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Futures Risk Program Manager

Robinhood· [INACTIVE] Talent Acquisition
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Chicago, IL$138.6k - $175kfull-timePosted 5d ago

About the role

Role focused on shaping and executing a comprehensive risk management program for futures-related operations, leveraging automation, real-time monitoring, and advanced analytics to detect and mitigate operational, technology, and market risks.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement a comprehensive risk management strategy emphasizing early risk detection, automated alert systems, incident response, and continuous improvement.
  • Conduct thorough risk assessments focused on operational and technology risks, identifying vulnerabilities, and recommending mitigations.
  • Support Risk Exposure Reporting, regulatory reviews, and updates to the Risk Management Program to meet evolving business and regulatory needs.
  • Develop automations for robust supervision and risk management.
  • Develop real-time monitoring systems to quickly identify adverse market conditions or operational issues.
  • Implement a robust control testing framework to validate risk mitigation measures and the effectiveness of controls.
  • Implement automated alert mechanisms for risk limit breaches, unusual trading patterns, and system anomalies.
  • Leverage advanced analytics tools to uncover risk trends and provide actionable insights for decision-making.
  • Build dashboards and reports using tools like Looker to visualize key risk metrics and inform stakeholders effectively.
  • Telecommuting permitted.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science or related field plus five years of progressively responsible experience in job offered or related occupation.
  • Apply Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and National Futures Association (NFA) regulatory requirements into risk controls, supervisory procedures, and program documentation.
  • Design and execute enterprise or Future Commission Merchant (FCM) level risk assessments.
  • Build and implement automations such as ETL data pipelines and scheduled data jobs (Airflow-type scheduling tools) to support risk monitoring.
  • Develop real-time or near–real-time monitoring and alerting systems that detect risk limit breaches, unusual trading activity, or system anomalies.
  • Execute control testing programs for risk mitigation.
  • Perform advanced statistical analytics on large structured datasets utilizing Python or similar programming tools to identify trends and quantify risk exposures.
  • Utilize industry-standard business intelligence or visualization platforms (Looker, Superset, Tableau, or PowerBI) to build dashboards, trend analyses, and key risk metric reporting.
  • Investigate complex risk scenarios and develop mitigation strategies aligned with industry regulatory standards.

Skills

Required:Regulatory risk managementRisk assessment designAutomation / ETLReal-time monitoringControl testingStatistical analyticsBusiness intelligence / Visualization

Benefits

  • Challenging, high-impact work to grow your career.
  • Performance driven compensation with multipliers for outsized impact, bonus programs, equity ownership, and 401(k) matching.
  • Best in class benefits to fuel your work, including 100% paid health insurance for employees with 90% coverage for dependents.
  • Lifestyle wallet - a highly flexible benefits spending account for wellness, learning, and more.
  • Employer-paid life & disability insurance, fertility benefits, and mental health benefits.
  • Time off to recharge including company holidays, paid time off, sick time, parental leave, and more.
  • Exceptional office experience with catered meals, events, and comfortable workspaces.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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