HR M&A Lead

🕒 September 2

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $110.4k - $220.8k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Human Resources (HR)

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Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2011

₿ Crypto

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

Crypto • Finance • Fintech

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange is a cryptocurrency platform that facilitates the buying and selling of over 200 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many others. Founded in 2011, Kraken provides a comprehensive suite of features for both beginner and advanced traders, such as advanced trading interfaces and margin trading. The platform emphasizes industry-leading security, deep liquidity, and 24/7 customer support, making it a trusted choice for users worldwide. Kraken caters to individual investors as well as institutional clients, offering services like OTC trading and custody. The company is committed to transparency with its proof of reserves and mission-driven values. Kraken operates globally, supporting clients in over 190 countries, with a quarterly trading volume exceeding $207 billion. However, users are advised of the high risk of crypto investments and the lack of regulation in some jurisdictions.

📋 Description

• Own the people workstream of Payward's M&A activity from first-pass diligence through close and integration • Build and own the PX due diligence questionnaire, including data requests, target questions, follow-ups, and deeper-dive workshops • Review high-volume, low-structure data rooms containing employment contracts, organizational data, compensation and equity files, policies, and claims history using AI and automation • Translate findings into prioritized risk flags scored against Payward's risk tolerance, with clear recommendations • Lead people-side deal mechanics, including compensation modeling, equity treatment, retention and earn-out structures, and deal-specific considerations • Collaborate with corporate development, legal, finance, and PX leadership; leverage subject-matter experts and defend recommendations with data • Act as PX program manager during post-signing integration, supporting organization design, leveling and compensation harmonization, retention execution, and Day 1 people readiness • Convert deal learnings into reusable playbooks, DDQ templates, risk scoring, and automation

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years across M&A people/HR diligence, integration, total rewards, or corp dev • Hands-on ownership of the people workstream on completed deals • Track record of running multiple diligence processes in tandem to hard timelines • Strong analytical depth; ability to model compensation, equity, dilution, retention cost, and integration spend • Global/cross-border deal experience with multi-jurisdiction and/or regulatory change-of-control employment considerations • Demonstrated use of AI and automation to review large document volumes • Ability to make and communicate risk calls using incomplete information • Ability to communicate positions clearly to executive stakeholders • Credibility in founder-facing negotiations on compensation, equity, and retention structures • Rigorous confidentiality instincts and comfort operating on live, undisclosed transactions • High agency in ambiguity • Crypto, fintech, or regulated financial services acquisition experience is a nice to have • Experience integrating founder-led or early-stage teams is a nice to have • Experience building a diligence or integration playbook from scratch is a nice to have

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus program • Equity program • Wellness allowance • Medical insurance [US Only] • Dental insurance [US Only] • Vision insurance [US Only] • 401(k) [US Only] • Kraken product dogfooding after joining