Crypto Careers at Kraken

About Kraken

As one of the largest and most trusted digital asset platforms globally, we are empowering people to experience the life-changing potential of crypto. Trusted by over 8 million consumer and pro traders, institutions, and authorities worldwide - our unique combination of products, services, and global expertise is helping tip the scales towards mass crypto adoption. But we’re only just getting started. We want to be pioneers in crypto and add value to the everyday lives of billions. Now is not the time to sit on the sidelines. Join us to bring crypto to the world.

About The Role

Kraken is a market leader in the most innovative and fastest growing industry in the world, and our Business Development Team is at the tip of the trident. The Head of Business Development will work closely with a wide range of stakeholders and leaders across the business to chart our Business Development strategy, effectively prioritize and establish impactful partnerships, and grow a team of world-class business development professionals with a mandate to propel the business forward.  

The ideal candidate is an established and proactive leader with experience driving successful partnerships at a hyper-growth technology company and has experience building frameworks to evaluate and prioritize new partnership categories without an established “playbook”.  Reporting to the VP of Business Operations and Expansion, you’ll be an integral leader in a high- performing, high-octane function that also includes Corporate Development and Business Operations.

To be successful, you will have to be able to juggle responsibilities across multiple endeavors inparallel, anticipate industry, market, and operational challenges, and be very flexible on the interpersonal level and very organized on a professional level.  We would expect you to be articulate, sensible, able to coordinate with other peers and senior executives, and collaborate and deliver results in a fast-paced environment where teamwork, professionalism, confidentiality, and communication are essential.  You will be a very key leader, with a mandate to define and manage a highly influential team of business development and strategic partnership professionals.

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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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