Chief Risk Officer (CRO)

The CRO will report directly to the CAO and will operate independently from the business, with a mandate to design, implement, and execute a comprehensive risk governance framework in a high-growth, high-ambiguity environment.

What You Will Do

• Own and build the end-to-end enterprise risk management framework for MoonPay, including policies, procedures, controls, and risk governance structures.
• Define and operationalise the company’s risk appetite framework, ensuring alignment with global regulatory expectations and best practices around safety and soundness.
• Lead risk-related engagement with regulators and external stakeholders across jurisdictions, ensuring consistent and effective communication of MoonPay’s risk posture.
• Design and implement risk systems, reporting, and monitoring across financial and non-financial risk areas.
• Act as a senior partner to executive leadership (including Legal, Compliance, Security, and Finance) while maintaining strict independence of the risk function.
• Build, scale, and lead a high-performing global risk team, including hiring, mentoring, and setting operating cadence.

About You

• 15+ years of experience in risk leadership roles within financial services, fintech, or other highly regulated industries, with experience building or transforming risk functions.
• Proven track record as a builder and executor — you have created frameworks, led remediation or transformation programs, and delivered under regulatory scrutiny.
• Deep understanding of enterprise risk management, controls, governance, and regulatory expectations across multiple jurisdictions.
• Comfortable operating in high-ambiguity, fast-scaling environments, with the judgment to balance innovation with appropriate risk tolerance.
• Strong operator mindset with the credibility to challenge senior stakeholders while partnering effectively across the organization.
• Strong technical competency across key financial and non-financial risk domains (e.g., market, credit, liquidity, operational, and technology risk).