Head of Risk
8.0/10
Ondo Finance
$200,000 – $400,000 USD
Remote
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29 days ago
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Description
Responsibilities
- •Define and implement Ondo s holistic ERM framework across protocol, financial, and operational domains
- •Own risk parameterization including collateral requirements, leverage limits, liquidation thresholds, and liquidity buffers
- •Evaluate smart contract architectures and protocol designs for potential vulnerabilities and systemic risks
- •Design and enforce risk controls around treasury management, stablecoin exposure, and onchain liquidity
- •Assess and manage due diligence process for all counterparty risk across exchanges, market makers, custodians, and other partners
- •Partner with engineering and product teams to embed risk considerations into all stages of the development lifecycle
- •Architect monitoring systems and dashboards to track real-time exposures and trigger risk alerts
- •Lead scenario analysis and stress testing across market conditions, liquidity shocks, and protocol failures
- •Establish governance processes for risk decisions, including escalation frameworks and cross-functional alignment
- •Advise leadership on tradeoffs between growth, capital efficiency, and risk tolerance
What we offer
- •Competitive compensation including but not limited to salary, future token rights, and/or equity (according to your preferences) — We are well-funded and believe that great talent deserves great compensation.
- •Full benefits (medical, vision, and dental) and flexible vacation policy (PTO).
- •Remote-first team across many countries — You will be an early team member helping shape our vision, culture, and design practices.
- •A+ colleagues — Our team includes alumni from: Goldman Sachs, Blackrock, Two Sigma, Bridgewater, SpaceX, AWS, Meta, Google, McKinsey, Circle, Uniswap.
- •Best-in-class investors — We are proud to be backed by leading crypto experts and VCs, including Pantera Capital, Founders Fund and Coinbase Ventures.
Requirements
Requirements
- •8+ years of experience in risk management, trading, or related quantitative roles, spanning both traditional finance and crypto
- •Deep understanding of equities markets, derivatives (including perpetual futures), crypto markets, collateralized lending, and exchange mechanics across both CeFi and DeFi
- •Proficiency with quantitative tooling for risk modeling and simulation
- •Strong familiarity with smart contract systems and common DeFi risk vectors
- •Experience defining and managing risk parameters such as margining, liquidation engines, auto-deleveraging, and liquidity controls
- •Demonstrated ability to operate at both strategic and highly technical levels
- •Strong quantitative intuition with ability to model and evaluate market, liquidity, credit, and counterparty risk
- •Proven track record of owning risk decisions in high-stakes, fast-moving environments with material capital at risk
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