Senior Product Compliance Manager (Trading & Markets)

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values, seeking to accelerate the global adoption of crypto. The Senior Product Compliance Manager will ensure regulatory requirements are integrated throughout the full product lifecycle, supporting compliance across Kraken’s core trading and capital markets businesses.

Responsibilities:

• The Product Compliance team is responsible for compliance across Kraken’s core trading and capital markets businesses, supporting some of the company’s most complex and highly regulated products
• The scope includes exchange trading, margin, OTC and Prime services, derivatives, custody, trading infrastructure, Kraken Desktop, and capital markets activities such as KLX and CF Benchmarks
• The team also supports Breakout and other new business initiatives, ensuring compliance is embedded as Kraken expands into new trading models and markets
• Working closely with product, engineering, legal, risk, and business leaders, the Senior Product Compliance Manager ensures regulatory requirements are integrated throughout the full product lifecycle — from asset listing and launch to ongoing trading operations and market expansion
• Asset classes and trading activities: cash equities; listed futures (CFTC-regulated); perpetual futures; and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives, spanning market making, proprietary trading, and exchange operations across U.S. and non-U.S. markets
• Market conduct and surveillance: design and oversight of trade surveillance frameworks addressing market manipulation, insider trading, and best-execution risks, with controls tailored to different products and venues
• Regulatory compliance: design and testing of controls to meet U.S. regulatory requirements (SEC, CFTC, NFA, FINRA) and key international regimes (FCA, ESMA/MiFID II, MAS, and others)
• Embedded controls: partner closely with engineering and product teams to integrate surveillance logic, pre-trade controls, and escalation workflows directly into trading and execution systems
• M&A and integration: lead pre-deal compliance assessments for potential acquisitions, reviewing policies, controls, and team structures; identify gaps and develop practical remediation plans aligned with transaction timelines
• Implement and track remediation efforts post-close, including policy harmonization, control rollouts, and integration of monitoring frameworks
• Global expansion: evaluate regulatory requirements for new jurisdictions, identify applicable compliance obligations, and coordinate with regional compliance leads to establish scalable frameworks that support local licensing and oversight
• New products and features: conduct compliance risk assessments for emerging products and trading features, advising product and legal teams on regulatory implications and designing incremental controls to address new or heightened risks
• Cross-functional partnership: build strong relationships with Product, Legal, Corporate Development, and Operations to ensure compliance considerations are embedded early in business planning and product design

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in trading, markets, or product compliance, ideally spanning traditional financial markets and digital assets
• Deep expertise in U.S. regulatory frameworks (CFTC, SEC, NFA, FinCEN, OFAC) and working familiarity with international regimes (FCA, ESMA/MiFID II, MAS, etc.)
• Proven ability to assess risks, identify compliance gaps, and design effective controls that enable business growth while maintaining regulatory rigor
• Strong analytical and problem-solving mindset; able to advise senior stakeholders and translate complex regulatory expectations into actionable controls
• Experience leading multi-jurisdictional, time-sensitive projects, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills with legal, risk, product, and business stakeholders