Lead - HFT Risk Management - Equity Derivatives & Algorithmic Trading Business

Job Description :

A leading financial services and capital markets firm is looking for an experienced HFT Risk Management professional to lead risk oversight for its equity derivatives and algorithmic trading business. The role will be responsible for designing and strengthening real-time risk frameworks, ensuring regulatory compliance, managing trading risk controls, and partnering with trading, technology, and compliance teams to support a high-performance HFT environment.

Key Responsibilities :

- Lead risk management strategy and governance for equity derivatives HFT activities.

- Define and enforce pre-trade, real-time, and post-trade risk controls.

- Oversee market, operational, liquidity, regulatory, and surveillance risk management.

- Partner with trading, technology, and compliance teams to strengthen risk infrastructure and monitoring capabilities.

- Lead investigations into trading anomalies, system failures, and market disruption events.

- Present risk insights, control enhancements, and regulatory updates to senior management and governance forums.

Ideal Candidate Profile :

- 7 - 10 years of experience in risk management within HFT, proprietary trading, or algorithmic trading environments.

- Strong understanding of equity derivatives, market microstructure, and exchange risk frameworks.

- Experience managing trading risk engines, surveillance tools, and real-time exposure monitoring.

- Deep knowledge of SEBI regulations and NSE/BSE trading ecosystem.

- Prior leadership experience within a trading risk or market risk function.

- Strong stakeholder management and decision-making capabilities in fast-paced market environments.