Technical Project Manager

Summary

Join Kraken as a Technical Project Manager and support cross-functional engineering teams in successfully planning, executing, and delivering mission-critical projects. You will work with stakeholders across various departments, ensuring alignment and scalability of projects. This role requires a balance of strategic thinking and attention to detail, working on initiatives spanning internal tooling, client experience systems, and compliance operations. You will drive end-to-end execution of complex projects, build and manage project plans, coordinate cross-functional teams, identify dependencies, manage risks, and facilitate various project meetings. You will also track KPIs, manage intake workflows, work with external vendors, and ensure compliance with technical standards. Kraken offers a fully remote work environment with a global team.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Technical Project Management within fast-paced, cross-functional software development environments
• Strong technical acumen, ideally with experience in engineering, compliance, or fintech environments
• Experienced with Atlassian Suite of products (Jira, Confluence, Jira Product Discovery), and other PM tools
• Proficient in Agile and waterfall methodologies with the judgment to apply context-dependent approaches
• Excellent communicator, with the ability to synthesize complex ideas into clear project plans and status updates
• Self-starter with a track record of independently driving initiatives to completion
• Curious, adaptable, and eager to experiment and iterate
• Strong sense of discretion and data sensitivity, particularly within security and compliance domains

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end execution of complex, cross-functional technical projects within the financial systems domains
• Build and manage project plans, roadmaps, dashboards, and release timelines
• Coordinate cross-functional teams around strategic priorities and outcomes
• Identify dependencies, manage risks, and unblock teams through creative problem-solving
• Facilitate standups, retrospectives, planning sessions, and stakeholder reviews
• Track KPIs and project health via metrics and dashboards, iterating on reporting for clarity and impact
• Manage intake workflows across multiple channels and business units
• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned
• Work closely with external vendors when required, ensuring compliance and technical standards

Preferred Qualifications

• FinTech experience is a plus
• Working knowledge of scripting is a strong plus