About the company
BitMEX is the world’s leading cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, which has pioneered cryptocurrency trading through relentless commitment to change, and continues to set benchmarks for innovation, liquidity, and security today. As the world's most advanced peer-to-peer crypto-products trading platform and API, BitMEX gives knowledge, confidence, and precision to hundreds of thousands of traders, transacting billions of USD a day. Join us, as we build a thriving cryptocurrency ecosystem through strategic investments in emerging cryptocurrency technology, and create the future of digital financial services.
Job Summary
Your Day-to-Day:
📍Reporting directly to the CEO, the HRO owns the full spectrum of risk oversight and is responsible for identifying, assessing, quantifying and managing the risks (other than AML Compliance Risks) facing the organisation. These include financial risks such as credit, market and liquidity risk, together with operational risks such as fraud, cybersecurity and technology risks. 📍Bring deep experience in navigating complex financial systems, a command of emerging risks in blockchain and crypto markets, and a proven ability to lead through ambiguity. 📍As a transformative leadership role with enterprise-wide impact, you will not only safeguard the company’s risk posture but also enable its continued innovative expansion across products, geographies, and regulatory regimes. The Head of Risk will serve as a key member of the Senior Management Team, shaping strategic decisions, engaging with regulators and stakeholders, and building a resilient risk culture that supports long-term growth.
Responsibilities include:
📍Provide visionary leadership in designing and institutionalising a comprehensive Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework, ensuring it is dynamic, forward-looking, and fully integrated into the organisation’s strategic planning and operational execution. 📍Act as a trusted advisor to Senior Management and the Board of Directors on all risk-related matters (with the exception of AML Risk), articulating the firm’s risk profile, emerging threats, and mitigation strategies with clarity, precision, and authority. 📍Drive the development and oversight of market, credit, and liquidity risk frameworks, ensuring robust risk identification, real-time exposure management, and alignment with evolving trading activities, treasury practices, and capital adequacy objectives.
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