Insider Risk Specialist
Robinhood is a financial services company on a mission to democratize finance for all. They offer a platform for commission-free investing in stocks, ETFs, options, and cryptocurrencies, as well as retirement accounts. The company provides educational resources and financial news to empower users to make informed investment decisions.
About Robinhood Markets, Inc.
Founded by Stanford roommates Baiju Bhatt and Vlad Tenev, Robinhood Markets, Inc. (NASDAQ: HOOD) aims to provide everyone with access to financial markets, not just the wealthy. The company introduced commission-free trading, revolutionizing the industry. In the U.S., Robinhood offers investing through Robinhood Financial LLC, crypto trading via Robinhood Crypto, LLC, and spending/rewards cards through Robinhood Money, LLC and Robinhood Credit, Inc. They have expanded internationally, offering stock trading in the UK through Robinhood U.K. Ltd. and crypto trading in the EU via Robinhood Europe, UAB. Robinhood also provides educational content through Robinhood Learn and financial news via Sherwood Media, LLC, supporting a new generation of investors with user-friendly products.
Skills
About the Role
You will investigate complex insider risk matters, combining investigative tradecraft, behavioral analysis, technical telemetry, and AI-assisted workflows to rapidly assess risk and drive informed security decisions. You'll gather evidence, develop hypotheses, and partner with People Relations, Legal, Privacy, Security, and business leaders to resolve cases. You'll support risk assessments and business advisory work, including exception reviews, M&A due diligence, and vendor risk evaluations. You'll conduct personnel vetting and assess insider risk across the global workforce, including contractors and offshore support operations. You'll analyze signals to identify emerging threats, including AI-enabled attacks and nation-state tradecraft, and help improve detections, controls, and playbooks. You'll use AI to accelerate investigations, automate repetitive work, and help operationalize new AI capabilities. You'll take ownership of cases from initial assessment through resolution while continuously developing your investigative and technical skillset.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in insider threat, investigations, analysis, vetting, counterintelligence, internal fraud, military intelligence, or a related investigative discipline
- Strong investigative instincts with experience assessing behavioral, technical, and contextual information to evaluate risk
- Experience investigating insider risk involving foreign influence, nation-state activity, or other sophisticated threats
- Excellent critical thinking, sound judgment, and the ability to make decisions in ambiguous situations
- AI fluency, including experience using AI to improve investigations, build workflows or automations, and validate AI generated outputs
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to influence technical and non-technical audiences
- A builder's mindset with a passion for learning and continuously improving
- Experience in counterintelligence, military intelligence or Intelligence Community roles
- Experience with SIEM, UEBA, DLP, endpoint telemetry, identity systems, or digital forensics
- Experience working in FinTech or another highly regulated industry
- Ability to travel up to 10-15%, including occasional international travel
Responsibilities
- Investigate complex insider risk matters, including nation-state attempts to influence, recruit, or exploit trusted insiders, data leaks, and unauthorized disclosures
- Gather evidence, develop investigative hypotheses, and communicate clear, well-supported findings
- Partner with People Relations, Legal, Privacy, Security, Enterprise Technology and business leaders
- Support Requests for Assistance (RFAs), exception reviews, and other security consultations
- Assess risks for M&A, strategic initiatives, new products, and business processes
- Evaluate third-party vendors and offshore support operations and recommend risk-based controls
- Conduct personnel vetting, due diligence, and other assessments
- Assess insider risk across the global workforce, including employees, contractors, third-party vendors, and offshore support operations
- Analyze behavioral, technical, and contextual signals to identify emerging insider risk
- Assess evolving threats, including AI-enabled attacks and nation-state tradecraft
- Identify trends and early indicators associated with data leaks and unauthorized disclosures
- Improve detections, controls, playbooks, and overall program maturity
- Leverage AI to accelerate investigations, validate findings, and improve decision-making
- Identify opportunities to automate repetitive work and improve investigative workflows
- Evaluate and operationalize new AI capabilities across the Insider Trust Program
- Take ownership from initial assessment through resolution
- Prioritize competing investigations and business requests while maintaining sound risk judgment
- Build trusted partnerships and influence security outcomes across technical and business teams
- Develop investigative, technical, and AI skillsets
- Stay current on emerging insider risk trends, AI, nation-state tradecraft, and security technologies
- Share knowledge and contribute to playbooks
Benefits
- Bonus programs
- Equity ownership
- 401(k) matching
- 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents
- Lifestyle wallet for wellness and learning
- Employer-paid life and disability insurance
- Fertility benefits
- Mental health benefits
- Company holidays, paid time off, sick time, and parental leave
- Catered meals and office events