Senior Manager, Market Risk (trading & Derivatives)

Kraken

United States
Remote
Market risk management
Derivatives trading expertise
Options risk management
Build risk frameworks governing spot, derivatives, options, and OTC trading, defining exposure limits, position controls, and escalation frameworks

Job Summary

  • Build risk frameworks governing spot, derivatives, options, and OTC trading, defining exposure limits, position controls, and escalation frameworks.
  • Develop analytics and controls for managing options and derivatives exposures, monitoring risk factors like delta, gamma, vega, and volatility regimes.
  • Partner with traders, quants, and product teams to design risk frameworks that scale with Kraken’s trading ecosystem and ensure disciplined risk management.

Matching Summary

Build risk frameworks governing spot, derivatives, options, and OTC trading, defining exposure limits, position controls, and escalation frameworks.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Market risk management
  • Derivatives trading expertise
  • Options risk management
  • Trading risk frameworks
  • Risk analytics and monitoring
  • Crypto market structure insights

Nice-to-have

  • Deep trading intuition
  • Building systems at scale
  • Passion for crypto
  • Quantitative modeling experience

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience
  • Strong understanding of options and derivatives
  • Familiarity with VaR and stress testing
  • Experience working with trading desks

Work Rights

Not specified

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