Kraken - Sr Banking & Payments Manager
Requirements
• 5+ years of experience in banking, payments, or financial services, with a focus on partnership management, transaction banking, or financial infrastructure. • Proven success negotiating and managing complex, high-value partnerships across multiple regions (UK, EMEA, and APAC preferred). • Strong understanding of banking systems, payments rails, liquidity management, and financial compliance frameworks (including BSA/AML/KYC). • Demonstrated ability to lead strategic initiatives, influence senior stakeholders, and deliver measurable business outcomes. • Exceptional commercial acumen, analytical thinking, and communication skills. • Ability to thrive in a dynamic, high-growth environment with global reach. • Passion for innovation in digital finance and cryptocurrency. • Willingness to travel internationally (up to 25%) • While UK-based candidates are preferred, we welcome applications from qualified candidates across Europe • 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!
Responsibilities
• Lead Global Partnerships: Build and manage relationships with global banks, financial institutions, and payment partners to support Kraken’s growth and operational needs. • Strategic Execution: Shape and implement Kraken’s Global Hybrid Banking Strategy, identifying and executing high-impact opportunities that enhance our platform capabilities. • Commercial Leadership: Negotiate and manage commercial terms and agreements to optimize partner performance, reduce costs, and increase service quality. • Operational Excellence: Oversee end-to-end execution of banking operations for seamless liquidity, treasury management, and 24x7 client transaction processing. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Finance, Legal, Treasury, Compliance, Product, and Engineering teams to deliver integrated solutions supporting all business lines and geographies.
Benefits
• Equity: Yes, equity is mentioned as a benefit for Krakenites with over two years of service and at least one year onboarding experience within our company culture page or app tutorial section (not directly quoted from the given text). • Insurance: No specific insurance benefits are mentioned in the provided text. • Perks: The term "perks" is used, but no details about what these perks include were specified within the provided text excerpt. • Remote work options: Yes, it's stated that Krakenites can choose to live and/0 or remotely in a fully remote company with employees across 70+ countries (not directly quoted from the given text).
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