Building the Future of Crypto

Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.

What makes us different?

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.

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As a fully remote company we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders institutions and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security crypto education and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro Kraken NFT and Kraken Futures .

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The team

Kraken has historically been a first and remains an ongoing leader among European crypto exchanges with plans to continue this momentum. This role will focus on France’s unique market and be our go-to on-the-ground leader in this geo.

Kraken is licensed as a France Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) and has an EMI license throughout the EU. We are also pursuing further licensing to offer our current and future product suite to all EU member states. With a solid foundation of French clients we are looking to solidify our local operations regulatory status and commercial playbook in this market.

We are seeking a leader to manage our France localization efforts coordinate growth efforts  and be our resident expert and face in France. This role will be based in France (remote) and report to our Regional GM Europe and work with global teams to win in market.

The opportunity

• Coordinate commercial growth with cross-functional teams

• Offer subject matter expertise on the French market - macro outlook competitors client preferences local operational and regulatory matters etc - to enable an optimal go-to-market playbook

• Provide recommendations and potentially lead and execute on local partnerships data sources and other opportunities within the France market

• Interface with local regulators as required and oversee compliance activity specific to France operations

• Develop cross-functional partnerships with legal compliance marketing sales and product to ensure our activity is sufficiently localized and primed for success in France

• Execute locally in the market - this may include local PR conference speaking events institutional account relationships and marketing campaign execution leadership

• Have strong command of France results including product adoption commercial campaign results client behavior and performance trends

• Manage ad hoc France projects as required

Skills you should HODL

• 10+ years of experience in financial services and/or crypto

• Experience with financial services regulatory and compliance initiatives

• Strong familiarity with how crypto businesses operate - fiat and crypto custody exchange operations order book broker models staking OTC trading etc.

• Strong understanding of blockchain and crypto concepts with the capability to explain highly technical concepts to less familiar parties

• Extensive experience in project management; achieving outcomes with excellent cross-functional communication

• Excellent organizational skills; experience in standardizing processes across multiple functions and geographies

• Strong financial analysis experience; able to analyze a potential strategy and consider quantitative cost/benefit

• Excellent communication skills; able to write persuasive and comprehensive memos slide decks and analyses

• Experience working autonomously but able to roll up your sleeves and achieve high velocity results

• Strong crypto ethos

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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!

As an equal opportunity employer we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race ethnicity age gender identity citizenship religion sexual orientation disability pregnancy veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal state or local laws.

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