Product Manager - Equities & xStocks

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

The Equities and xStocks team is a full-stack team behind the new Equities and Tokenized equities offering at Kraken available on mobile and web applications. The product allows our clients to invest in traditional equities and tokenized equities in our ambition to broaden access to global markets, especially for users in regions without access to traditional brokerage infrastructure or with high friction.

The opportunity

• Own the product roadmap and execution for your team and contribute to developing the product roadmap in line with our vision.

• 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

• 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

• 5+ years of Product Management experience

• First hand experience in working across 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-driven and intellectually honest

• Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and the ability to distill complex ideas

Nice to haves

• Experience working in fast-paced environments or startups

• Experience working in a regulated environment and collaborating with legal and compliance

• Understanding of margin trading, futures, FX, options, trading 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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