Product Manager, Payments
Overview
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.
Job Description
Kraken is a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by the desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space.
Responsibilities
- - Own and evolve a set of payment rails across both specific methods and geographic regions
- - Lead partner integrations and manage relationships with payment processors, acquirers, and banking partners
- - Drive continuous improvement of authorization rates, settlement speed, and overall user conversion
- - Collaborate with fraud and compliance teams to ensure payment flows meet security, regulatory, and operational standards
- - Drive UX enhancements through structured experimentation and customer insights
- - Ensure payment capabilities are scalable and adaptable across our consumer app, pro trading app, and external interfaces such as on/off-ramps
- - Use data to inform prioritization, track performance, and iterate toward better outcomes
Required Skills
- - 3-5+ years of product management experience, with a focus on payments, fintech, or financial infrastructure
- - Deep domain expertise in payment systems and rails, including bank transfers, card networks, and/or alternative payment methods
- - Experience working on both backend systems (e.g. payment orchestration, API integrations) and user-facing features
- - A strong customer-centric mindset, with a focus on simplicity, trust, and conversion in payment flows
- - Collaborative and effective across engineering, design, fraud, compliance, and operations
- - Comfortable working with data to define and measure product impact
- - Nice to haves: Specific expertise in card acquiring or LATAM payments
Benefits
- - Offers Equity
- - Offers Bonus
- - Wellness allowance
- - Medical, dental, vision and 401(k) [US Only]
About the company
Buy, sell, trade and learn about crypto on Kraken — the simple, powerful crypto platform that grows with you.
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