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Kraken is looking for a talented Technical Project Manager with excellent communication and analytical skills to help us improve and optimize our Security program. We are seeking someone with a mixture of proactivity, attention to detail, technical acumen, and who can function comfortably in a variety of security disciplines.
In this role you’ll be responsible for the execution and success of various security-related projects. You will primarily work within and across teams in IT and Security to own, drive, and improve the non-technical aspects of project lifecycles. You should be comfortable and experienced in implementing both agile and waterfall approaches in a flexible and context-dependent fashion. In our hyper-growth environment, there is a balance to strike between implementing processes that are lightweight, purposeful, course correcting, and scalable. The ideal candidate will be passionate about simplifying the complex, driving smooth coordination towards clear, shared goals, and have an overall optimistic outlook towards the future.
What you'll do:
Partner with an exceptional team of security team leaders and their team members to plan and coordinate the execution of mission critical projects.Orchestrate cross-functional projects and teams around strategic outcomes while ensuring alignment of stakeholders around priorities, timeline, status, and risks.Synthesize multiple viewpoints and communicate perspectives necessary to drive long term success.Organize and facilitate project-focused meetings (planning, kick offs, stand ups, retrospectives)Create and iterate Jira workflows and supporting processes that enable clarity, transparency, and the scalability of everything we do that generates shared context.Creatively foresee the path of least resistance through complex dependencies, goals, and constraints, unafraid to utilize novel approaches to drive project milestones and goals.Create timelines, playbooks, dashboards, roadmaps, metrics and documentation to facilitate smooth and enjoyable cross functional collaboration.Continuously improve our workflows, communication patterns, methodologies, and anything else that elevates project potential and sparks self-organization.Who you are:
Minimum of 5+ years technical program/project management experience (or similar role) managing complex cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment. Background in engineering or security is a plus.Tenacious self-starter who thrives in environments characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity where you get to utilize your resourceful and creative problem solving nature to facilitate alignment, coordination and overall project momentum through completion.Excellent ability to probe complex dependencies, distill project plans, and drive successful cross-team outcomes.Strong working knowledge of project and work stream management tools such as Jira, Notion, Wrike, and Confluence.Superb organizational skills and an analytical view on maximizing team productivity with a focus on value and outcomes rather than getting caught up on rigid processes.Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and eager to ask questions, deeply understand business and product objectives, and communicate clearly and directly to drive alignment among both technical and non-technical stakeholders.Resilient determination to push projects through to completion, regardless of how priorities or deadlines may shift in a dynamic environment and rapidly evolving industry.A reliable and trustworthy team member with a strong understanding of confidential awareness when appropriate.Inherently curious about how things work and the ability to self-educate when necessary. Passionate and knowledgeable about cryptocurrency, blockchain technology and security.Attributes we look for in successful project managers
Deep listening skills to understand.Low ego, mindful, empathetic, and insatiably curious.Self starter with a deep sense of ownership.Knows how to creatively reframe and rechannel adversity into fuel for a new way of thinking and acting.Ability to frame the dynamics of projects, teams and goals through a systems thinking / cybernetics lens.Macro-to-micro versatility: strategic mindset coupled with a keen attention to detail.Well-rounded interpersonal skills, able to get along well with diverse personalities.Location Tagging: #EU #US #LI-Remote #LI-NT1
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