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Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

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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 platform product operations and launch readiness for B2B2C products including KYC/KYB, lending, and unified APIs • Gate product go-lives against regulatory and operational requirements • Build scalable operations that enable products to ship quickly and grow • Drive cross-functional execution across Product, Engineering, Legal, Compliance, Finance, and external partners • Run day-to-day operations across US regulated entities • Manage licensing maintenance, operational risk, incident management, outsourcing, intra-group coordination, audit and examination readiness, and Board/ExCo/management reporting • Lead operational work for US state money transmitter and state lending license workstreams through approval • Serve as operational counterpart to regulators and examiners on information requests, supervisory queries, incident notifications, and follow-up actions • Represent regulated-entity operations in board, regulatory, and executive discussions • Define core metrics, improve systems, and develop the operating model for regulated B2B products

🎯 Requirements

• 8–12 years of experience • Experience rooted in strategy consulting at MBB, Big 4 strategy, or a boutique • Proven in-house operational execution experience • Experience operating inside a scaling fintech, bank, or crypto firm in special projects, chief of staff, operations strategy, business/product operations, or operations lead roles • Experience running or working on a B2B or B2B2C technology business • Ideally experience supporting platform teams, shared infrastructure, APIs, or internal-client/partner models • Ability to work deeply with Product and Engineering on product mechanics and flows • Working familiarity with the US regulated financial landscape, supervision, and examination • Experience setting up or working with compliance programs, including KYC/KYB onboarding programs • Track record running complex cross-functional programs without formal authority • Ability to apply rigorous governance and control standards pragmatically • Excellent communication across regulators, boards, engineers, and commercial partners • Comfort with ambiguity, broad remits, and ownership-oriented roles • Nice to have: hands-on regulatory-change program experience • Nice to have: crypto or digital-assets experience, including treasury and custody operations • Nice to have: former founder, GM, or early operations hire at a fintech or crypto startup • Applicants may be asked to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus program • Equity program • Wellness allowance • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • 401(k) • Global team and diverse workforce • Job-related skills or work-style assessments applied consistently across candidates • Dogfooding Kraken products is a requirement once hired