Chief Technology Officer

Airportr Technologies
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
11 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 100K

Job location

Charing Cross, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Digital Asset Management
Digital Assets

Job description

The Head of Risk will design, implement, and oversee a comprehensive risk and control architecture across market, credit, counterparty, liquidity, and operational risk. This is both a strategic leadership role and a hands-on build function, ensuring robust controls across trading operations, collateral management, and governance., * Build and implement firm-wide collateral policies and monitoring tools.

  • Establish real-time leverage monitoring with automated alert thresholds.
  • Work with technology teams to automate collateral movement and surveillance.
  1. Counterparty Collateral & Credit Risk
  • Design robust counterparty risk frameworks and trading documentation.
  • Enhance risk mitigation models, including DMA-based approaches.
  • Define rules around collateral posting, settlement timelines, and liquidation rights.
  • Build exposure dashboards across venues, assets, and counterparties.
  • Integrate stress testing, liquidation proximity, and funding/basis analytics.
  • Drive risk assessments for new products, venues, and settlement models.
  1. Governance & Reporting
  • Serve as an independent Risk Officer and Chair of the Risk Committee.
  • Report directly to the Board on all risk matters.
  • Ensure controls meet global regulatory expectations.
  • Oversee daily risk reporting, reconciliations, and investor updates.
  • Implement quantitative risk models (VaR, Monte Carlo, liquidity metrics).
  1. Operational & Middle Office Controls
  • Strengthen booking, settlement, and PnL reconciliation processes.
  • Implement 24-hour reconciliation SLAs across trading venues and internal systems.
  • Oversee valuation, funding attribution, and treasury coordination.
  • Develop and maintain a structured liquidation and escalation framework.
  • Conduct scenario analysis and stress testing for major market events.
  • Oversee periodic external reviews of risk controls.
  • Modernize trading and operational documentation.
  • Define clear default, liquidation, and conversion rules.
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Requirements

  • 10-15 years of experience in risk management or trading operations, ideally in FX, derivatives, and digital assets.
  • Proven experience building enterprise-level risk frameworks from scratch.
  • Strong technical understanding of market risk models, liquidity analysis, and collateral optimization.
  • Knowledge of on-chain settlement, custody models, and digital asset trading platforms.
  • Familiarity with institutional tools (e.g., Fireblocks, Haruko, Tres, Talos) is advantageous.
  • Professional qualifications such as FRM or CFA are a plus.
  • Experience interacting with regulators, auditors, and Board-level stakeholders.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills., UKNNL are looking for an experienced senior finance professional who will bring commercial and financial expertise along with ability to provide leadership and strategic direction, as a trusted partner to the CEO. The vacancy comes during a period of significant...

Benefits & conditions

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About the company

Harrington Starr are excited to be working with a fast-growing, multi-entity digital asset trading firm is seeking an experienced Head of Risk to lead the build-out of an institutional-grade risk and governance framework. The firm provides liquidity across spot, derivatives, and stablecoin FX markets, serving global counterparties across centralized, decentralized, and on-chain environments., Who are we? Airportr is re-architecting the way baggage moves through the world. We're building the digital rails for baggage, transforming a legacy, manual process into a seamless, data-driven network that connects passengers, airlines, airports, and logistics partners in..., Founded in 2004, Re-Gen Group is Northern Irelands leading integrated recycling and waste management business, operating some of the most advanced materials recovery facilities in Europe and a portfolio of internationally focused companies. The Group continues to scale..., Group Chief Executive Officer Northern Irelands leading public transport provider, Translink, is looking for an exceptional Group Chief Executive Officer to shape the future of sustainable travel. This is a unique opportunity to lead a dynamic organisation through its next...

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