Job description
Building the Future of Crypto
Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.
What makes us different?
Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade, Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world.
Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account here.
As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.
Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!
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The team
Kraken’s Pro business unit is responsible for our global exchange businesses and trading platforms, including our flagship Kraken Pro web and mobile products and matching infrastructure across spot, margin and derivative products. Our secure, trusted platform and deep liquidity fuel a wide range of clients and partners, from individuals making their first trade on our powerful yet elegant GUIs, to the most sophisticated algorithmic trading firms and prime brokerages.
We are seeking an experienced and highly skilled Staff Product Manager to help with the development and evolution of our Pro web and mobile platforms. Our objectives are to provide clients with world class trading platforms – This means beautiful UI, sleek UX, deep customization and advanced features. We serve clients from aspiring traders who need simplicity and support through to super users who need high performance, modularity and choice. The successful candidate will own initiatives end to end, move fast, communicate clearly and dig deep to help us meet these objectives.
The opportunity
Contribute to the development of the overall product strategy, product roadmap, and business plan while developing product documentation including specifications, wireframes, site-maps, and process flows
Actively prioritize the backlog and contribute to pre planning, prioritization and user story mapping sessions
Triage bugs, user feedback as well as internal feedback to prioritise work for engineering teams
Perform User Acceptance Testing and ensure requirements were understood and implemented as requested
Evaluate new product opportunities and bring forward proposals for products to engage traders, investors and institutions while performing research to gain market insights across the industry
Influence product and technology strategy and direction (roadmap), and product and user experience decision-making
Evangelize the power of analytics and experimentation in building a data-driven organization
Facilitate communication across all project phases and proactively alert management of changes to scope, timelines and resources
Define, track and analyze KPIs to understand product performance, client behaviour and to guide data-driven product development
Skills you should HODL
8+ years of product management experience
First hand experience in working across both cryptocurrency and traditional markets
Background working with User Experience and Design
Ability to convey business requirements to technical colleagues and vice versa
Strong quantitative and analysis skills
Passion, self-drive and Intellectual honestly
Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and the ability to distill complex ideas
Nice to haves
Experience in both traditional finance and the digital asset space
Experience working in a regulated environment and collaborating with legal and compliance
Understanding of margin trading, futures, FX, options, backend systems and flow-of-funds
This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline.
Please note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don’t fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you’re passionate or knowledgable about crypto!
As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.
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