Global Head of Enterprise Risk

Blockchain.com is the world’s leading software platform for digital assets. Offering the largest production blockchain platform in the world, we share the passion to code, create, and ultimately build an open, accessible and fair financial future, one piece of software at a time.

The Global Head of Enterprise Risk position is a hands-on, high impact role that will require experience in enterprise risk management, specifically in the financial services industry. This role will report to Blockchain.com’s Sr. Vice President, Business Operations, and will be responsible for the development and ongoing maintenance of an enterprise-wide risk strategy that accommodates the operational, legal, market, credit, regulatory, and technology risks of the various businesses at Blockchain.com.

This role has a large emphasis on non-financial risk. Non-Financial Risk encompasses risks that could have a potential economic, regulatory, financial reporting, or client impact from i) failed or inadequate processes, data, or controls; ii) infrastructure or environmental factors; or iii) intentional or inadvertent actions of employees or external parties.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Be accountable for developing, implementing, maintaining and monitoring the Enterprise Risk Management Framework across the Blockchain.com Group.
• Provide analysis and assessments that add value to executive management, the Blockchain.com Board, and its Audit & Risk Committee
• Promote the adoption of the Risk Operating Model and a sound risk control environment
• Partner with business units to understand how to identify risks in their areas of specialization and conduct risk assessments and remediations
• Partner with business units and corporate units in driving a balanced approach between business growth and risk management
• Serve in ‘Head of Risk’ roles at the regulated subsidiary level as necessary, provided no personal conflict with role as global Head of Enterprise Risk
• Drive the development and maturation of Risk Committees and processes in the Group’s subsidiaries
• Implement risk management policies, and create analytics that align company metrics with the risk policies, including the Group Risk Appetite Statement
• Conduct, document, and regularly evaluate the enterprise risk assessments across the company
• Support the delivery of Risk and Control Self-Assessments
• Identify and manage risks, issues and critical interdependencies across programs/initiatives
• Drive the execution of remediation plans to close critical issues sourced internally or externally, as applicable
• Work closely with Compliance, Legal, Finance, and Product to ensure regulatory requirements are adhered to across the various jurisdictions we operate in

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• University degree in Business, Information Technology, Information Security, Economics, Finance
• A minimum of 7 years of professional experience in risk management
• Preference for crypto/fintech experience
• Executive-level communication skills, and experience presenting to Boards and executive management
• Ability to present findings on a high-level and report these to all stakeholders on a cross functional level
• Confidence when it comes to improving existing processes
• Fluent in English with ability to work well with colleagues across multiple time zones
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to provide viable solutions in a time-sensitive environment
• Experience in establishing processes, controls and an oversight framework to ensure standardized approach to outsourcing and third party management in line with the organization’s risk appetite and strategy

COMPENSATION & PERKS

• Full-time salary based on experience and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company
• Hybrid work-from-home and office model
• Flexible work culture
• Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it
• Apple equipment
• The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an emerging field

Blockchain is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, and apprenticeship. Blockchain makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business need at the time.

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