Head of Risk
Squads
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🌎 Anywhere in the World
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Lead
About the role
- Build the First Line of Defense
- Design and implement fraud detection and prevention processes across the product
- Develop and operationalize a risk scoring system for users, wallets, and organizations — based on behavior, metadata, and on-chain signals
- Work with engineering to embed automated checks and controls directly into the platform.
- Establish risk ownership across teams — define clear accountability, escalation paths, and reporting
- Develop Core Risk Frameworks
- Identify and assess key operational, counterparty, and fraud risks
- Create right-sized risk policies and playbooks that fit a startup, not a bank
- Define and track key risk indicators (KRIs) to detect emerging issues early
- Lead incident response and root cause analysis for major risk events
- Collaborate Cross-Functionally
- Partner with product, data, and compliance to make risk management part of everyday decisions
- Turn technical data into clear insights and priorities for leadership
- Build a pragmatic risk culture — disciplined but never bureaucratic
- Expand the Risk Program Over Time
- Extend the framework to cover counterparty, market, and other risks as we scale
- Define risk appetite and tolerance levels aligned with company goals
- Prepare Squads for future audits, partnerships, and regulatory readiness
Requirements
- 5+ years in risk, fraud, or compliance — ideally in fintech, crypto, or financial services
- Experience building or scaling risk systems from scratch
- Strong analytical and technical fluency — comfortable working with engineers and data pipelines
- Understanding of crypto transactions, wallet behavior, and blockchain risk tooling
- Excellent judgment, communication, and ability to influence across teams
- A bias for action — you’re not here to write policies no one reads
Benefits
- We’re offering competitive and generous compensation, with meaningful equity and upside.
- Unlimited, flexible PTO
- Flexible work schedule
- Company laptop and allowance for any necessary home equipment
- Two company-paid off-sites per year
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
fraud detectionrisk scoring systemrisk frameworksrisk policieskey risk indicatorsincident responseroot cause analysisdata analysisblockchain risk toolingdata pipelines
Soft skills
analytical skillscommunicationinfluencejudgmentcollaborationleadershippragmatic risk cultureaccountabilityescalation pathsbias for action