Technical Project Manager - Core Infrastructure at Kraken

<h1><strong>Building the Future of Open Finance</strong><br /></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">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.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><br />Before you apply, we encourage you to explore our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.kraken.com/culture"><u>culture page</u></a> to understand what drives us and how we work.</p><h2><strong>The team</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">The Core Infrastructure Team at Kraken is dedicated to create and manage a robust, secure, and automated infrastructure that is both scalable and cost-effective. This infrastructure will ensure low-latency, high-throughput, and resilience, enabling Kraken to efficiently deliver software and platform solutions to our stakeholders and clients.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">As a Technical Project Manager, you will support cross-functional engineering teams in the successful planning, execution, and delivery of mission-critical projects. You’ll work across stakeholders in Engineering, Product, IT, Compliance and Security, ensuring alignment, visibility, and scalability of our critical projects.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This role demands a balance of strategic systems thinking and meticulous attention to detail. You'll work on initiatives spanning infrastructure, orchestration, compliance, security, databases and internal tooling, using a mix of Agile and waterfall approaches where appropriate.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">The team embraces hyper-transparency, fostering an environment of open dialogue, candid discussions and constructive feedback, staying adaptable in the ever-evolving crypto industry.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>This role is fully remote. We consider candidates in EU and EST US/LATAM timezones.</strong></p><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><div style="min-height:1.2em;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0"> </div><h2><strong>The opportunity</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Project Management &amp; Execution</p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Drive end-to-end execution of complex, cross-functional technical projects within the engineering, security, compliance, facility and datacenters operations.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build and manage project plans, roadmaps, dashboards, and release timelines.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Coordinate cross-functional teams around strategic priorities and outcomes.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Identify dependencies, manage risks, and unblock teams through creative problem-solving.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Facilitate meetings, retrospectives,