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Senior Manager, Banking & Payments

Kraken
United States, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 13 Jun 2025
💰 $234,000/yr($146,000/yr$234,000/yr)

About the role

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.

Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account here.

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, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.

Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

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The team

The Banking team is part of Kraken’s Treasury team, within the Finance organization, and is responsible for all partnerships with Banks and Financial Services institutions worldwide. We source, manage, maintain and strengthen partnerships with banks, and key financial institutions to drive Kraken’s business growth and expansion in furtherance of our mission.

The team directly drives customer growth, revenues and transactional volumes on the Kraken platform and is a key stakeholder with the launch of new products and services in existing and new geographies.

Our team's mission is through partnerships with financial services institutions, to make Kraken the most accessible, innovative and secure platform for everyone to access, transact and store digital and traditional asset classes worldwide

Kraken is growing and expanding. To help fuel this growth requires world class banking and financial services relationships and infrastructure to enable our customers and clients to smoothly transact on the Kraken platform. In this role, we are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Banking senior manager to lead, manage and prioritize the implementation of partnerships with global banks and financial services institutions.

The ideal candidate will play a crucial role in delivering and managing the full suite of crypto banking services required for all Kraken products, services ensuring all transactions are securely completed successfully. The ideal candidate will collaborate cross-functionally in all geographies, source, structure and then manage these partnerships on an ongoing basis.

We are looking for an entrepreneurially minded crypto-enthusiast to implement our banking strategy, establish commercial partnerships and manage the operational processes to support them, and manage our banking efforts worldwide.

The opportunity

  • Build and maintain strong relationships with all banks and financial services partners

  • Build and manage relationships with key bank partners, including financial institutions, banks, large corporations, and platforms that handle significant money movement

  • Serve as the primary point of contact for all banking partners, fostering collaboration and managing any issues that may arise

  • Contribute to shaping Kraken’s banking strategy and identify high-impact opportunities

  • Articulate key value drivers and considerations for potential partnership opportunities in concise deal memos

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