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Blockchain

Location:
Malta

Category:
Finance

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Job Description:

Blockchain.com is connecting the world to the future of finance. As the most trusted and fastest-growing global crypto company, it helps millions of people worldwide safely access cryptocurrency. Since its inception in 2011, Blockchain.com has earned the trust of over 90 million wallet holders and more than 40 million verified users, facilitating over $1 trillion in crypto transactions. Blockchain.com is the world's leading software platform for digital assets. Offering the largest production blockchain platform in the world, we share the passion to code, create, and ultimately build an open, accessible and fair financial future, one piece of software at a time. We’re looking for a highly motivated Risk Officer who thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys building from the ground up. This is a hands-on and high-impact role that will straddle both strategic risk leadership and operational execution. You’ll be a key player in shaping our company’s approach to risk and fraud management—balancing innovation and growth with compliance and integrity. You’ll work across teams to develop and embed a robust risk management framework, help define and calibrate our risk appetite, and represent the company in regulatory discussions. At the same time, you'll be expected to roll up your sleeves—supporting the monitoring of day-to-day fraud risks, and partnering closely with product, compliance, and customer support to strengthen our risk management defenses. This is a 2-year maternity leave cover position, based in Malta.

Job Responsibility:

Serve as a designated Risk Officer in conversations with regulators, auditors, and partners—explaining our risk approach, governance structures, and control environment
Drive risk reporting to senior leadership and the board, delivering clear, actionable insights
Partner with Product, Data, and Engineering to design and optimize fraud detection tools and processes
Champion a strong risk-aware culture throughout the company—helping teams understand risk in a practical, business-aligned way
Collaborate across teams including Compliance, Product, Finance, and Customer Success to align objectives and address risks across different projects and products
Drive a vendor management program that improves efficiencies and reduces risk for business partners
Responsible for the definition, maintenance, and administration of our third party & vendor management risk framework, continuously driving improvements
Support the monitoring of outsourcing risk mitigation and create related reports to management
Support and development of Sourcing, Procurement, Outsourcing and Vendor Management policies and processes
Assist the department lead in defining the relevant key performance indicators, key risk indicators and relevant reporting
Independently keep yourself up to date with regulatory changes in the markets we are licensed and point out possible changes to our protocols that need to be made

Requirements:

At least 5 years prior experience within Banking, Finance or FinTech
Strong understanding of and experience with risk management and methodologies using analytical tools and techniques
Strong analytical abilities with the capacity to transform data into a strategic vision
Excellent problem-solving and decision-making abilities
Perform well in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous, diverse work environment with great follow through
Excel in relationship building & have experience managing complex cross-functional relationships
Proven experience building or maturing risk frameworks and governance structures from scratch or in a high-growth environment
Strong knowledge of fraud typologies and mitigation strategies, ideally including both card-not-present and identity fraud
Confident communicator with the ability to interface credibly with regulators, senior leadership, and technical teams
Hands-on and execution-oriented, yet capable of stepping back to see the big picture
Comfortable working independently and cross-functionally in a dynamic, evolving setting

Nice to have:

Knowledge of and experience with crypto is a plus

What we offer:

Competitive full-time salary based on experience and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company
The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an exciting, emerging industry
Performance-based bonuses
Apple equipment provided by the company
Work from Anywhere Policy: You can work remotely from anywhere in the world for up to 20 days per year

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 06, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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