Director of Risk Management

Counterparty and credit risk

• Lead counterparty, venue and protocol due diligence: creditworthiness, custody arrangements, and smart-contract, bridge, oracle and governance risk.

• Set and monitor counterparty limits, collateral eligibility and margin terms.

Legal and transaction documentation

• Review and negotiate the risk terms in fund, OTC and bilateral documents (ISDA/CSA, lending and repo agreements, collateral and margin terms, termination events and close-out provisions) with the Fund Asset Manager and legal counsel.

Operational risk, controls and compliance

• Design operational risk controls across the trade lifecycle, settlement, reconciliation, custody and treasury that scale with both traditional and digital asset activity.

• Shape the processes that connect risk, execution and finance across digital and traditional OTC, bilateral and exchange-traded transactions.

• Work with compliance, legal, the fund administrator and auditors on regulatory obligations, audits and reporting.

Product delivery

• Work with the Fund Asset Manager and commercial, technology, legal and compliance teams to take new products from idea to launch, making sure they are investable and structurally sound.

WHAT YOU BRING

• Postgraduate degree in Finance, Computer Science or Mathematical Finance, plus a professional qualification in finance or risk (CFA, FRM, PRM or equivalent).

• 10+ years in risk management at asset managers, funds, banks, trading firms or digital asset businesses, including several years leading a risk function.

• Deep capital, asset and risk management experience across BTC, digital assets and traditional finance, including DeFi protocol risk.

• Strong financial modelling and risk analysis skills (stress testing, scenario analysis, VaR) across traditional and digital instruments, with hands-on Python, R or SQL.

• Hands-on experience designing operational risk controls across the trade lifecycle, custody and treasury for OTC, bilateral and exchange-traded activity.

• Experience reviewing and negotiating risk terms in fund, OTC and bilateral documents, and working within fund regulatory and compliance requirements.

• Proven leadership of high-performing teams, and the ability to explain complex risk clearly to boards, investors and regulators.

ROOTIES BENEFITS

At RootstockLabs , we don’t just offer a job, we offer a community. Here’s what you can expect when you join us:

Competitive compensation package and unique benefits designed to support your growth and well-being.

100% Remote Work from Europe & Latin America, with access to global CoWorking spaces.

Work-Life Balance: Paid vacation and sick leave days

Continuous Learning: Access to training programs, language courses, and learning sponsorship annually.

Unique Projects: Work with cutting-edge blockchain technology in a global, diverse team.

ABOUT ROOTSTOCKLABS

RootstockLabs is a key contributor to Rootstock, Bitcoin's Financial Infrastructure for lending, yield, and onchain capital markets. We build and commercialize the institutional infrastructure that turns Bitcoin into productive capital.

What we do: Develop and commercialize Bitcoin-backed lending, tokenized real-world assets, and onchain financial strategies

Who we work with: Leading custodians, asset managers, and financial institutions

Why it matters: Rootstock is secured by 80%+ of Bitcoin's hash power and has run with 100% uptime since 2018 (bringing Ethereum-style programmability to the world's hardest money).

Proof it works: 200+ dApps live on Rootstock, from BTCFi protocols like Sushiswap and Oku to institutional names like Mercado Bitcoin, Animoca Brands, and Paystand

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