Data & Audit Readiness Program Manager

Kraken International; United States; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is seeking an experienced program manager to own audit readiness for the Data & Audit Readiness team. You will coordinate between Data, Risk, Security, Finance, Compliance, and external auditors to produce timely, well-documented responses.

The role focuses on inventories, playbooks, catalogs, governance processes, and access management, turning audit requests into repeatable processes. This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Director, Regulatory Analytics & Reporting.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of program or project management, audit coordination, or data governance experience.
• Experience with SOC, SOX, IT general controls or other regulatory audit frameworks.
• Experience coordinating audit engagements or liaising between technical teams and Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, or external auditors.
• Strong organizational skills; able to build inventories, playbooks, or documentation for recurring cross-functional processes.
• Familiarity with data cataloging, tagging, or governance practices to support audit readiness and control certification.
• Understanding of data access management principles and evaluating access fit for purpose.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and audit stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as the program management layer for the Data team during audits, interfacing with internal Audit coordination teams, Finance, Compliance, and external auditors.
• Own audit readiness as a continuous, always-on practice; maintain 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 issues, readiness status, and areas for improvement with ongoing testing.
• Align with Finance, Security, and Compliance to provide guidance and coordination during audit activities.
• Implement tagging and governance processes with Data Governance to identify endorsed datasets and tables as 'audit ready'.
• Manage the auditor data access role to ensure access is fit for purpose.

Skills

Program management

Audit coordination

Data governance

Regulatory audits

Documentation

Data cataloging

Data access management

Communication

Tools

AuditBoard

Jira

Workiva

Job description

Kraken is seeking an experienced program manager to own audit readiness for the Data & Audit Readiness team. You will coordinate between Data, Risk, Security, Finance, Compliance, and external auditors to produce timely, well-documented responses.

The role focuses on inventories, playbooks, catalogs, governance processes, and access management, turning audit requests into repeatable processes. This is an individual contributor role reporting to the Director, Regulatory Analytics & Reporting.