; Westlake (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Employee stock purchase plan

Vacation time and sabbatical after 5 y

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Job summary

Charles Schwab Premier Bank’s Digital Assets team is seeking a dynamic Business Unit Risk leader to govern our spot crypto trading offering for clients and monitor risk activities across business units. You will help develop risk controls, reporting, vendor oversight, and regulatory compliance to safeguard clients and the firm.

The role emphasizes governance, policy development, and collaboration with risk teams and leadership to advance the digital assets program while maintaining operational

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of risk management experience in digital assets or regulated banking.
• Hands-on experience in an enterprise risk or operations program.
• Ability to communicate with business and executive audiences, both oral and written.
• Experience gathering requirements, documenting and assessing information for implementing risk controls.
• Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, influencing, prioritization, decision-making and conflict resolution skills.
• Strong initiative; self-starter; self-directed; ability to multi-task.
• Bachelor’s degree; graduate level experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Director to ensure successful deployment and operation of digital assets risk management program and roadmap deliverables.
• Provide tactical and administrative support and coordination with various enterprise risk teams and program stakeholders to identify, assess, respond, measure, and report key risks related to the product implementation and ongoing monitoring.
• Participate and offer subject matter expertise in activities that define business, technical, and operational requirements in Schwab’s crypto and digital assets space identifying gaps and issues.
• Provide analysis, triage and support of digital assets related risk escalations and participate in resolution and/or make recommendations for further investigation as appropriate.
• Participate in root cause analysis, identification of risk themes and thematic issue resolution as appropriate. Also participate in related remediation, coordination and reporting.
• Assist Director of digital assets with detailed documentation, administration, and reporting to program related committees and subcommittees.
• Be a thought leader in assisting with creation and implementation of comprehensive, holistic controls in a heterogeneous and decentralized business environment with a variety of users including employees, business partners, contractors, professional services and customers
• Stay abreast of emerging and regulatory risks pertaining to the crypto and digital assets and maintain subject matter expertise to assist the Director in ensuring that program reflects business and regulatory drivers without affecting operational efficiency.
• Actively participate as an invaluable member of a high-performing risk team, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Assist in creating program, operating procedures and job aids to continuously improve the digital assets risk management program
• Assist in the management of responses to Program related audit and regulatory inquiries
• Assist in the management of responses to Program related inquiries from Charles Schwab leadership, businesses, subsidiaries, teams, and partners
• Lead cross-functional
• efforts among members Program teams and stakeholders.
• Assist in the development of metrics, reports and briefings to key program stakeholders and senior leadership

Skills

Risk management

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder communication

Project management

Analytical skills

Multi-tasking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Charles Schwab Premier Bank’s Digital Assets team is seeking a dynamic Business Unit Risk leader to govern our spot crypto trading offering for clients and monitor risk activities across business units. You will help develop risk controls, reporting, vendor oversight, and regulatory compliance to safeguard clients and the firm.

The role emphasizes governance, policy development, and collaboration with risk teams and leadership to advance the digital assets program while maintaining operational