Director of Trading & Risk

Securitize, the leader in tokenizing real‑world assets with $3.7B+ AUM (as of May 5 2025), is bringing the world on‑chain through tokenized funds in partnership with top‑tier asset managers such as Apollo, Black Rock, Hamilton Lane, KKR, and others. Through its subsidiaries Securitize is a SEC‑registered broker‑dealer, digital transfer agent, fund administrator, and operator of a SEC‑regulated Alternative Trading System (ATS). The company is a global, fully remote team of top talent from the blockchain and financial services industries.

Having raised $170 M overall to date, Securitize is backed by some of the largest names in finance and technology—including Black Rock, Morgan Stanley, Blockchain Capital, MUFG, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Sony Finance, Banco Santander, Coinbase, and others—and was recognized as a 2025 Forbes Top 50 Fintech company. Before applying, we encourage you to visit us to learn more:
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We’re seeking a Director of Trading & Risk to lead all aspects of trading operations, market risk management, and regulatory compliance across Securitize Markets. This leader will oversee daily trading activity, ensure best execution, manage liquidity and counter party exposure, and design a robust risk framework that supports growth while maintaining compliance with FINRA, SEC, and other regulatory standards.

• Oversee all secondary trading activity (including Securitize Markets’ ATS and dealing desk activities) ensuring accurate execution, clearing, and settlement of digital securities transactions.
• Manage relationships with broker‑dealer partners, custodians, and liquidity providers to optimize market depth and efficiency.
• Monitor market performance, spreads, order flow, and trade anomalies to ensure integrity and stability.
• Implement policies and controls around trade reporting, order management, and reconciliation across blockchain and traditional systems.

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive market, credit, counter party and operational risk framework tailored to digital securities trading.
• Monitor and manage exposure across counter parties, issuers, and trading participants.
• Lead stress testing, liquidity modeling, and scenario analysis for both digital and fiat operations.
• Establish internal thresholds, alerts, and escalation processes for abnormal trading or liquidity events.

• Partner with Compliance and Legal teams to ensure adherence to SEC and FINRA requirements related to agency/principal trading, ATS operations, trade surveillance, and best execution.
• Maintain policies and documentation required for audits, regulatory exams, and risk assessments.
• Oversee trade surveillance programs to detect and prevent market manipulation, insider trading, or anomalous activity.
• Serve as a subject‑matter expert for risk and trading compliance matters in regulatory reviews and board reporting.

• Collaborate with Engineering and Product teams to enhance trading systems, order routing, and blockchain settlement processes.
• Partner with Finance to align risk and capital frameworks, collateral management, and treasury operations.
• Work with Issuer and Client Support teams to ensure transparency and reliability across all market activities.

• Provide market insights to leadership, informing liquidity strategy, asset onboarding, and product expansion.
• Identify opportunities for trading optimization, new market structures, and tokenized asset categories.
• Stay ahead of emerging market regulations, technologies, and competitive trends within digital securities and blockchain‑based trading.

• 8–12 years of experience in trading operations, risk management, or market structure, ideally within a broker‑dealer, ATS, or digital asset exchange.
• Requisite FINRA licensing (S7, S24, S55/57 at a minimum).
• Deep understanding of securities trading workflows—order management, execution, clearing, and settlement.
• Hands‑on experience building or managing risk frameworks for trading environments (market, credit, liquidity,…