Summary

The Team

At Kraken Digital Asset Exchange, the Staked team, now part of Kraken Institutional since Kraken's acquisition in December 2021, specializes in enabling non-custodial staking solutions tailored for institutional clients. Staked offers staking services across 40+ proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains, managing billions in delegated assets. Trusted by top investors and cryptocurrency exchanges, Staked ensures optimal staking rewards. 

As a member of our team, you will play a crucial role in facilitating secure and efficient participation by institutions in staking activities on newly launched blockchains, promoting decentralization and delivering economic benefits to institutional investors in the digital asset space.

This is a fully remote opportunity for candidates based in the United States.

The Opportunity

Manage entire new blockchain lifecycle and maintain multi-workstream product roadmap

1. Schedule and conduct discovery calls with protocol teams
2. Track timelines and ensure we meet all deadlines for testnets and mainnet launches
3. Research protocols to understand their purpose, how they work, etc.
4. Gather technical requirements and create comprehensive tickets in JIRA for Blockops, Observability, Infra and AppDev teams
5. Prepare Executive Level Summary as part of the annual and quarterly planning processes based on planning in JIRA / AirTable
6. Document staking mechanics and protocol economics in Confluence
7. Monitor announcement channels in Discord, Slack, etc. and interface with protocol teams for new developments, status updates and deadlines
8. Set up cryptocurrency wallets on different blockchains to perform test transactions
9. Educate internal team and work with marketing to create content about new chains for the current and potential customers

Skills You Should HODL

1. Bachelor's Degree or higher from a 4 year institution
2. 3+ years of experience as a Project Manager, Product Manager or Engineer, ideally at a technology company or start-up
3. 2+ years of JIRA experience
4. Understanding of how blockchains work, particularly proof-of-stake (PoS) protocols
5. Genuine passion for cryptocurrency and interest in learning about new blockchains
6. Ability to manage product roadmap with 15+ concurrent work streams
7. Extreme attention to detail and focus on timelines, milestones and deadlines
8. Strong writing skills, ability to grasp and communicate technical concepts
9. Proactive self-starter who gets things done with little oversight
10. Positive attitude, strong work ethic, team player and overall good vibes

Skills

• Attention to Detail
• Communications Skills
• Product Management
• Writing