Futures Risk Program Manager (Fintech)

Location: Chicago, IL; in-person attendance expected at least five days per week. Telecommuting is permitted.

Base pay: $138,632–$175,000 per year, plus bonus opportunities, equity, and benefits.

Company

Robinhood builds financial products and platforms intended to democratize finance and expand access to investing.

What you will do

• Design and implement risk management strategies focused on early risk detection, automated alerts, incident response, and continuous improvement.
• Assess operational and technology risks, identify vulnerabilities, and develop mitigation strategies.
• Build real-time or near-real-time monitoring systems for risk limit breaches, unusual trading patterns, adverse market conditions, and system anomalies.
• Develop ETL pipelines, scheduled data jobs, supervision automations, dashboards, and risk exposure reports.
• Implement control-testing frameworks and support regulatory reviews and updates to the Risk Management Program.
• Use advanced analytics and visualization tools to identify trends, quantify exposures, and communicate risk metrics to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or a related field.
• At least five years of progressively responsible experience in the offered role or a related occupation.
• Experience applying CFTC and NFA requirements to risk controls, supervisory procedures, and program documentation.
• Experience with enterprise or Futures Commission Merchant risk assessments, control testing, and complex risk investigations.
• Advanced statistical analytics on large structured datasets using Python or similar tools.
• Experience with ETL pipelines, Airflow-type scheduling tools, real-time monitoring, alerting systems, and BI platforms such as Looker, Superset, Tableau, or Power BI.

Culture & Benefits

• High-impact work focused on financial technology and complex risk challenges.
• Performance-driven compensation with bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
• Employer-paid health insurance for employees with coverage for dependents.
• Flexible lifestyle wallet for wellness, learning, and other eligible expenses.
• Paid time off, company holidays, sick time, parental leave, life and disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits.
• Office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.

Hiring process

• Background checks are required.
• Apply using job code 9902186.