Senior Risk Analyst
Build and operate the risk governance program for Polymarket’s U.S. regulated exchange, partnering with trading, product, legal, and operations teams. The role requires 7+ years in financial-services risk, compliance, or audit, plus direct capital-markets trading experience and the ability to establish frameworks in a regulated environment.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain the risk governance framework for the U.S. Exchange business, including risk and control self-assessments, tolerance thresholds, incident capture, and reporting cadences.
- Draft, revise, and own risk policies, procedures, and the risk register as the U.S. Exchange business grows and regulatory requirements evolve.
- Partner with trading, product, legal, and operations teams to identify risk issues early, assess exposure, and drive resolution.
- Run ongoing assessments against the Enterprise Risk Management framework and flag gaps before they become incidents.
- Hold business stakeholders accountable to defined risk processes and maintain clear ownership of risk decisions.
- Translate complex risk and control concepts into plain terms for business leaders.
- Monitor the regulatory and market environment relevant to U.S. exchange operations and identify required policy or process responses.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, or audit within financial services, specifically in capital markets.
- Direct experience in front-office or middle-office capital markets trading, covering equities and/or equity derivatives.
- Experience implementing a risk management framework inside a regulated organization.
- Experience working with trading or front-office business leaders to assess risk issues and propose practical solutions.
- Ability to drive decisions across product, legal, and operations teams without formal authority.
- Strong written communication skills, including the ability to produce governance documents, policies, and risk committee materials.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience at a broker-dealer, futures commission merchant, or regulated exchange.
- Familiarity with CFTC or SEC regulatory frameworks relevant to exchange operations.
- Experience at a startup or high-growth fintech building processes from scratch.
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity.
- Unlimited PTO.
- Full health, vision, and dental coverage.
- 401(k) match.
- Hardware setup including a new MacBook Pro, display, and accessories.
Skills
Risk Management, Risk Governance, Risk Assessments, Control Self-Assessments, Risk Registers, Risk Management Frameworks, Capital Markets, Equities, Equity Derivatives, Trading Compliance, Cftc, Sec, Regulatory Compliance, Risk Policies, Incident Management
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