Chief Risk Officer

About The Opportunity We are retained by a technology-driven, multi-strategy digital asset hedge fund to appoint a Chief Risk Officer to lead firmwide risk management across all trading and investment activity.

Role Overview The CRO will own the design and implementation of a holistic risk framework covering portfolio risk, model validation, liquidity, counter party exposure, and operational risk. The role requires a strong quantitative mindset, robust governance instincts, and the ability to partner closely with trading, engineering, and executive leadership.

• Define and enforce firmwide risk limits across strategies and counter parties.
• Build real-time and batch risk dashboards for senior leadership.
• Conduct pre- and post-trade risk analysis, stress testing, and scenario analysis.
• Oversee automated risk controls and auto-liquidation frameworks.

• Establish and lead independent model validation across all systematic strategies.
• Review assumptions, data quality, robustness, and implementation fidelity.
• Maintain model inventory, approval workflows, and review cycles.

• Oversee liquidity, collateral, and margin management across venues.
• Optimize capital deployment and lead balance-sheet hedging analysis.

• Lead counter party and venue risk assessments.
• Support regulatory and investor due-diligence processes.
• Partner with engineering to embed risk data pipelines and alerting systems.

• 10+ years in risk management, portfolio construction, or capital allocation.
• Strong experience in quantitative trading environments.
• Proven track record building risk frameworks from scratch.
• Excellent stakeholder communication skills.
• Python or similar technical proficiency preferred.