Senior Risk Officer (Crypto)

Location: Malta; mandatory in-office presence four days per week

Company

hirify.global connects millions of users to cryptocurrency and is expanding its crypto platform into regulated futures and derivatives markets.

What you will do

• Design, implement, administer, and test risk management frameworks, policies, controls, and remediation plans across business lines.
• Identify, measure, monitor, and report market, credit, liquidity, operational, technology, legal, and counterparty risks.
• Establish risk tolerance limits, monitor breaches, and escalate issues to senior management, governance committees, regulators, and self-regulatory organizations.
• Support risk management for regulated derivatives entities, including customer fund segregation, margin and collateral adequacy, capital risk, settlement risk, and digital asset collateral valuation, custody, haircuts, and liquidation triggers.
• Partner with Compliance, Legal, Product, Engineering, Finance, and Operations on regulatory controls, new products, operational resilience, business continuity, and disaster recovery.
• Advise senior leadership on emerging risks, including risks associated with crypto derivatives and evolving product offerings.

Requirements

• 8+ years of risk management experience at a financial institution, broker-dealer, futures firm, exchange, or similar regulated entity.
• Strong practical knowledge of market, credit, liquidity, and operational risk.
• Experience building, implementing, or enhancing a risk management program or framework.
• Excellent judgment and confidence making risk decisions in a fast-moving business.
• Clear plain-English communication skills required, including the ability to explain risk concepts to engineers, executives, and regulators.
• Ability to work across stakeholders and business lines supporting multiple regulated activities.

Nice to have

• Experience with futures, derivatives, or FCM risk management, including customer fund segregation, margin, and collateral risk.
• Experience supporting a new regulated entity through registration, licensing, or similar regulatory processes.
• Familiarity with crypto or digital asset products and their associated risks.
• Experience with enterprise risk management across multiple business lines or entities.
• Familiarity with risk considerations across multiple regulatory regimes and jurisdictions.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role based in the Malta office with mandatory office attendance four days per week.
• Salary based on experience and meaningful equity.
• Unlimited vacation policy.
• Unlimited books policy and Apple equipment.
• Equal opportunity workplace committed to diversity and inclusion.