[Hiring] Operational Risk Manager @Blockchain.com

Role Description

As an Operational Risk Manager, you will be responsible for building the resilient infrastructure required for a global financial powerhouse.

• Architect and implement a comprehensive Operational Risk Management (ORM) framework for our global crypto-native and fiat-integrated operations.
• Design, deploy, and monitor a robust Key Risk Indicator (KRI) framework that captures both quantitative and qualitative data points across various verticals.
• Maintain DORA standards and manage outsourced and third-party risks.
• Conduct regular reviews of our processes and procedures to ascertain that inherent risks are mitigated and managed via adequate controls.
• Maintain updates of the risks and controls register and policy.
• Adapt traditional Basel III standards to a decentralized context, ensuring capital adequacy and resilience against cyber, fraud, and technology risks.
• Lead the analysis of secondary and tertiary crypto market risks, assessing the operational impact of liquidity cascades, protocol failures, and counterparty contagion.
• Provide risk oversight for our Funds and Investment arms, ensuring institutional-grade controls for third-party fund management and proprietary trading desks.
• Work across engineering, product, and legal teams to embed a "Risk-Aware" culture, performing RCSAs (Risk & Control Self-Assessments) on new product launches.

Qualifications

• University degree (mandatory) or a Master’s Degree (preferred) in Finance, Risk Management, Quantitative Economics, or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years in Operational Risk, with a deep understanding of crypto operations.
• Experience implementing Basel III frameworks within a traditional bank, hedge fund, or fintech environment.
• Comfortable performing complex statistical root-cause analysis and writing high-level qualitative risk narratives for Board-level committees.
• Experience managing risk across multiple jurisdictions (UK, EU, US, APAC).
• Ability to build systems, policies, and teams from the ground up in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Ability to influence at all levels and ensure that operational risk management values and principles are embedded in processes and people.

Requirements

• Professional certifications and experience in the investment fund/asset management space (bonus points).

Benefits

• The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an emerging field.
• Bonus scheme based on both company and individual performance.
• Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it.
• Apple equipment provided by the company.
• Work from Anywhere Policies.