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Job description
Firm Type: Leading International Proprietary Trading Firm
Reports To: Chief Risk Officer / Executive Leadership Team (matrixed)
Role Overview
A leading multi-strategy trading firm is seeking an experience AI leader to help develop the risk technology function. This is a high visibility position reporting into the global leadership team) to lead the next-generation redesign of the firm’s market risk infrastructure .
This role sits at the intersection of risk management, trading, technology, and analytics with a mandate to embed AI-driven analytics, automation, and real-time intelligence across the global risk platform.
The position is strategic and hands-on. The successful candidate will modernize how risk is measured, monitored, and acted upon across asset classes, trading styles, and regions. This includes market risk, liquidity risk, counterparty exposure, and intraday risk controls, all delivered through scalable, automated systems.
Key Objectives
Redesign risk processes to be predictive, automated, and real-time
Leverage AI/ML to enhance signal detection, stress testing, and anomaly identification
Reduce manual intervention while increasing risk transparency and control
Create a unified, firm-wide risk technology framework across strategies
Key Responsibilities
Risk Platform Architecture
Lead the design and implementation of a modern, scalable risk technology stack
Integrate real-time risk analytics across trading desks, strategies, and asset classes
Ensure robustness, resilience, and low-latency delivery of risk metrics
AI & Automation
Embed machine learning and advanced analytics into risk monitoring and decision support
Develop automated alerts, scenario analysis, and predictive risk indicators
Apply AI to areas across market risk, such as drawdown forecasting, tail risk, correlation shifts, and liquidity stress
Process Redesign
Re-engineer legacy risk workflows to eliminate manual processes and latency
Standardize risk frameworks while allowing flexibility for strategy-specific needs
Improve governance, auditability, and explainability of risk outputs
Stakeholder Partnership
Work closely with Traders/Portfolio Managers, Risk Managers, Quants, and Technology teams
Translate trading and risk requirements into scalable technical solutions
Act as a senior thought partner to firm leadership on risk innovation
Leadership & Delivery
Lead and mentor a team of risk technologists, quants, and engineers
Set development priorities, technical standards, and delivery timelines
Drive adoption of new tools and processes across the organization
Qualifications & Experience
10+ years of experience in risk technology, quantitative risk, or trading systems
Background in banks, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, or high-frequency environments
Strong understanding of market risk, portfolio risk, and intraday exposure management
Proven experience applying AI / ML to financial or risk-related problems
Strong technical fluency (Python, data platforms, cloud, distributed systems), although this person will have more of a management/leadership remit
Ability to operate credibly with senior PMs, risk leadership, and technologists
Risk systems architecture
AI-driven analytics and automation
High-performance trading environments
Leadership and stakeholder influence
Why This Role
Opportunity to reshape risk management at scale within a sophisticated trading platform
Direct impact on firm-wide performance, capital efficiency, and downside protection
Exposure to cutting-edge AI applications in real trading environments
High visibility role with influence across investment, risk, and technology leadership
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Worksite address
new york, NY, 10261, US
Who can apply
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