Senior Risk Officer

About the role

As a Senior Risk Officer at Blockchain, you will play a crucial role in designing and implementing risk management frameworks that span multiple business lines. Your focus will be on ensuring compliance with regulatory expectations, particularly in the realm of regulated derivatives.

You will be responsible for identifying and managing various types of risks, including market, credit, liquidity, and operational risks. Success in this role requires not only a strong understanding of risk management principles but also the ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders, from engineers to regulators.

The salary range for this role is between $98,000 and $162,000, based on experience.

Skills that matter here

• Risk Assessment: This role involves identifying and measuring key risk categories across the company's operations.
• Risk Management: You will design and implement risk management frameworks and policies.
• Communication: Clear communication is essential for explaining risk concepts to various stakeholders.
• Analytical Skills: Analytical skills are necessary for monitoring and reporting on risk exposures.
• Regulatory Compliance: You will ensure that risk controls meet regulatory expectations in different jurisdictions.

Who this role suits

• A seasoned risk management professional with over 8 years of experience in financial institutions.
• Someone who can make sound risk decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• An effective communicator who can engage with diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a structured office environment with a focus on collaboration.

From the employer

• 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

• 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

• Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it.
• Unlimited books policy; order the technical resources you need or simply pick something up from our company library.
• Apple equipment.
• Full-time salary based on experience and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company.
• Role based in our Malta office, with a mandatory in-office presence four days per week.