Head of Risk

AlgoQuant Asset Management

Dubai (preferred)  |  London  |  New York     Reports to: President     Start: 2026

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 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 looking for someone who is hands-on, detail-oriented, and experienced in operating within smaller, high-trust teams. You bring your own vision for how risk frameworks should be built and evolved, and you do the work yourself: checking everything, questioning every green light, and not resting until you understand exactly why the risk is where it is.

AlgoQuant already has risk frameworks in place. The right candidate will take full ownership of these, collaborating with senior members of the team to enhance and evolve them continuously. This 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
• Take ownership of the firm's existing risk frameworks, models, reporting, and processes, and drive continuous improvement in collaboration with senior leadership
• 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
• Develop your function with a view to stepping into Chief Risk Officer over time

What We Are Looking For

Experience

10 to 15 years of experience in a hands-on risk management role covering market risk, trading risk, or portfolio risk.

Background

TradFi background from a multi-strategy hedge fund or systematic trading firm. We are looking for candidates with a genuine interest in digital assets and blockchain, along with recent experience working at a traditional finance hedge fund.

Firm Size

You have experience in a firm of 10 to 50 people and are comfortable working independently in a lean, high ownership environment.

Quantitative Foundation

Deep expertise in VaR, stress testing, drawdown analysis, leverage management, and market risk modelling. You should be able to design, build, validate, and maintain these models independently.

Trading Understanding

You understand how trading decisions translate into risk exposure.

Ownership Mindset

You take full ownership of the frameworks and processes you work with, collaborating closely with senior team members to improve and strengthen them continuously. You are comfortable in an institutional environment where rigour and collaboration drive outcomes.