Futures Risk Program Manager

You will design and implement a comprehensive risk management strategy focused on early risk detection, automated alert systems, incident response, and continuous improvement. You will conduct thorough risk assessments focused on operational and technology risks, identify vulnerabilities, and recommend mitigations. You will support risk exposure reporting regulatory reviews and updates to the risk management program. You will develop automations for robust supervision and risk management. You will develop real time monitoring systems to quickly identify adverse market conditions or operational issues. You will implement a robust control testing framework to validate risk mitigation measures and the effectiveness of controls. You will implement automated alert mechanisms for risk limit breaches unusual trading patterns and system anomalies. You will leverage advanced analytics tools to uncover risk trends and provide actionable insights for decision making. You will build dashboards and reports using tools like Looker to visualize key risk metrics and inform stakeholders effectively. Telecommuting permitted.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement a comprehensive risk management strategy emphasizing early risk detection, automated alert systems, incident response, and continuous improvement.
• Conduct thorough risk assessments focused on operational and technology risks identifying vulnerabilities and recommending mitigations.
• Support risk exposure reporting regulatory reviews and updates to the Risk Management Program.
• Develop automations for robust supervision and risk management.
• Develop real time monitoring systems to quickly identify adverse market conditions or operational issues.
• Implement a robust control testing framework to validate risk mitigation measures and the effectiveness of controls.
• Implement automated alert mechanisms for risk limit breaches unusual trading patterns and system anomalies.
• Leverage advanced analytics tools to uncover risk trends and provide actionable insights for decision making.
• Build dashboards and reports using tools like Looker to visualize key risk metrics and inform stakeholders effectively.
• Telecommuting permitted.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or related field plus five years of progressively responsible experience in job offered or related occupation.
• Apply Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and National Futures Association (NFA) regulatory requirements into risk controls supervisory procedures and program documentation.
• Design and execute enterprise or Future Commission Merchant (FCM) level risk assessments.
• Build and implement automations such as ETL data pipelines and scheduled data jobs (Airflow-type scheduling tools) to support risk monitoring.
• Develop real-time or near real-time monitoring and alerting systems that detect risk limit breaches, unusual trading activity, or system anomalies.
• Execute control testing programs for risk mitigation.
• Perform advanced statistical analytics on large structured datasets utilizing Python or similar programming tools to identify trends and quantify risk exposures.
• Utilize industry-standard business intelligence or visualization platforms (Looker Superset Tableau or PowerBI) to build dashboards, trend analyses, and key risk metric reporting.
• Investigate complex risk scenarios and develop mitigation strategies aligned with industry regulatory standards.
• Background checks required.

Benefits

• Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career
• Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching
• Best in class benefits to fuel your work, including 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
• Lifestyle wallet - a highly flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more
• Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits
• Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more!
• Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.