Senior Risk Officer, Regulated Derivatives

Blockchain.com; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

London office presence (4 days)

Work from Anywhere policy

ClassPass

Unlimited vacation

Apple equipment

Flexible work culture

Job summary

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

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Risk management

Regulatory knowledge

Communication skills

Stakeholder collaboration

Regulated derivatives experience

Education

Finance/Risk Management degree

Job description

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