Senior Risk Manager - Digital Assets & Derivatives

About the role

A global cryptocurrency asset manager is building out its U.S. business and is hiring its first senior risk professional for the Miami office. The Senior Risk Manager will work directly with the CFO, traders, and other lines of business to monitor and shape the company’s broader risk function, overseeing market, liquidity, and counter‑party risk. This role joins a very lean team and will have significant influence on the business.

Responsibilities

• Oversee key risk metrics such as Greeks, volatility, and stress exposure for Bitcoin, digital assets, options, futures, and other derivatives.
• Partner with traders and front‑office personnel to establish and build risk frameworks for various products and trading strategies.
• Assess and monitor counter‑party exposures across OTC and other products, ensuring prime exchanges and trading counterparties adhere to exposure limits.
• Establish margin methodology and continuously monitor initial margin and collateral between counterparties.
• Build and enhance a liquidity risk framework, ensuring settlements and margin calls are actioned.

Qualifications

• At least 7 + years of experience in a market‑risk‑related field, working with Greeks, volatility, and stress testing.
• Strong understanding of options, futures, and other derivatives products, with exposure to counter‑party, margin, and liquidity risk.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Bitcoin and other digital assets.