Head of Risk
Core
Own and develop the Firm's risk function end-to-end, designing a quantitative risk framework and system architecture for a global digital assets firm.
Role type
Senior leadership Head of Risk (Quantitative)
Builds
Firm-wide risk management system, advanced risk metrics, and integrated risk views across CeFi and DeFi.
Domain
Digital assets / Crypto finance / Capital markets
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Quantitative risk management, market/credit/liquidity risk modelling, stress testing, tail risk estimation, system design, cross-functional leadership, CeFi/DeFi market structure knowledge
Preferred skills
Smart contract risk understanding, oracle/protocol risk knowledge, 24/7 market dynamics adaptation, extreme value theory, dependence structures
Technologies
Risk aggregation layers, real-time monitoring infrastructure, data architecture
Responsibilities
Define risk appetite and implement advanced risk metrics (VaR, Expected Shortfall), co-design risk system architecture with COO/CIO, integrate risk across centralized and decentralized venues, enforce risk culture and challenge business decisions
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic leadership
