Global Trading Operations Lead – Crypto Settlements & Risk

Anchorage Digital; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Anchorage Digital is seeking a Trading Operations Team Lead to build and manage a global team supporting clients in daily trading activities. You will shape the post-trade lifecycle infrastructure, ensure timely settlements, reconciliation, and implement robust risk controls across spot, lending, and derivatives operations.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and client operations to translate operational needs into actionable roadmaps, mentor a high-performing team, and uphold

Qualifications

• 7+ years in post-trade or operations within crypto or traditional finance.
• Experience leading and mentoring distributed teams.
• Strong risk management and process improvement mindset.
• Ability to define SLAs, KPIs and drive scalable workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage a global trading operations team supporting clients daily.
• Own post-trade lifecycle: settlement, reconciliation, and risk controls.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and client ops to roadmap improvements.
• Mentor staff, enforce compliance, and ensure timely task delivery.
• Drive process optimization and cross-team communications.
• Monitor and mitigate operational risks across asset classes.

Skills

Post-trade operations

Team leadership

Risk management

Operational excellence

Stakeholder collaboration

Problem solving

Executive communication

Tools

Python

SQL

Job description

Anchorage Digital is seeking a Trading Operations Team Lead to build and manage a global team supporting clients in daily trading activities. You will shape the post-trade lifecycle infrastructure, ensure timely settlements, reconciliation, and implement robust risk controls across spot, lending, and derivatives operations.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and client operations to translate operational needs into actionable roadmaps, mentor a high-performing team, and uphold