Best suited to candidates with experience in regulated financial institutions working in crypto and derivatives risk management.
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Original posting from Blockchain via Greenhouse
Blockchain is connecting the world to the future of finance. As the most trusted and fastest-growing global crypto company, it helps millions of people worldwide safely access cryptocurrency. Since its inception in 2011, Blockchain has earned the trust of over 90 million wallet holders and more than 40 million verified users, facilitating over $1 trillion in crypto transactions.
We’re looking for a Senior Risk Officer to help build and run risk management across Blockchain.com. This is a company-wide role: you'll help identify, measure, and manage risk across our business lines, working closely with Compliance, Legal, Finance, Product, and Operations to strengthen our overall risk posture as we continue to scale and expand our business.
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.
If you've built or run risk programs at a financial institution and want to apply that experience across a global crypto platform, this is the perfect opportunity for you.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
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
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
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
COMPENSATIONS & PERKS
Competitive salary and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company.
Based in our Dallas office with four days per week in-person collaboration
Daily free lunch at the office
ClassPass to keep you moving and well
Apple equipment to do your best work
The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an exciting, emerging industry.
Flexible, modern, and people-first work culture
Blockchain is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, and apprenticeship. Blockchain makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.
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Source: Blockchain careers (Greenhouse)