Head of Trading Risk

<div class="content-intro"><p><strong>About Us</strong></p> <div data-page-id="HladdPLXIoNz4nxkqkCuk4rAs8v" data-lark-html-role="root" data-docx-has-block-data="false"> <div class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-XCikdRR2xoZIjdxtCKcuOflrs8d">Established in 2018, Bybit is one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges and digital financial platforms, serving over 80 million users across more than 200 countries and regions. Powered by world-class technology and a user-first mindset, Bybit delivers a seamless ecosystem across trading, payments, wealth management, custody, institutional services, and Web3 — connecting users to the future of digital finance.</div> <div class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-IF06dI0MPoBwYfxbZ4zui13HsoC">&nbsp;</div> <div class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-X5EbdOwvMoYuOmxQBbuueUEDsDd">Our core values define how we build. We listen, care and improve to create products and experiences that put users first. Backed by a global team of ambitious builders, problem-solvers, and innovators, we foster a high-performance and fast-moving environment where talent is empowered to drive real impact at the global scale. Supported by 24/7 multilingual customer service and a strong commitment to innovation, we are shaping the future of finance through technology, collaboration, and bold execution.</div> <div class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-LtVud2dO7oglqJxxZoOucqjJsPc">&nbsp;</div> <div class="ace-line ace-line old-record-id-RMHkdm4bPo66l3xMVO8ui1o8sle">Today, Bybit is recognized as one of the most trusted and transparent platforms in the digital asset industry, continuing to expand its global presence while building the infrastructure for the next generation of financial services.</div> </div></div><div class="richTextContainer text-align-left" data-partial-quote-enabled="true" data-lark-html-role="root"> <div class="richTextDocs" data-eleid="1"> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="4">&nbsp;</div> <ul class="richTextDocs-unOrderList richTextDocs-unOrderList-disc" data-eleid="28"> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="37"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"> <div class="richTextContainer text-align-left" data-partial-quote-enabled="true" data-lark-html-role="root"> <div class="richTextDocs" data-eleid="1"> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="21"> <p><span class="text-only" data-eleid="22"><span class="text-only">About the Role</span></span></p> </div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="23">&nbsp;</div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="24"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="25"><span class="text-only">We are looking for a senior leader to head our newly formed Trading Risk team. This is a critical leadership role created as part of a strategic reorganization to consolidate all business-risk-related functions across our trading verticals into a single, dedicated team. The Head of Trading Risk will own end-to-end business risk operations and logic design across multiple product lines, reporting directly to senior leadership.</span></span></div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="26">&nbsp;</div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="27"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="28"><span class="text-only">Key Responsibilities</span></span></div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="29">&nbsp;</div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="30"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="31"><span class="text-only">Team Leadership &amp; Strategy</span></span></div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="32">&nbsp;</div> <ul class="richTextDocs-unOrderList richTextDocs-unOrderList-disc" data-eleid="33"> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="34"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="35"><span class="text-only">Lead and grow the Trading Risk team, setting the strategic vision for business risk management across the organization</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="36"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="37"><span class="text-only">Build a high-performing, risk-focused culture with strong accountability and ownership</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="38"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="39"><span class="text-only">Define team OKRs, establish performance standards, and drive continuous improvement</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="40"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="41"><span class="text-only">Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Operations teams to embed risk thinking into product development</span></span></div> </li> </ul> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="42">&nbsp;</div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="43"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="44"><span class="text-only">Risk Coverage — Multi-Product Line Oversight</span></span></div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="45">&nbsp;</div> <ul class="richTextDocs-unOrderList richTextDocs-unOrderList-disc" data-eleid="46"> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="47"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="48"><span class="text-only">Own business risk operations and logic design across:</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="49"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="50"><span class="text-only">Spot Trading — market risk, counterparty exposure, and trading anomaly detection</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="51"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="52"><span class="text-only">Derivatives (</span><span class="text-only text-with-abbreviation text-with-abbreviation-bottomline">Futures</span><span class="text-only">, Options, </span><span class="text-only text-with-abbreviation text-with-abbreviation-bottomline">CFD</span><span class="text-only">, </span><span class="text-only text-with-abbreviation text-with-abbreviation-bottomline">Perps</span><span class="text-only">) — margin risk, liquidation logic, settlement risk, and position limits</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="53"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="54"><span class="text-only">Loan / </span><span class="text-only text-with-abbreviation text-with-abbreviation-bottomline">Earn</span><span class="text-only"> — collateral risk, interest rate risk, and protocol-level exposure management</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="55"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="56"><span class="text-only">Design and maintain risk control frameworks, alert systems, and escalation protocols for each product line</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="57"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="58"><span class="text-only">Conduct ongoing risk assessments for new product launches and feature changes</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="59"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="60"><span class="text-only">Provide risk-related logic design recommendations and improvement proposals for all business units</span></span></div> </li> </ul> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="61">&nbsp;</div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="62"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="63"><span class="text-only">Operational Risk Management</span></span></div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="64">&nbsp;</div> <ul class="richTextDocs-unOrderList richTextDocs-unOrderList-disc" data-eleid="65"> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="66"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="67"><span class="text-only">Oversee real-time risk monitoring systems and ensure timely incident response</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="68"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="69"><span class="text-only">Define and enforce risk parameters (position limits, margin requirements, circuit breakers, etc.)