Product Manager II – Financial Crime Operations

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

. Own the investigation-platform roadmap end to end .

Posted 9/30/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $96,000 - $192,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in product management for financial-crime systems, including transaction monitoring and case management, with a strong focus on regulatory compliance and technical fluency in data flows. Proven ability to ship operational platforms that enhance workflows and ensure auditability in regulated environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Product Management ExperienceFinancial-Crime Systems KnowledgeTechnical Fluency in Data FlowsExperience Shipping AI into Regulated WorkflowsClear Writing for PRDs and Executive Updates

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Hard Skills

Product ManagementTransaction MonitoringInvestigationsCase ManagementKYC/EDDRegulatory ComplianceData FlowsSystem DesignAudit TrailsChange-Management Controls

Soft Skills

Clear CommunicationStakeholder ManagementConcise Writing

Tools & Technologies

AutomationAIMLVendor Evaluation

Industry Keywords

AML ProgrammeFinancial Intelligence UnitSAR/STR FilingCrypto ExperienceDigital-Asset ExperienceUK JurisdictionEU/MiCA JurisdictionUS Jurisdiction

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the investigation-platform roadmap end to end
Sequence and defend roadmap priorities, re-sequencing for regulatory or P0 requirements
Define phased deliverables and acceptance criteria before development begins
Obtain requirements from Compliance policy, monitoring rules and case management before engineering starts
Reconcile policies and SOPs with investigator workflows and actual system behavior
Determine whether requests require process fixes or technical changes
Understand alert ingestion, profile and transaction resolution, suppression and grouping logic, and vendor-output-to-case-management reconciliation
Ensure auditability through audit trails, data lineage, evidence retention, reviewer attribution, change-management controls, and filtering/suppression validation
Ship automation and AI into regulated workflows with human-in-the-loop controls, explainability and ongoing monitoring
Run shared forums with engineering and adjacent product managers
Provide regular stakeholder updates and a unified delivery status
Start with Financial Intelligence Unit workflows and extend the platform across Compliance Operations

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of product management experience
2+ years on financial-crime systems such as transaction monitoring, investigations, case management, KYC/EDD or sanctions screening
Working knowledge of how an AML programme is examined, including regulator, internal audit and model validation questions about monitoring, filing and control systems
Technical fluency in data flows and system design
Track record of shipping internal tools or operational platforms that measurably changed operations-team workflows
Clear, concise writing for PRDs, phase plans, audit walkthroughs and executive updates
Direct FIU experience, alert disposition, SAR/STR filing or investigator leadership is nice to have
Crypto or digital-asset experience is nice to have
Experience shipping AI or ML into a regulated investigative workflow is nice to have
Build-vs-buy and vendor evaluation experience is nice to have
Experience with programmes spanning UK, EU/MiCA and US jurisdictions is nice to have
Must select a city and country from the application options
Must disclose whether work authorization sponsorship will be needed
Applicants may redact age, date of birth and education attendance or graduation dates from resumes
Qualified applicants with criminal histories considered consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equity program
Bonus program
Wellness allowance
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k)
Equal opportunity employment
Job-related skills or work-style assessments applied consistently across candidates
Kraken product dogfooding requirement after joining