Senior Recruiter - Tech

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global crypto company is seeking an experienced recruiter to join their high-performing team in the United Kingdom. The role focuses on designing hiring strategies and managing the recruitment process in a fast-paced, fully remote environment. Candidates should possess strong recruitment experience in tech organizations, be proactive problem solvers, and have a keen interest in financial technologies and cryptocurrency. Join us and help shape the future of crypto!

Qualifications

• Experience with recruitment in fast-growing tech or product organizations.
• Ability to navigate complex and competitive environments.
• Must be energetic, proactive, and resourceful.

Responsibilities

• Partner with hiring managers to design hiring strategies.
• Execute creative sourcing strategies.
• Manage the end-to-end recruitment process.
• Champion Kraken culture in the recruitment process.
• Contribute to the global recruiting infrastructure.

Skills

Recruitment experience in a tech product business

High energy and consistent effort

Scrappiness and problem-solving

Strong product sense

Modern recruitment tactics

Comfort in chaos and ambiguity

Interest in financial technologies and cryptocurrency

Job description

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About the Job

Building the Future of Crypto

Our Krakenites are a world-class team with crypto conviction, united by our desire to discover and unlock the potential of crypto and blockchain technology.

What makes us different?

Kraken is a mission-focused company rooted in crypto values. As a Krakenite, you’ll join us on our mission to accelerate the global adoption of crypto, so that everyone can achieve financial freedom and inclusion. For over a decade, Kraken’s focus on our mission and crypto ethos has attracted many of the most talented crypto experts in the world.

Before you apply, please read the Kraken Culture page to learn more about our internal culture, values, and mission. We also expect candidates to familiarize themselves with the Kraken app. Learn how to create a Kraken account here.

As a fully remote company, we have Krakenites in 70+ countries who speak over 50 languages. Krakenites are industry pioneers who develop premium crypto products for experienced traders, institutions, and newcomers to the space. Kraken is committed to industry-leading security, crypto education, and world-class client support through our products like Kraken Pro, Desktop, Wallet, and Kraken Futures.

Become a Krakenite and build the future of crypto!

Proof of work

The team

Kraken is looking for experienced recruiters across a multitude of geographies, to support Tech hiring across our global business. We value speed, accuracy and a high bar and in turn you would join a team of high performing best in class individuals.

You will partner with senior stakeholders and hiring managers to craft and execute strategic hiring plans that crush timelines and attract mission-aligned top players, in a ruthless competitive market. You’ll operate in a fully remote, high agency, async-native culture where speed, precision and focus aren’t optional, - they are the baseline. This is an opportunity to partner with the brightest minds in the Crypto industry, hand in hand helping shape one of the most innovative businesses in the world.

The opportunity

• Partner with Hiring Managers and teams to design and execute effective hiring strategies, supporting their decision making with sound data and market insights
• Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies against prioritized requisitions with an eye on market intelligence and industry developments
• Act as a force of change - navigate complex environments, force uncomfortable conversations, act relentlessly in the interest of Kraken
• Own the end-to-end recruitment process, operating as a problem solver and force multiplier by removing blockers and delivering high-value hires
• Champion the Kraken culture, ensuring candidates are aligned to our mission and values
• Contribute to cross-functional projects that elevate our global recruiting infrastructure and help define what “great” looks like at Kraken

Skills You Should HODL

• Recruitment experience from a reputable, fast-growing, high bar technology/product business against ruthless competition. Bonus points if you’ve hacked it in crypto, fintech or any product-driven org
• High motor - you bring relentless energy and consistent effort to everything you do. You don’t coast, you’re always in motion and making things happen.
• Scrappyness - you do not see problems but opportunities
• Strong product sense
• Sound appreciation for the fundamentals of talent acquisition, but creative and inquisitive when considering modern tactics
• High agency, strong bias for action, and the confidence to push boundaries, influence stakeholders, and close exceptional talent without compromise.
• Comfort in the chaos, thriving in ambiguity, owning your outcomes, and moving with urgency in a fully async, remote-native setting
• Interest for financial technologies and cryptocurrency

This job is accepting ongoing applications and there is no application deadline.

Please note, applicants are permitted to redact or remove information on their resume that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Kraken is powered by people from around the world and we celebrate all Krakenites for their diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions and unique perspectives. We hire strictly based on merit, meaning we seek out the candidates with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills considered the most suitable for the job. We encourage you to apply for roles where you don't fully meet the listed requirements, especially if you're passionate or knowledgable about crypto!

As an equal opportunity employer, we don’t tolerate discrimination or harassment of any kind. Whether that’s based on race, ethnicity, age, gender identity, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy, veteran status or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state or local laws.

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