</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="70"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="71"><span class="text-only">Lead post-mortem analysis on risk incidents and drive systematic remediation</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="72"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="73"><span class="text-only">Work with the Engineering/Tech team to ensure risk control systems are robust, scalable, and properly maintained</span></span></div> </li> </ul> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="74">&nbsp;</div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="75"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="76"><span class="text-only">Requirements</span></span></div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="77">&nbsp;</div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="78"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="79"><span class="text-only">Must-Have</span></span></div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="80">&nbsp;</div> <ul class="richTextDocs-unOrderList richTextDocs-unOrderList-disc" data-eleid="81"> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="82"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="83"><span class="text-only">8+ years of experience in risk management within financial services, fintech, or crypto/digital assets</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="84"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="85"><span class="text-only">3+ years in a leadership role managing risk teams (team size 5+)</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="86"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="87"><span class="text-only">Deep understanding of derivatives risk (futures, options, perpetual swaps, CFDs) — including margin models, liquidation engines, and settlement processes</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="88"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="89"><span class="text-only">Experience with multi-product risk management covering at least 3 of: spot, derivatives, lending, earn/yield products</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="90"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="91"><span class="text-only">Strong quantitative background — ability to design and validate risk models, parameters, and control logic</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="92"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="93"><span class="text-only">Excellent communication skills — able to translate complex risk concepts for product and business stakeholders</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="94"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="95"><span class="text-only">Proven ability to build and scale risk teams from the ground up or through significant transformation</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="96"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="97"><span class="text-only">AI-first mindset — actively leverages AI/ML tools and techniques to enhance risk detection, automate workflows, and improve decision-making efficiency</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="98"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="99"><span class="text-only">Programming proficiency in Python and/or C++ — able to build risk models, prototype monitoring tools, and work directly with quantitative codebases</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="100"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="101"><span class="text-only">Fluent in English; proficiency in Mandarin Chinese is strongly preferred</span></span></div> </li> </ul> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="102">&nbsp;</div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="103"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="104"><span class="text-only">Nice-to-Have</span></span></div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="105">&nbsp;</div> <ul class="richTextDocs-unOrderList richTextDocs-unOrderList-disc" data-eleid="106"> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="107"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="108"><span class="text-only">Experience in crypto/digital asset exchanges or high-frequency/algorithmic trading environments</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="109"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="110"><span class="text-only">Background in </span><span class="text-only text-with-abbreviation text-with-abbreviation-bottomline">TradFi</span><span class="text-only"> risk management (banks, prop trading, hedge funds) transitioning to crypto</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="111"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="112"><span class="text-only">Familiarity with market surveillance tools and techniques</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="113"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="114"><span class="text-only">Experience with risk-related system architecture and working closely with engineering teams</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="115"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="116"><span class="text-only">Advanced degree (MSc/PhD) in quantitative finance, financial engineering, mathematics, or related field</span></span></div> </li> </ul> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="117">&nbsp;</div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="118"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="119"><span class="text-only">What We Offer</span></span></div> <div class="rich-text-paragraph" data-eleid="120">&nbsp;</div> <ul class="richTextDocs-unOrderList richTextDocs-unOrderList-disc" data-eleid="121"> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="122"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="123"><span class="text-only">Direct leadership of a strategically important, newly formed team with executive visibility</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="124"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="125"><span class="text-only">Opportunity to define risk frameworks from the ground up across an expanding product ecosystem</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="126"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="127"><span class="text-only">Competitive compensation package commensurate with experience</span></span></div> </li> <li class="richTextDocs-listItem" data-eleid="128"> <div class="richTextDocs-listItem__text"><span class="text-only" data-eleid="129"><span class="text-only">Fast-paced environment with real impact on business decisions</span></span></div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><strong>Why Join Us</strong><br>At Bybit, we are committed to fostering a supportive and enriching work environment.&nbsp;<br>Our benefits include:<br>- Study Growth Fund: We support your professional development and continuous learning.<br>- Internal Events: Participate in regular team-building activities, workshops, and events designed to promote collaboration and innovation.<br>- Global Collaboration: Be part of a diverse, international team, working alongside colleagues from around the world.<br>- Career Advancement: Access opportunities for growth and advancement within a rapidly expanding global company.<br>- Internal Mobility: Grow with us- Your long-term development is important to us. We offer internal job opportunities to help build your career path.</p></div>