Hybrid Crypto Risk & Controls Specialist

Wwshemi; Menlo Park, New York (CA, NY); On-site; USD 94,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Equity ownership

Job summary

Robinhood seeks a Risk Specialist to join the Crypto Risk team, focusing on identifying, assessing, and mitigating risk across crypto products, operations, and platforms. You will build and run risk management processes, run control self-assessments and report on risk for governance forums.

You’ll translate technical risk into clear terms for non-engineering partners and collaborate with engineering, product, compliance, and enterprise risk teams to safeguard customers and the firm as products

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in operational risk, enterprise risk management, or technology risk at a regulated financial services or crypto/fintech firm.
• Hands-on experience facilitating risk assessments (RCSA, technology or product risk assessments, process risk assessments).
• Experience designing, running or materially contributing to business continuity or disaster recovery exercises.
• Experience performing root cause analysis or thematic analysis across incidents, with the ability to identify patterns and systemic issues.
• Deep understanding of risk management methodologies, including risk taxonomies, control design, KRIs and issue management.
• Technical exposure and comfort working in a technical environment, with the ability to read engineering design documents and incident post mortems. A software engineering background is not required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical colleagues and present risk findings.
• Detail oriented, with a proactive, independent approach to identifying and addressing risk.
• Direct experience in the cryptocurrency industry, with familiarity with crypto products, custody, and blockchain fundamentals.
• A computer science or engineering degree, especially if you have built a career in risk, compliance, or another non-engineering role.
• Experience building or operating an operational loss event program
• Exposure to third party and vendor risk management, particularly for critical technology or custody providers.
• Familiarity with operational resilience regulatory expectations such as NYDFS 23 NYCRR 500, DORA or MiCA.
• Experience with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) tools such as LogicGate or similar platforms.
• Analytical background with knowledge of SQL, Python, or a BI tool.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate Technical Risk Assessments (TRAs) and product risk assessments for new and existing crypto products, features, and business changes: document and assess risks and controls in collaboration with engineering and product owners.
• Analyze incident and issue data to identify recurring root causes, control weaknesses and systemic themes; lead or support retrospectives on material events and translate findings into actionable risk insights for leadership.
• Mature the operational loss tracking process, including loss definitions, intake, taxonomy, linkage to incidents and issues, and trend reporting.
• Manage the issue management lifecycle, from identification and prioritization through remediation tracking and closure, ensuring issues are handled and escalated appropriately.
• Perform and refresh Risk and Control Self-Assessments (RCSAs) and support Business Impact Analyses.
• Monitor, refine and develop key risk indicators (KRIs), and prepare risk reporting for governance forums, including risk committee and board materials and escalations.
• Translate technical risks into clear, actionable terms for non-engineering stakeholders.
• Partner with engineering, product, compliance, crypto operations, and enterprise risk teams to maintain a consistent view of risk across the organization.

Skills

Operational risk

Enterprise risk management

Technology risk

Risk assessments

Incident analysis

Root cause analysis

Regulatory risk frameworks

GRC tools (LogicGate)

SQL

Python

BI tools

Education

Computer science or engineering degree

Tools

LogicGate

SQL

Python

BI tools

Job description

Robinhood seeks a Risk Specialist to join the Crypto Risk team, focusing on identifying, assessing, and mitigating risk across crypto products, operations, and platforms. You will build and run risk management processes, run control self-assessments and report on risk for governance forums.

You’ll translate technical risk into clear terms for non-engineering partners and collaborate with engineering, product, compliance, and enterprise risk teams to safeguard customers and the firm as products