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    Sr. Technical Program Manager, Data & Audit Readiness

    Kraken
    United States
    Remote
    Senior
    Full Time
    8 days ago
    💰$ 96,000 - $ 192,000
    auditprogram managementdata governancefinancial servicescompliance

    Requirements

    • 7+ years of experience in program or project management, audit coordination, or data governance, ideally within a regulated or heavily audited environment in financial services
    • Experience with SOC, SOX, IT general controls, or other regulatory audit frameworks
    • Experience coordinating audit engagements or acting as a liaison between technical teams and Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, or external auditors
    • Strong organizational skills, with experience building and maintaining inventories, playbooks, or documentation for recurring cross-functional processes
    • Familiarity with data cataloging, tagging, or governance practices, and how they support audit readiness and control certification
    • Understanding of data access management principles and the ability to evaluate whether access is fit for purpose
    • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce documentation that satisfies both technical stakeholders and auditors

    What You'll Do

    • Act as the program management layer for the Data team during audits, interfacing with internal Audit coordination teams (Risk and Security), Finance, Compliance, and external auditors
    • Own audit readiness as a continuous, always-on practice by proactively maintaining inventories, playbooks, and catalogs between audits
    • Create and manage an inventory of audit tests, expected requests, and response playbooks for Data team–owned systems and processes
    • Maintain a catalog of data sources in scope for audit, including known issues, readiness status, and areas for improvement
    • Align closely with business stakeholders such as Finance, Security, and Compliance to provide guidance and coordination support during audit activities
    • Implement tagging and governance processes in collaboration with Data Governance to identify endorsed datasets and tables considered audit ready
    • Manage the auditor data access role to ensure access is fit for purpose

    Nice to Have

    • Familiarity with audit management platforms (e.g., AuditBoard, Jira, Workiva)
    • Knowledge of automated control design and control automation
    • Prior experience building or scaling a SOC, SOX or a control system in a hyper-growth or first-year SOX company
    • PMP, CAPM, or similar program/project management certification

    About Kraken

    Kraken is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that provides parachain auctions, staking, and index services.

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