Clear Street

Clear Street

Associate Director - Digital Operations

New York, NY · Director

Sponsorship not specified$175k-$225kDetected 26 days ago
Customer SupportLeadershipCommunication

About the role

  • We are looking for an Associate Director who brings deep experience running institutional-grade crypto operations and the vision to build and iterate processes that are efficient, resilient, technology-forward, and tightly risk-controlled.
  • You will own the day-to-day functioning of the US-based Digital Asset Ops team and have the mandate to evolve it.
  • You will drive automation and AI-agentic workflows, raising the bar on controls and reconciliation, and building a team and operating model capable of scaling with the business in a 24/7 market.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Product and Engineering on the roadmap, serving as the operational voice in product development ensuring new features, workflows, and capabilities are designed with operational efficiency, scalability, and risk controls in mind from the start, not retrofitted after the fact.
  • Own all counterparty settlement execution across market makers, liquidity providers, exchanges, and custodians, handling incoming requests within pre-agreed timeframes and serving as the primary point of contact across a diverse counterparty portfolio spanning both fiat and crypto rails.
  • Build and lead a high-performing operations team structured and staffed to operate effectively in a 24/7 market.
  • Partner closely with the Trading Desk, Product, and Customer Support teams to understand client expectations and ensure the Operations team consistently delivers with a client-first mindset.
  • Partner with Compliance and Risk to design pragmatic, effective controls suited to a fast-moving and evolving regulatory landscape. Develop trade operations processes built for regulatory compliance.
  • Build out a comprehensive control framework including policies, procedures, desk manuals, and daily control monitoring.
  • Hands-on experience building and running a crypto operations function, ideally at a prime broker, custodian, or exchange
  • Partner with Compliance and Risk to design pragmatic, effective controls suited to a fast-moving and evolving regulatory landscape.
  • Develop trade operations processes built for regulatory compliance.

Requirements

  • A genuine point of view on how institutional crypto operations should work, the conviction to push for it, and a track record of using AI, automation, and data to get there
  • Comfort operating close to risk in a fast-moving environment, with the judgment to know when to escalate and when to act

Compensation

  • The Base Salary Range is $175,000 - $225,000.
  • These ranges represent Base Salary only, which is just one element of Clear Street's total compensation.

Company info

  • You will be a foundational Digital Assets Operations team member on a team with deep crypto operations experience.
  • The Digital Assets leadership team brings extensive experience from market-leading crypto institutions spanning prime brokerage, payments, exchange operations, and Product at the institutional level.
  • You will be joining a group of top-tier digital assets professionals with a shared mission to build a market-leading product for retail and institutional clients.
  • What We Are Looking For
  • Ops is not a back-office function at Clear Street; it is a core part of how we compete and how our products get built
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