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Salary: USD 138,632 - 175,000 / annual
Robinhood is seeking an exceptional Futures Risk Program Manager to design and implement comprehensive risk management strategies for the futures trading platform. This is a highly influential role shaping vision and execution across key strategic initiatives, partnering with cross-functional leaders on high-impact decisions and mentoring team members.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and implement comprehensive risk management strategy emphasizing early risk detection, automated alert systems, incident response, and continuous improvement
- Conduct thorough risk assessments focused on operational and technology risks, identifying vulnerabilities and recommending mitigations
- Support Risk Exposure Reporting, regulatory reviews, and updates to the Risk Management Program to meet evolving business and regulatory needs
- Develop automations for robust supervision and risk management
- Develop real-time monitoring systems to quickly identify adverse market conditions or operational issues
- Implement a robust control testing framework to validate risk mitigation measures and the effectiveness of controls
- Implement automated alert mechanisms for risk limit breaches, unusual trading patterns, and system anomalies
- Leverage advanced analytics tools to uncover risk trends and provide actionable insights for decision-making
- Build dashboards and reports using tools like Looker to visualize key risk metrics and inform stakeholders effectively
The role is based in Chicago, IL with in-person attendance expected at least five days per week. Robinhood emphasizes the power of in-person work to accelerate progress, spark innovation, and strengthen community.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or related field plus five years of progressively responsible experience in job offered or related occupation
- Education and/or experience must include:
- Apply Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and National Futures Association (NFA) regulatory requirements into risk controls, supervisory procedures, and program documentation
- Design and execute enterprise or Future Commission Merchant (FCM) level risk assessments
- Build and implement automations such as ETL data pipelines and scheduled data jobs (Airflow-type scheduling tools) to support risk monitoring
- Develop real-time or near-real-time monitoring and alerting systems that detect risk limit breaches, unusual trading activity, or system anomalies
- Execute control testing programs for risk mitigation
- Perform advanced statistical analytics on large structured datasets utilizing Python or similar programming tools to identify trends and quantify risk exposures
- Utilize industry-standard business intelligence or visualization platforms (Looker, Superset, Tableau, or PowerBI) to build dashboards, trend analyses, and key risk metric reporting
- Investigate complex risk scenarios and develop mitigation strategies aligned with industry regulatory standards
- Background checks required
