Senior Product Compliance Manager (Trading & Markets)

Responsibilities

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• None specified

Benefits

• None specified

About the Company

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.