Country Manager, Spain at Kraken Full Time

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

• Offer subject matter expertise on the Spanish market – macro outlook, competitors, client preferences, local operational and regulatory matters, etc – to enable an optimal go-to-market playbook.
• Provide recommendations and potentially execute on local partnerships, data sources, and other opportunities within the Spain market.
• Interface with local regulators as required and oversee compliance activity specific to Spain operations.
• Develop cross-functional partnerships with legal, compliance, marketing, sales, and product to ensure our activity is sufficiently localized and primed for success in Spain.
• Execute locally in the market – this may include local PR, conference speaking, events, institutional account relationships, and marketing campaign execution leadership.
• Have strong command of Spain results including product adoption, commercial campaign results, client behaviour, and performance trends.
• Manage ad hoc Spain projects as required.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in financial services and/or crypto.
• Experience with financial services regulatory and compliance initiatives.
• Strong familiarity with how crypto businesses operate – fiat and crypto custody, exchange operations, order book, broker models, staking, OTC trading, etc.
• Strong understanding of blockchain and crypto concepts, with the capability to explain highly technical concepts to less familiar parties.
• Extensive experience in project management; achieving outcomes with excellent cross-functional communication.
• Excellent organizational skills; experience in standardizing processes across multiple functions and geographies.
• Strong financial analysis experience; able to analyze a potential strategy and consider quantitative cost/benefit.
• Excellent communication skills; able to write persuasive and comprehensive memos, slide decks, and analyses.
• Experience working autonomously but able to roll up your sleeves and achieve high velocity results.
• Strong crypto ethos.