Head of Trading Risk
RemoteDubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Job Summary
Lead and grow the Trading Risk team, setting strategic vision for business risk management across the organization. Own end-to-end business risk operations and logic design for Spot Trading, Derivatives, and Loan/Earn products, including market risk, counterparty exposure, margin requirements, and liquidation logic. Define team OKRs, establish performance standards, and embed risk thinking into product development by collaborating with Engineering and Operations. Oversee real-time risk monitoring systems, enforce risk parameters, and lead post-mortem analysis on incidents to drive systematic remediation. Conduct ongoing risk assessments for new product launches and feature changes while leveraging AI/ML tools to enhance risk detection and automate workflows.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in risk management within financial services, fintech, or crypto/digital assets
- 3+ years in a leadership role managing risk teams (team size 5+)
- Deep understanding of derivatives risk (futures, options, perpetual swaps, CFDs) — including margin models, liquidation engines, and settlement processes
- Experience with multi-product risk management covering at least 3 of: spot, derivatives, lending, earn/yield products
- Strong quantitative background — ability to design and validate risk models, parameters, and control logic
- Excellent communication skills — able to translate complex risk concepts for product and business stakeholders
- Proven ability to build and scale risk teams from the ground up or through significant transformation
- AI-first mindset — actively leverages AI/ML tools and techniques to enhance risk detection, automate workflows, and improve decision-making efficiency
- Programming proficiency in Python and/or C++ — able to build risk models, prototype monitoring tools, and work directly with quantitative codebases
- Fluent in English
Desired Qualifications
- proficiency in Mandarin Chinese
- Experience in crypto/digital asset exchanges or high-frequency/algorithmic trading environments
- Background in TradFi risk management (banks, prop trading, hedge funds) transitioning to crypto
- Familiarity with market surveillance tools and techniques
- Experience with risk-related system architecture and working closely with engineering teams
- Advanced degree (MSc/PhD) in quantitative finance, financial engineering, mathematics, or related field
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