Head of Risk (Fintech)

Location: Remote-first; ability to work within European business hours is required.

Company

hirify.global is a self-funded global fintech company operating across crypto and traditional payments, serving more than 8.6 million customers in over 180 countries.

What you will do

• Own the enterprise risk framework, including the risk register, risk appetite, taxonomy, escalation policy, reporting cycle, and risk committee.
• Lead DORA ICT risk management, the Register of Information workstream, business continuity, disaster recovery, third-party risk, and PSD2 operational resilience.
• Drive operational risk and capital adequacy frameworks for the Latvia and UK EMI applications, including regulatory examination preparation and regulator communications.
• Build the B2B partner and counterparty risk framework, approve high-risk relationships, and manage concentration and delegated-compliance risks.
• Establish unified fraud, sanctions, and financial crime risk appetites across channels, products, geographies, and counterparties.
• Own product-launch risk gating, crypto market exposure, liquidity, treasury, banking partner, card scheme, and B2B credit risks.

Requirements

• 7+ years of financial services or fintech risk management experience, including at least 3 years in senior risk leadership at a regulated institution.
• Direct risk ownership experience in a licensed fintech, EMI, PSP, payments institution, or crypto company.
• Hands-on experience with DORA ICT risk, MiCA, PSD2 operational resilience, or the FCA operational resilience framework.
• Experience setting fraud risk appetite, owning fraud outcomes, and making operational fraud decisions.
• Experience assessing and approving high-risk B2B partners or counterparties.
• Fluent professional English and availability during European business hours are required.

Nice to have

• Prior Head of Risk, VP Risk, or CRO experience in a regulated fintech, EMI, PSP, or crypto company.
• DORA Register of Information, FCA operational resilience, MiCA post-authorisation, or EMI capital adequacy experience.
• Experience building a risk function from scratch and managing third-party risk at scale.
• Travel rule implementation, FRM, PRM, or an equivalent professional risk qualification.
• Russian language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work with high autonomy and minimal micromanagement.
• Direct reporting to the CEO with responsibility for decisions that shape the business.
• Ownership of consequential DORA and EMI regulatory workstreams.
• Medical insurance, L&D budget, performance-based financial bonus, and English classes.
• Regular team-building activities in a self-funded and stable fintech environment.

Hiring process

• HR interview.
• Cross-functional interview with the Global Chief of Compliance and CTO, followed by a CEO interview.
• Reference check.