Risk Officer

Blockchain.com; United States; Remote; USD 150.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Equity

London office presence (4 days)

Work from Anywhere policy

ClassPass

Unlimited vacation

Apple equipment

Flexible work culture

Zusammenfassung

Blockchain.com is seeking an experienced risk leader to design, implement, and oversee enterprise risk management across business lines in a fast-moving crypto environment. The role focuses on market, credit, liquidity, and operational risk, with emphasis on regulated derivatives and customer fund segregation.

You will partner with Compliance, Product, and Engineering to ensure robust controls, prepare regular risk reports for executives and regulators, and guide strategic risk decisions as the

Qualifikationen

• Strong knowledge of risk disciplines: market, credit, liquidity, operational risk.
• Experience building or enhancing a risk management program or framework.
• Excellent judgment and the ability to make sound risk calls in a fast-moving environment.

Aufgaben

• Design, implement, and administer risk management frameworks, policies, and controls across business lines.
• Identify, measure, monitor, and report on key risk categories including market, credit, liquidity, and operations.
• Establish risk tolerance limits, monitor breaches, and escalate to senior management and governance committees as needed.
• Support risk program for regulated derivatives entities: customer fund segregation, margin and collateral adequacy, capital risk, and settlement risk.
• Partner with compliance to ensure risk controls meet regulatory expectations across jurisdictions.
• Oversee risk related to digital asset collateral: valuation, haircuts, custody arrangements, and liquidation triggers.
• Prepare and deliver regular risk exposure reporting to senior management, risk committees, regulators, and self-regulatory organizations.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to manage risk for new products and features.
• Support business continuity, disaster recovery, and operational resilience planning.
• Contribute to annual review and testing of risk management programs and track remediation of identified gaps.
• Advise senior leadership on emerging risks as the business evolves, including crypto derivatives.

Kenntnisse

Risk management

Regulatory knowledge

Communication skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Regulated derivatives experience

Ausbildung

Finance/Risk Management degree

Jobbeschreibung

• Help design, implement, and administer risk management frameworks, policies, and controls across the company's business lines
• Identify, measure, monitor, and report on key risk categories, including market, credit, liquidity, operational, technology, legal, and counterparty risk
• Establish and maintain risk tolerance limits, monitor for breaches, and **escalate** issues to senior management and governance committees as needed
• Support the risk management program for the firm's regulated derivatives entities, covering areas such as customer fund segregation, margin and collateral adequacy, capital risk, and settlement risk
• Partner with the business's compliance function and regulatory counsel to ensure risk controls meet applicable regulatory expectations across the jurisdictions in which the firm operates
• Help oversee risk related to digital asset collateral, including valuation, haircuts, custody arrangements, and liquidation triggers
• Prepare and deliver regular risk exposure reporting to senior management, risk committees, and, where applicable, regulators and self-regulatory organizations
• Partner with Product and Engineering to assess and manage risk as new products and features are launched
• Support business continuity, disaster recovery, and operational resilience planning
• Contribute to the annual review and testing of risk management programs and controls, and help track remediation of identified gaps
• Advise senior leadership on emerging risks as the business and its product offerings evolve, including in fast-moving areas like crypto derivatives 8+ years of risk management experience at a financial institution, broker-dealer, futures firm, exchange, or similar regulated entity
• Strong working knowledge of core risk disciplines-market, credit, liquidity, and operational risk-and how they apply in practice
• Experience building, implementing, or enhancing a risk management program or framework
• Excellent judgment and the confidence to make sound risk calls in a fast-moving, evolving business
• Clear, plain-English communication skills-you can explain risk concepts to engineers, executives, and regulators alike
• Comfort working across a wide range of stakeholders and business lines in a company supporting multiple regulated activities

Nice to Have

• Experience with futures, derivatives, or FCM risk management, including customer fund segregation, margin, and collateral risk
• Experience supporting a new regulated entity through registration, licensing, or similar regulatory processes
• Familiarity with crypto or digital asset products and their associated risks
• Experience with enterprise risk management programs spanning multiple business lines or entities
• Familiarity with risk considerations across multiple regulatory regimes and jurisdictions

A key part of this role is supporting our expansion into regulated derivatives. Blockchain.com already offers millions of customers a trusted way to buy, sell, and hold crypto, and we're extending those offerings into regulated futures and derivatives markets in the U.S. and other jurisdictions. You'll help build out the risk management program for that and other regulated derivatives entities, working alongside their compliance and risk officers to make sure risk is identified, monitored, and escalated appropriately as the business grows.

You’ll report into our broader Risk function and partner with senior leadership across the company to shape how we manage risk-from market, credit, and liquidity risk to operational, technology, and counterparty risk-while bringing specialized attention to the unique risks of our regulated derivatives activities.,

• Full-time salary based on experience and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company
• This is a role based in our London office, with a mandatory in-office presence four days per week.
• Work from Anywhere Policy: You can work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 20 days per year.
• ClassPass
• Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it
• Apple equipment
• The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an emerging field
• Flexible work culture