Head of Risk

AlgoQuant Asset Management

Dubai (preferred) · London · New York   –   Reports to President   –   Start: Q3 2025

About AlgoQuant

AlgoQuant Asset Management is a multi-strategy digital asset manager allocating capital across 25+ internal and external quantitative trading pods. Founded in 2018, we have evolved into an institutional platform combining trading edge with strong governance and advanced technology, serving family offices and institutional investors globally.

The role

This is AlgoQuant’s founding risk hire — a high-ownership, execution-focused position for a risk professional who thrives in a live, fast-moving trading environment. You will build and own the day-to-day risk oversight function across the firm’s full portfolio of trading strategies and external manager allocations, reporting directly to the President.

We are not looking for a visionary or a manager of teams. We are looking for someone who does the work themselves — checks everything, questions every green light, and is only satisfied when they understand exactly why the risk is where it is. The role carries a clear path to Chief Risk Officer as AlgoQuant scales.

Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day risk monitoring across all active trading pods and external manager allocations
• Stress-test portfolio exposures, drawdown limits, leverage, and concentration risk continuously
• Monitor counterparty, custody, and operational risk across exchange and prime brokerage relationships
• Enforce risk parameters with portfolio managers and flag breaches in real time
• Produce concise risk reporting for leadership and institutional investors
• Assess risk on new strategy onboardings, exchange relationships, and product launches
• Build the risk function from the ground up with a view to stepping into CRO over time

What we are looking for

• TradFi background — investment banking, multi-strategy hedge fund, or systematic trading firm
• Hands-on market risk or trading risk experience — not primarily compliance or AML
• Experience in a multi-strategy or multi-manager environment
• Comfortable operating as a team of one — a self-starter who does not need infrastructure around them
• Deep familiarity with VaR, drawdown controls, leverage limits, and stress testing
• Exposure to digital asset markets, either directly or through a crypto desk
• A genuinely paranoid approach to risk — not comfortable until every number has a clear explanation
• Ambition to grow into a CRO role within two to three years