Head of Risk
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KeyrockDigital Assets
London; Secondary Locations: Barcelona, Geneva, Amsterdam, Madrid, Berlin, Paris, Warsaw, Brussels, Zurich, LisbonFull-TimeSenior
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Requirements
- Strong foundation in quantitative risk management (market, credit, and liquidity risk modelling).
- Proven experience designing or co-designing firm-wide risk systems.
- Demonstrated ability to design and implement risk models, including tail risk estimation and stress testing.
- Experience operating at the intersection of traditional financial markets and digital assets (CeFi/DeFi).
- Practical knowledge of crypto-specific risks, including exchange, custodian, and smart contract risk.
- Ability to work closely with technology (CIO) and operations (COO) teams.
- Understanding of funding/basis dynamics and collateral management in centralized and decentralized environments.
- Commercial mindset with a focus on delivering long-term value.
- Self-aware leader capable of challenging the business and enforcing a strong risk culture.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain a quantitative risk framework grounded in modern risk theory.
- Co-design and implement the firm-wide risk management system, including data architecture and reporting infrastructure.
- Build an integrated risk view across centralized and decentralized venues.
- Define and implement advanced risk metrics such as VaR, Expected Shortfall, and stress scenarios.
- Translate traditional financial risk methodologies into crypto-native environments.
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