Senior Risk Officer

About the role

Blockchain.com is looking for a Senior Risk Officer to help build and run risk management across the company. It is a company-wide role reporting into the broader Risk function, working with Compliance, Legal, Finance, Product and Operations. A key part is supporting the expansion into regulated derivatives, including futures and derivatives in the U.S. and other jurisdictions.

Key responsibilities

• Design, implement and administer risk management frameworks, policies and controls across business lines
• Identify, measure, monitor and report on market, credit, liquidity, operational, technology, legal and counterparty risk
• Maintain risk tolerance limits, monitor breaches and escalate issues to senior management and governance committees
• Support risk management for regulated derivatives entities, including customer fund segregation, margin and collateral adequacy, capital risk and settlement risk
• Work with compliance and regulatory counsel so risk controls meet regulatory expectations
• Oversee risk related to digital asset collateral, including valuation, haircuts, custody and liquidation triggers
• Prepare regular risk exposure reports for senior management, risk committees and regulators where applicable
• Partner with Product and Engineering on risk for new products, support business continuity and disaster recovery planning, and contribute to annual reviews of risk controls

Required profile

• 8+ years of risk management experience at a financial institution, broker-dealer, futures firm, exchange or similar regulated entity
• Experience building, implementing or enhancing a risk management program or framework
• Excellent judgment and clear, plain-English communication skills
• Nice to have: experience with futures, derivatives or FCM risk, supporting a new regulated entity, crypto/digital asset products, multi-entity enterprise risk programs and multiple regulatory regimes

What we offer

• Full-time salary based on experience and meaningful equity
• London office with a mandatory in-office presence four days per week, plus up to 20 remote days per year
• ClassPass, unlimited vacation, Apple equipment and a flexible work culture