Senior Risk Officer

As a Senior Risk Officer at Blockchain.com, you help build and run risk management across the company. You work company-wide, identifying, measuring, and managing risk across business lines in close partnership with Compliance, Legal, Finance, Product, and Operations. A key focus is supporting the expansion into regulated derivatives, where you build out risk management programs for regulated futures and derivatives entities in the U.S. and other jurisdictions.

What you'll do

• 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 regulated derivatives entities, covering customer fund segregation, margin and collateral adequacy, capital risk, and settlement risk
• Partner with the compliance function and regulatory counsel to ensure risk controls meet applicable regulatory expectations across jurisdictions where the firm operates
• 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 launch
• 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 product offerings evolve, including in fast-moving areas like crypto derivatives

What you bring

• 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
• Sound judgment and confidence to make effective risk decisions in a fast-moving, evolving business
• Clear communication skills in plain English, able to explain risk concepts to engineers, executives, and regulators
• 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

What we offer

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company
• Dallas office based with four days per week in-person collaboration
• Daily free lunch at the office
• ClassPass membership
• Apple equipment
• Flexible, modern, and people-first work culture

About Blockchain.com

Blockchain.com connects the world to the future of finance. Since 2011, it has earned the trust of over 90 million wallet holders and more than 40 million verified users, facilitating over $1 trillion in crypto transactions. The company helps millions worldwide safely access cryptocurrency and is expanding into regulated futures and derivatives markets in the U.S. and other jurisdictions.