Head Of Risk (Crypto)

Head Of Risk (Crypto) - Detalhes da Vaga. ● Consistently ranked among the top exchanges worldwide, we support a comprehensive suite of trading and wealth management products across thousands of digital assets. ● With thousands of employees spanning key financial hubs globally, we operate with a remote-first, high-autonomy culture that attracts talent who thrive in fast-moving, intellectually demanding environments. ● We are building the financial infrastructure of the next era of the internet — and we''re looking for exceptional finance professionals to help shape it. ●The Role:We are in search of a business-oriented Head of Risk (Crypto) to lead the overall risk management function for our Brazil entity. ●This role focuses on end-to-end risk management across trading, financial crime, and product risk, while ensuring the company operates within its defined risk appetite while actively supporting business growth. ●Unlike traditional compliance-heavy roles, this position is about risk ownership: identifying exposures, calibrating tolerance, and driving real-time control execution. ● We''re looking for someone who understands that well-designed risk frameworks are a business enabler, not a brake. ●We welcome candidates with a strong crypto or digital asset background. ● We are equally open to risk leaders from traditional financial institutions, capital markets, fintech, or payments companies who bring deep, transferable expertise and a genuine appetite to operate in a more dynamic, high-growth environment. ●What You''ll Do:Establish and lead the company''s enterprise-wide risk management framework, covering trading and market risk, product risk, financial crime risk, and operational risk. ●Define, review, and continuously optimise the risk appetite framework in alignment with overall business strategy. ●Monitor risk activities to ensure alignment with internal risk policies, business objectives, and applicable Brazilian regulatory expectations, and other relevant regulatory authorities. ●Partner with senior leadership and the Board to embed risk-informed thinking into strategic decision-making. ●Build and enhance risk control mechanisms across transaction monitoring and risk indicators, market surveillance controls, and product risk assessment frameworks. ●Identify and stay ahead of emerging risks in trading, product design, and operations, and lead mitigation strategies. ●Strengthen internal control systems and drive effective risk governance across the organisation. ●Support the company''s ongoing regulatory engagement and risk governance as Brazil''s digital asset regulatory framework continues to evolve. ●What We''re Looking For:10+ years of risk management experience within crypto, financial institutions, capital markets, fintech, payments, or digital asset businesses. ●Deep expertise in enterprise risk management, including risk appetite frameworks, governance, and internal controls. ●Strong understanding of trading, transaction, and financial crime risks, with the ability to balance effective risk management against commercial objectives. ●Ability to translate risk frameworks into practical controls and work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Compliance, and Operations to implement them. ●Proven track record operating at or reporting to Executive Committee and Board level. ●Strategic thinker with the confidence to influence senior stakeholders and embed a strong risk culture across the organisation spanning across operational, market and liquidity risk. ●Expert understanding of Brazilian regulatory expectations relating to financial institutions and digital asset service providers. ●Crypto or digital asset experience is strongly preferred, but we also welcome candidates from traditional financial services with strong transferable risk expertise and a genuine interest in the digital asset sector. ●Functional knowledge of digital asset or digital token listing processes is preferred. ●. Requisitos para participar do processo. ● . O que oferecemos.