Senior Risk Officer: Crypto & Derivatives Risk Leader

Prudence; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Dallas office in-person

Free lunch

ClassPass

Apple equipment

Career growth

Flexible culture

Job summary

Blockchain.com is seeking a Senior Risk Officer to design, implement, and oversee risk management across the organization as we scale. You will partner with Compliance, Legal, Finance, Product, and Operations to strengthen our risk posture and support regulated derivatives initiatives in the U.S.

and other jurisdictions. Reporting into the Risk function, you’ll manage market, credit, liquidity, operational, technology, and counterparty risks while aligning with governance committees and

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 elevate issues to senior management and governance committees as needed.
• Support the risk management program for the firm’s regulated derivatives entities, including customer fund segregation, margin, collateral adequacy, and settlement risk.
• Partner with compliance and regulatory counsel to ensure risk controls meet regulatory expectations across jurisdictions.
• 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, regulators, and self-regulatory organizations.
• Collaborate 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 annual review/testing of risk programs and track remediation of identified gaps.
• Advise leadership on emerging risks as the business evolves, including crypto derivatives.

Skills

Risk management

Regulatory risk

Risk program development

Judgment & decision making

Clear communication

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

Blockchain.com is seeking a Senior Risk Officer to design, implement, and oversee risk management across the organization as we scale. You will partner with Compliance, Legal, Finance, Product, and Operations to strengthen our risk posture and support regulated derivatives initiatives in the U.S.

and other jurisdictions. Reporting into the Risk function, you’ll manage market, credit, liquidity, operational, technology, and counterparty risks while aligning with governance committees and