BitGo is the leading infrastructure provider of digital asset solutions, offering custody, wallets, staking, trading, financing and settlement out of regulated cold storage. Founded in 2013, BitGo is the first digital asset company to focus exclusively on serving institutional clients. BitGo is dedicated to advancing a digital financial services economy that is borderless and accessible 24/7. With multiple Trust companies around the world, BitGo is the preferred security and operational backbone for more than 1,500 institutional clients in 50 countries, including many of the world's top brands, cryptocurrency exchanges and platforms. BitGo also secures approximately 20% of all on-chain Bitcoin transactions by value and is the largest independent digital asset custodian. For more information, please visit www.bitgo.com.
The Director of Risk Management will work for BitGo in our Palo Alto, CA office and is responsible for measuring and monitoring risk across the cryptocurrency trading and lending businesses, as well as performing credit review on all counterparties. The risk manager will report to the Chief Financial Officer and work closely with the Sales, Trading and Operations teams.
Responsibilities: Providing risk oversight for business activities and risk.Ensuring that the risk framework and procedures are defined, implemented and followed, and that issues are quickly identified and resolved or escalated.Significant involvement with strategic and development work as it relates to enhancing stress testing, risk analytics and intra-day risk management tools.Risk assessment and approval as required for new or material changes to margin financing and collateral arrangements.Running stress testing and VaR analysis of client portfolios and providing oversight of limit utilizations where relevant.Identifying, evaluating, and analyzing risk across the business platform, including counterparty, country, asset, exchange, currency, concentration, and other risk components.Developing strong relationships with key stakeholders across business functions.Understanding changes to market structure, regulation and best practices.Skills & Experience: BitGo is looking for people who are passionate about their craft, take full ownership for their work and projects, and believe in transparent and collaborative culture with the goal of making BitGo successful.Able to apply risk and control disciplines in an effective manner.Must be comfortable in a fast-moving, dynamic start-up environment.Collaborate comfortably with remotely located colleagues and counterparties.Technical understanding of the quantitative and qualitative risks impacting lending and financing is highly desirable.Crypto asset product knowledge including risk modeling is highly desirable.Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.Intellectually curious and able to execute sound judgment to appropriately characterize and represent risk issues.Structured yet flexible approach, balanced and fair, able to make difficult decisions where necessary.Why Join BitGo? Disrupting an industry takes vision, innovation, passion, technical chops, drive to deliver, collaboration, and execution. Join a team of great people who strive for excellence and personify our corporate values of ownership, craftsmanship, and open communication. We are looking for new colleagues who bring innovative ways of thinking and problem solving, and who want risks to be part of the team that changes the world's financial markets.
Here are some of the benefits* of working at BitGo:
Competitive base salary, bonus and stock options100% company paid health insurance for employee, partner and dependentsUp to 4% 401k company matchPaid parental leave, Paid vacationFree custom lunches, dinners and snacksComputer equipment and workplace furniture to suit your needsGreat colleagues and inspiring startup environment*Benefits may vary based on location
Cryptocurrencies are the most disruptive change the financial services industry has seen in years. Join us and you'll be able to look back and say you were part of the team that transformed investing.
Pay Transparency Notice: Depending upon your leveling and location, the compensation for this role averages between $170,000 - $210,000 USD base salary. Equity, an annual performance bonus and the benefits outlined below are also a part of this role's package.
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