Director of Trading & Risk
Securitize provides a platform for issuing and managing compliant digital securities using blockchain technology.
About Securitize
Securitize provides a digital platform for the issuance and management of digital securities. It offers services for compliance, distribution, and managing digital assets. Securitize serves financial institutions, companies, and accredited investors by helping them to tokenize and manage assets on blockchain.
Skills
About the Role
You will lead all aspects of trading operations and market risk for digital securities. You will oversee trade execution, clearing, and settlement; manage liquidity and counterparty exposure; design and maintain risk frameworks; run stress testing and liquidity modeling; implement trade surveillance and controls; and liaise with compliance, engineering, product, and finance to improve systems and processes.
Requirements
- 8–12 years of experience in trading operations risk management or market structure ideally within a Broker-Dealer ATS or digital asset exchange
- FINRA licensing (S7 S24 S55 S57)
- Deep understanding of order management execution clearing and settlement workflows
- Hands-on experience building or managing market credit liquidity and operational risk frameworks
- Strong knowledge of SEC FINRA and NFA regulatory regimes
- Proven experience leading cross-functional initiatives balancing growth and compliance
- Excellent analytical quantitative and decision-making skills
- Clear communication experience engaging regulators auditors and executive stakeholders
Responsibilities
- Oversee secondary trading activity including ATS and dealing desk operations
- Manage relationships with broker-dealer partners custodians and liquidity providers
- Monitor market performance spreads order flow and trade anomalies
- Implement trade reporting order management and reconciliation controls across blockchain and traditional systems
- Develop and maintain market credit counterparty and operational risk frameworks
- Monitor and manage exposure across counterparties issuers and trading participants
- Lead stress testing liquidity modeling and scenario analysis
- Establish internal thresholds alerts and escalation procedures for abnormal trading or liquidity events
- Ensure adherence to SEC FINRA and NFA requirements related to trading and ATS operations
- Maintain policies documentation required for audits regulatory exams and risk assessments
- Oversee trade surveillance to detect and prevent market manipulation insider trading or anomalous activity
- Serve as subject matter expert for risk and trading compliance in regulatory reviews and board reporting
- Collaborate with engineering and product to enhance trading systems order routing and blockchain settlement
- Partner with finance on risk capital collateral management and treasury operations
- Work with issuer and client support teams to ensure transparency and reliability of market activities
- Provide market insights to inform liquidity strategy asset onboarding and product expansion
- Identify opportunities for trading optimization new market structures and tokenized asset categories
Benefits
- Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Equity Grant Opportunities
- Remote Work Flexibility
- 100% employer-paid Medical Dental and Vision insurance for employee and family
- 401(k) retirement plan