About the role

Technical Program Manager driving audit readiness for Kraken’s global crypto and open-finance infrastructure. Coordinating audits, governance, inventories, playbooks, and auditor data access for Payward’s data platform.

Responsibilities

Act as the program management layer for the Data team during audits, interfacing with internal Audit coordination teams, Risk and Security, Finance, Compliance, and external auditors
Own audit readiness as a continuous, always-on practice
Create and manage inventories of audit tests, expected requests, and response playbooks for Data team-owned systems and processes
Maintain a catalog of audit-scoped data sources, including known issues, readiness status, and improvement areas
Support ongoing testing, including mock testing and identification of areas requiring reengineering
Align with Finance, Security, and Compliance stakeholders to provide guidance and coordination during audit activities
Implement tagging and governance processes with Data Governance to identify endorsed datasets and tables considered audit ready
Manage the auditor data access role to ensure access is fit for purpose
Build inventories, playbooks, catalogs, and governance processes that translate audit requests into coordinated, well-documented, repeatable responses

7+ years of experience in program or project management, audit coordination, or data governance
Experience in a regulated or heavily audited financial-services environment is ideal
Experience with SOC, SOX, IT general controls, or other regulatory audit frameworks
Experience coordinating audit engagements or liaising between technical teams and Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, or external auditors
Strong organizational skills and experience building and maintaining inventories, playbooks, or documentation for recurring cross-functional processes
Familiarity with data cataloging, tagging, and governance practices supporting audit readiness and control certification
Understanding of data access management principles and ability to evaluate whether access is fit for purpose
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including producing documentation for technical stakeholders and auditors
Familiarity with audit management platforms such as AuditBoard, Jira, or Workiva is a nice-to-have
Knowledge of automated control design and control automation is a nice-to-have
Prior experience building or scaling a SOC, SOX, or control system in a hyper-growth or first-year SOX company is a nice-to-have
PMP, CAPM, or similar program/project management certification is a nice-to-have
Applicants must select the city and country from which they will work
Candidates may be asked to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments

Kraken product dogfooding is a requirement for everyone once they join Kraken
Equal opportunity employer
Job-related skills or work-style assessments are applied consistently and are not the sole basis for employment decisions