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Hacksaw GamingHead of Market Risk
Hacksaw Gaming is hiring a Head of Market Risk for Hacksaw Markets, a business-to-business prediction-market platform that allows operators to deliver prediction markets using their own…
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Hacksaw Gaming is hiring a Head of Market Risk for Hacksaw Markets, a business-to-business prediction-market platform that allows operators to deliver prediction markets using their own brands. This fully remote, full-time role offers a build-stage mandate to establish and direct the entire market-risk division. The successful candidate will design the overarching risk framework covering volatility, concentration, exposure, counterparties, settlement, and liquidity. Furthermore, the role involves establishing risk limits, setting the…
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Hacksaw Gaming is hiring a Head of Market Risk for Hacksaw Markets, a business-to-business prediction-market platform that allows operators to deliver prediction markets using their own brands. This fully remote, full-time role offers a build-stage mandate to establish and direct the entire market-risk division. The successful candidate will design the overarching risk framework covering volatility, concentration, exposure, counterparties, settlement, and liquidity. Furthermore, the role involves establishing risk limits, setting the risk appetite, and creating escalation protocols for participants, markets, and liquidity providers.
This position is well-suited for an experienced risk professional who thrives in high-pressure environments and possesses strong quantitative judgment. The Head of Market Risk will collaborate closely with engineering, quantitative, and data teams to construct real-time dashboards and indicators for early warnings. Additional responsibilities include designing stress tests for extreme market outcomes, evaluating new market categories and contract structures prior to approval, and directing incident response efforts for pricing anomalies, data failures, and limit breaches.
Responsibilities
- Develop the risk framework encompassing exposure, liquidity, concentration, volatility, settlement, and counterparties
- Establish risk appetite, limits, triggers, and escalation protocols for markets, participants, and liquidity providers
- Partner with data, quantitative, and engineering teams to construct real-time dashboards and early-warning indicators
- Design stress tests for rapid information shocks, extreme outcomes, correlated events, and market closures
- Evaluate new market categories, liquidity programmes, and contract structures prior to approval
- Direct incident response for limit breaches, pricing anomalies, disorderly markets, and data failures
Requirements
- Minimum of 10 years of experience in trading risk, market risk, exchange risk, clearing, or quantitative risk
- Extensive understanding of electronic trading, exposure measurement, limit systems, liquidity, and stress testing
- Demonstrated background in creating or significantly enhancing risk frameworks, management reporting, and models
- Strong quantitative judgment for situations where models and real-world conditions diverge
- Clear cross-functional communication skills and calm leadership during high-pressure situations
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Is this position remote?
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What is the employment type?
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What experience is required for the Head of Market Risk role?
Candidates must have 10 or more years of experience in market risk, trading risk, exchange risk, clearing, or quantitative risk, along with a deep understanding of electronic trading and limit systems.
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You can apply with your CV or LinkedIn profile, including a brief note describing the most relevant system, market, product, or operational challenge you have owned.
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