Job Overview
Location
Remote
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Product Manager
Date Posted
February 12, 2026
Full Job Description
đź“‹ Description
- • As a Product Manager II for Financial Systems at Kraken, you will be at the forefront of shaping and scaling the critical infrastructure that powers our global financial operations. This is a unique opportunity to define and establish a robust product management framework within a domain that has historically operated on a project-driven model. You will be instrumental in setting clear ownership, defining a compelling product vision, and establishing best practices for how product management functions across Kraken’s core financial systems.
- • You will own the product roadmap for Kraken’s financial systems, encompassing accounting, treasury, and related financial platforms. This involves deeply understanding the needs of our Finance, Treasury, Accounting, Risk, and Compliance teams, and translating those complex requirements into scalable, reliable, and auditable system capabilities.
- • A significant part of your role will involve partnering closely with your dedicated engineering squads to foster a strong product culture. You will guide them in adopting product-centric methodologies, ensuring clear accountability, and driving the development of high-quality financial solutions.
- • Collaboration is key. You will forge strong partnerships with product owners across the entire organization whose products and services interact with or depend on our financial and treasury systems. This ensures seamless integration, clear interface definitions, and aligned priorities across the company.
- • You will work at the intersection of highly technical systems and intricate financial workflows. This requires the ability to engage confidently in discussions about system design, data models, integrations, and the trade-offs that impact reliability, performance, and accuracy.
- • Your responsibilities will include driving the end-to-end product development lifecycle. This means taking features from ideation through to launch, ensuring timely delivery, and upholding Kraken’s stringent standards for quality, reliability, and control.
- • You will play a pivotal role in ensuring the accuracy of financial reporting, effective liquidity management, adherence to regulatory requirements, and supporting day-to-day operational decision-making. This spans across our diverse portfolio of crypto-native products, tokenized equities, and traditional financial instruments.
- • This role offers the chance to contribute to the strengthening of the broader product group by actively collaborating with a globally distributed team of fellow product managers, sharing insights, and driving collective improvement.
- • You will be responsible for understanding the lifecycle events of various financial instruments, including crypto assets, tokenized equities, and derivatives, and ensuring our systems can accurately process and report on them.
- • A core aspect of the role involves understanding and improving payment processes and methods, including both fiat and crypto rails, and ensuring robust settlement, clearing, and reconciliation mechanisms are in place.
- • You will act as a subject matter expert for financial systems, providing guidance and strategic direction to stakeholders and engineering teams.
- • The opportunity to influence the future of financial technology in the rapidly evolving cryptocurrency space is immense. You will be contributing to the foundational systems that enable Kraken's mission of accelerating global crypto adoption and financial inclusion.
- • You will be expected to stay abreast of industry trends, regulatory changes, and technological advancements relevant to financial systems and the crypto market.
- • This role requires a proactive approach to identifying and mitigating risks within financial operations and systems.
- • You will contribute to defining and refining the product management playbook for financial systems at Kraken, creating a scalable and repeatable model for future growth.
- • Ultimately, you will be a key driver in ensuring Kraken’s financial infrastructure is robust, scalable, and capable of supporting our ambitious growth objectives while maintaining the highest levels of integrity and compliance.
🎯 Requirements
- • Prior experience in product management or technical product management, with a proven track record of delivering complex products.
- • Experience working on complex internal systems, platforms, or enterprise software, ideally within financial services or trading environments.
- • Deep understanding of financial instruments and markets, including crypto assets, tokenized equities, derivatives, securities, and their associated lifecycle events.
- • Strong knowledge of payment processes and methods, including fiat and crypto rails, settlement, clearing, and reconciliation concepts.
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive salary and equity package.
- • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
- • Generous paid time off and holidays.
- • Professional development and learning opportunities.
- • Fully remote work environment with flexibility.
Skills & Technologies
Rails
Product Management
Remote
About Kraken
Kraken is a global cryptocurrency exchange established in 2011, offering spot and futures trading for Bitcoin, Ethereum and 200+ digital assets. Headquartered in San Francisco with entities worldwide, it serves retail and institutional clients, providing custody, staking, an NFT marketplace and OTC desk. The platform emphasizes security, regulatory compliance and educational resources.
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