Head of Risk

Hi, we re Ondo Finance. Our mission is to provide institutional-grade, blockchain-enabled investment products and services. We have both a technology arm that develops decentralized finance technology, and an asset management arm that creates and manages tokenized funds. We are the global leader in tokenized treasuries, tokenized stocks and ETFs, and are building the future of institutional-grade financial services onchain. Founded by folks from Goldman Sachs Digital Assets Team, we re backed by some of the best investors in the world including Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, Tiger Global, and more. We are currently the leaders in the space in terms of AUM and are well capitalized to continue growing the firm. We re fully remote, with team members across the U.S.

### Responsibilities - Define and implement Ondo s holistic ERM framework across protocol, financial, and operational domains - Own risk parameterization including collateral requirements, leverage limits, liquidation thresholds, and liquidity buffers - Evaluate smart contract architectures and protocol designs for potential vulnerabilities and systemic risks - Design and enforce risk controls around treasury management, stablecoin exposure, and onchain liquidity - Assess and manage due diligence process for all counterparty risk across exchanges, market makers, custodians, and other partners - Partner with engineering and product teams to embed risk considerations into all stages of the development lifecycle - Architect monitoring systems and dashboards to track real-time exposures and trigger risk alerts - Lead scenario analysis and stress testing across market conditions, liquidity shocks, and protocol failures - Establish governance processes for risk decisions, including escalation frameworks and cross-functional alignment - Advise leadership on tradeoffs between growth, capital efficiency, and risk tolerance

### Requirements - 8+ years of experience in risk management, trading, or related quantitative roles, spanning both traditional finance and crypto - Deep understanding of equities markets, derivatives (including perpetual futures), crypto markets, collateralized lending, and exchange mechanics across both CeFi and DeFi - Proficiency with quantitative tooling for risk modeling and simulation - Strong familiarity with smart contract systems and common DeFi risk vectors - Experience defining and managing risk parameters such as margining, liquidation engines, auto-deleveraging, and liquidity controls - Demonstrated ability to operate at both strategic and highly technical levels - Strong quantitative intuition with ability to model and evaluate market, liquidity, credit, and counterparty risk - Proven track record of owning risk decisions in high-stakes, fast-moving environments with material capital at risk

### What we offer - Competitive compensation including but not limited to salary, future token rights, and/or equity (according to your preferences) — We are well-funded and believe that great talent deserves great compensation. - Full benefits (medical, vision, and dental) and flexible vacation policy (PTO). - Remote-first team across many countries — You will be an early team member helping shape our vision, culture, and design practices. - A+ colleagues — Our team includes alumni from: Goldman Sachs, Blackrock, Two Sigma, Bridgewater, SpaceX, AWS, Meta, Google, McKinsey, Circle, Uniswap. - Best-in-class investors — We are proud to be backed by leading crypto experts and VCs, including Pantera Capital, Founders Fund and Coinbase Ventures.

Ondo Finance provides institutional-grade, blockchain-enabled investment products and services, including tokenized funds like exposure to US Treasuries and incubation of protocols for tokenized real-world assets and traditional crypto. The company has a technology arm developing decentralized finance technology and an asset management arm managing tokenized funds.