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Kraken, a leading crypto exchange platform under parent company Payward, is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to join the Data & Audit Readiness team. This individual contributor role serves as the program management and coordination layer between the Data team and internal Audit, Risk, Security, Finance, Compliance functions, as well as external auditors.
You will own the inventories, playbooks, catalogs, and access processes that keep the Data team's systems and datasets audit-ready. This is a hands-on coordination role focused on translating audit engagements into coordinated, well-documented responses. Key responsibilities include:
- Act as the program management layer during audits, interfacing with internal Audit coordination teams, Finance, Compliance, and external auditors
- Own audit readiness as a continuous practice, proactively maintaining inventories, playbooks, and catalogs between audits
- Create and manage an inventory of audit tests, expected requests, and response playbooks for Data team–owned systems and processes
- Maintain a catalog of data sources in scope for audit, including known issues, readiness status, and improvement areas, supported by ongoing testing and mock audits
- Align closely with business stakeholders such as Finance, Security, and Compliance to provide guidance and coordination support during audit activities
- Implement tagging and governance processes to identify endorsed datasets and tables considered "audit ready"
- Manage auditor data access roles to ensure fit for purpose
You bring 7+ years of experience in program/project management, audit coordination, or data governance, ideally within regulated financial services environments. You have hands-on experience with SOC, SOX, IT general controls, or other regulatory audit frameworks. You've coordinated audit engagements and acted as a liaison between technical teams and Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, or external auditors. Strong organizational skills, familiarity with data cataloging and governance practices, and understanding of data access management principles are essential. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to produce documentation satisfying both technical stakeholders and auditors, are required.
Nice-to-haves include familiarity with audit management platforms (AuditBoard, Jira, Workiva), knowledge of automated control design, prior experience building or scaling SOC/SOX systems in hyper-growth or first-year SOX companies, and PMP/CAPM certification.
