Risk Manager

In this role you guide DRW’s equities, ETF, derivatives and crypto risk posture from Amsterdam, partnering with traders and leadership to strengthen risk frameworks and controls. You will oversee pre-trade and real-time risk controls, monitor exposures, and challenge strategies to ensure disciplined risk-taking. The position supports a diverse set of asset classes and regulatory interfaces, contributing to a robust risk management culture. You will work at the intersection of trading, risk, and technology to drive proactive risk insight.

• Collaborate with traders and risk team to enhance risk frameworks, controls and tools
• Monitor trading activity, portfolio exposures and risk concentrations across DRW’s businesses
• Challenge trading strategies, hedging approaches and key risk assumptions
• Oversee pre-trade and real-time risk controls for electronic and systematic trading
• Monitor options and derivatives exposures and perform stress testing and scenario analysis
• Ensure oversight of market, execution, liquidity and operational risks
• Interface with clearing firms, counterparties, exchanges and regulators on risk-related matters
• Escalate material risk issues to senior management and the DRW Risk Committee

• Significant experience (5+ years) in market, trading or portfolio risk management within a prop trading, market making, hedge fund or electronic trading setting
• Experience navigating EU regulatory framework for investment firms and interaction with European regulators
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with Python, SQL, R or similar
• Deep understanding of options, volatility products and derivatives markets
• Experience overseeing risk for electronic, systematic or market-making trading including pre-trade risk controls
• Strong understanding of ETF market structure, factor models and execution risk
• Ability to challenge risk-taking decisions and influence stakeholders across trading and business teams
• Experience using AI/automation tools to improve analysis, monitoring and risk workflows
• Sound judgement and proactive, independent approach

• strong communication
• ability to influence stakeholders
• intellectual curiosity
• Python
• SQL
• R