Change Oversight & Third Party Operations Manager

BUILDING THE FUTURE OF OPEN FINANCE

Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.

Before you apply, we encourage you to explore our culture page https://www.kraken.com/culture to understand what drives us and how we work.

THE TEAM

Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.

As the global crypto market transforms under the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) and many more regulatory frameworks, Kraken is building the blueprint for how a global exchange scales compliantly — while unlocking new growth across products, markets, and partnerships.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Change Oversight and Change Management

- Support the ongoing development, implementation, and operation of Kraken’s IT General Control (“ITGC”) oversight and technology governance framework across regulated entities and core operational environments.

- Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, Finance, Compliance, and operational teams to identify, assess, and manage risks arising from system, infrastructure, process, or data changes impacting regulatory or operational control environments.

- Support the operation and continuous enhancement of governance processes relating to:

- IT general controls;

- technology change management;

- operational resilience;

- implementation readiness;

- testing and validation;

- and post-implementation oversight.

- Assist in the development and maintenance of policies, procedures, workflows, standards, ...