Director of Trading & Risk
About the Role
You will lead all aspects of trading operations and market risk for digital securities. You will oversee trade execution, clearing, and settlement; manage liquidity and counterparty exposure; design and maintain risk frameworks; run stress testing and liquidity modeling; implement trade surveillance and controls; and liaise with compliance, engineering, product, and finance to improve systems and processes.
Requirements
- 8–12 years of experience in trading operations risk management or market structure ideally within a Broker-Dealer ATS or digital asset exchange
- FINRA licensing (S7 S24 S55 S57)
- Deep understanding of order management execution clearing and settlement workflows
- Hands-on experience building or managing market credit liquidity and operational risk frameworks
- Strong knowledge of SEC FINRA and NFA regulatory regimes
- Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives balancing growth and compliance
- Excellent analytical quantitative and decision-making skills
- Clear communication experience engaging regulators auditors and executive stakeholders
Responsibilities
- Oversee secondary trading activity including ATS and dealing desk operations
- Manage relationships with broker-dealer partners custodians and liquidity providers
- Monitor market performance spreads order flow and trade anomalies
- Implement trade reporting order management and reconciliation controls across blockchain and traditional systems
- Develop and maintain market credit counterparty and operational risk frameworks
- Monitor and manage exposure across counterparties issuers and trading participants
- Lead stress testing liquidity modeling and scenario analysis
- Establish internal thresholds alerts and escalation procedures for abnormal trading or liquidity events
- Ensure adherence to SEC FINRA and NFA requirements related to trading and ATS operations
- Maintain policies documentation required for audits regulatory exams and risk assessments
- Oversee trade surveillance to detect and prevent market manipulation insider trading or anomalous activity
- Serve as subject matter expert for risk and trading compliance in regulatory reviews and board reporting
- Collaborate with engineering and product to enhance trading systems order routing and blockchain settlement
- Partner with finance on risk capital collateral management and treasury operations
- Work with issuer and client support teams to ensure transparency and reliability of market activities
- Provide market insights to inform liquidity strategy asset onboarding and product expansion
- Identify opportunities for trading optimization new market structures and tokenized asset categories
Benefits
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Equity Grant Opportunities
- Remote Work Flexibility
- 100% employer-paid Medical Dental and Vision insurance for employee and family
- 401(k) retirement plan