Director of Risk Management
ABOUT THE ROLE
Rootstock Capital is building a BTC capital markets business, and we're hiring a small, senior team of two to three people to shape, grow and deliver it. Its first product is an institutional-grade, BTC-denominated investment fund that lets institutional and private Bitcoin holders earn yield and manage credit risk through a mixed portfolio of strategies, bridging traditional institutional demand and Bitcoin-native yield.
As Director of Risk Management, you'll build and lead Rootstock Capital's risk function. You'll own the risk framework across market, credit, counterparty, liquidity, operational and protocol risk, spanning BTC, digital assets and traditional finance, and covering OTC, bilateral and exchange-traded activity. You'll be a founding member of the team, working alongside the VP Fund Management.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Risk framework and governance
- Design and own Rootstock Capital's risk framework: risk appetite; exposure, concentration and leverage limits; liquidity buckets; collateral haircuts; margin and drawdown triggers; and escalation procedures.
- Take risk policies and limits through board approval, and report regu
