Senior Technical Program Manager, Data & Audit Readiness

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Canada.

📋 Description

• Serve as the program management interface for the Data team during audits, collaborating with internal Audit coordination teams, Risk and Security, Finance, Compliance, and external auditors.

• Take ownership of audit readiness as an ongoing, continuous practice.

• Develop and oversee inventories of audit tests, expected requests, and response playbooks for systems and processes owned by the Data team.

• Maintain a catalog of data sources within the scope of audits, which includes known issues, readiness status, and areas for improvement.

• Assist with ongoing testing efforts, which include mock testing and pinpointing areas that need reengineering.

• Collaborate with Finance, Security, and Compliance stakeholders to offer guidance and coordination throughout audit activities.

• Establish tagging and governance processes in conjunction with Data Governance to identify endorsed datasets and tables deemed audit-ready.

• Oversee the auditor data access role to ensure that access is appropriate for its intended purpose.

• Create inventories, playbooks, catalogs, and governance processes that convert audit requests into well-documented, coordinated, and repeatable responses.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in program or project management, audit coordination, or data governance.

• Ideal candidates will have experience in a regulated or heavily audited financial-services environment.

• Familiarity with SOC, SOX, IT general controls, or other regulatory audit frameworks is required.

• Proven experience in coordinating audit engagements or acting as a liaison between technical teams and Internal Audit, Risk, Compliance, or external auditors.

• Strong organizational skills with a track record of building and maintaining inventories, playbooks, or documentation for recurring cross-functional processes.

• Knowledge of data cataloging, tagging, and governance practices that support audit readiness and control certification.

• Understanding of data access management principles and the ability to assess whether access is appropriate for its intended use.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce documentation for technical stakeholders and auditors.

• Familiarity with audit management platforms such as AuditBoard, Jira, or Workiva is a plus.

• Knowledge of automated control design and control automation is advantageous.

• Prior experience in building or scaling a SOC, SOX, or control system in a rapidly growing or first-year SOX company is beneficial.

• PMP, CAPM, or a similar program/project management certification is a plus.

• Applicants are required to select the city and country from which they intend to work.

• Candidates may be requested to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Participation in Kraken product dogfooding is mandatory for all employees upon joining Kraken.

• We are an equal opportunity employer.

• Job-related skills or work-style assessments are consistently applied and do not solely determine employment decisions.