Risk Manager (Crypto)

Location: New York City, United States; hybrid

Company

hirify.global Labs is a unicorn startup building hirify.global, an EVM blockchain designed for trading, and incubating a new US-regulated exchange.

What you will do

• Lead the FCM's independent Risk Management Unit and administer its Risk Management Program under CFTC Regulation 1.11.
• Set and monitor pre-trade and intraday limits for market, credit, margin, concentration, and volume exposure.
• Develop customer-margin, credit, concentration, liquidation, and deficit-monitoring frameworks.
• Run stress tests, scenario analysis, and exposure aggregation across customers, products, and venues.
• Monitor liquidity, capital, counterparty, depository, settlement, technology, data, and third-party risks.
• Prepare risk exposure reports, coordinate regulatory filings, track remediation, and assess new products, venues, and clearing relationships.

Requirements

• 4–8 years of market, credit, or margin risk experience at an FCM, clearing firm, DCO, broker-dealer, or trading firm.
• Strong knowledge of futures and derivatives margining, including SPAN or similar systems, exposure measurement, and liquidation practices.
• Hands-on experience with risk limits, stress testing, and reporting to senior management.
• Working knowledge of FCM risk obligations, including CFTC Regulation 1.11, customer-fund segregation, and capital requirements.
• Strong quantitative and data skills with Python, SQL, or advanced Excel, plus clear written communication for governance and regulatory reporting.
• Clean regulatory record with no NFA or FINRA disciplinary history, along with the independence to challenge the business when needed.

Nice to have

• Experience at a retail-facing or technology-first FCM.
• Experience with perpetual futures, 24/7 markets, crypto, or stablecoin collateral.
• Experience building or reviewing a Risk Management Program or supporting CFTC/NFA examinations.
• FRM, CFA, or a similar certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Lean, remote-first team with a fast-moving, first-principles approach.
• High ownership and responsibility in a 0-to-1 exchange-building environment.
• Collaboration with Finance, Operations, Technology, Compliance, and senior management while preserving risk-unit independence.
• Startup speed backed by an established company and an experienced team from Robinhood, Coinbase, Google, and other technology companies.