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Senior Risk Analyst

Polymarket· Exchange
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New York$125k - $200kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Risk Analyst to shape risk management for Polymarket's U.S. Exchange, partnering with trading, product, legal, and operations to build governance and risk frameworks in a fast-moving, regulated environment.

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 directly with trading, product, legal, and operations teams to identify risk issues early, assess exposure, and drive resolution without waiting on formal escalation paths.
  • Run ongoing assessments against Polymarket's 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 across the organization.
  • Translate complex risk and control concepts into plain terms for business leaders who need to make fast, informed decisions.
  • Monitor the regulatory and market environment relevant to U.S. exchange operations and surface anything that requires a policy or process response.

Qualifications

  • 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. Trading compliance and risk management roles count.
  • Demonstrated experience implementing a risk management framework inside a regulated organization, not just working within one someone else built.
  • Track record of working alongside trading or front office business leaders to assess risk issues and propose practical solutions, not just document them.
  • Ability to drive decisions across product, legal, and operations teams without relying on formal authority. People listen to you because you know your stuff and communicate clearly.
  • Strong written communication skills. You can produce governance documents, policies, and risk committee materials that are clear, accurate, and credible.
  • (Plus) Experience at a broker-dealer, futures commission merchant, or regulated exchange.
  • (Plus) Familiarity with CFTC or SEC regulatory frameworks relevant to exchange operations.
  • (Plus) Prior experience at a startup or high-growth fintech where you had to build processes from scratch.

Skills

Required:Risk governancePolicy developmentStakeholder managementRegulatory awareness

Benefits

  • Competitive salary & equity
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Full Health, Vision, & Dental coverage
  • 401k match
  • Hardware setup: new MacBook Pro, big display, & accessories
Last updated Sep 20, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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