Senior Risk Officer

Blockchain.com•Dallas, TX

5h•Hybrid

About The Position

Blockchain.com is seeking a Senior Risk Officer to build and run risk management across the company. This company-wide role will identify, measure, monitor, and manage risk across business lines in partnership with Compliance, Legal, Finance, Product, Operations, Engineering, and senior leadership. The role covers market, credit, liquidity, operational, technology, legal, and counterparty risk, and helps shape the company's overall risk posture as it grows and expands. A key focus is supporting the risk management program for Blockchain.com's regulated derivatives entities as the company expands into futures and derivatives markets in the U.S. and other jurisdictions. The Senior Risk Officer will work alongside compliance and risk officers to ensure risks are appropriately identified, monitored, and escalated, including risks involving customer fund segregation, margin and collateral adequacy, capital, settlement, and digital asset collateral. The position reports into the broader Risk function. It is based in the Dallas office, with four days per week of in-person collaboration.

Requirements

At least 8 years of risk management experience at a financial institution, broker-dealer, futures firm, exchange, or similar regulated entity.
Strong working knowledge of market, credit, liquidity, and operational risk disciplines and their practical application.
Experience building, implementing, or enhancing a risk management program or framework.
Excellent judgment and confidence making sound risk decisions in a fast-moving, evolving business.
Clear, plain-English communication skills, including the ability to explain risk concepts to engineers, executives, and regulators.
Comfort working with a wide range of stakeholders and business lines in a company supporting multiple regulated activities.

Nice To Haves

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.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and administer risk management frameworks, policies, and controls across the company's business lines.
Identify, measure, monitor, and report on market, credit, liquidity, operational, technology, legal, and counterparty risks.
Establish and maintain risk tolerance limits, monitor for breaches, and escalate issues to senior management and governance committees.
Support risk management programs for regulated derivatives entities, including customer fund segregation, margin and collateral adequacy, capital risk, and settlement risk.
Partner with Compliance and regulatory counsel to ensure risk controls meet applicable regulatory expectations across jurisdictions.
Help oversee digital asset collateral risk, 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 annual reviews and testing of risk management programs and controls, and track remediation of identified gaps.
Advise senior leadership on emerging risks as the business and product offerings evolve, including risks related to crypto derivatives.