# HR (People) M&A Lead at Kraken

- Company: Kraken
- What the company does: Own the power of your money with Kraken. Trade crypto, stocks, futures, staking and more. Trusted by millions worldwide since 2011. Get started today.
- Company website: https://www.kraken.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: United States
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $110K to $221K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-02
- Apply by: 2026-10-17
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/kraken.com/7f207719-d4ea-4767-b8c3-305882c3c0bf
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/kraken-hr-people-m-and-a-lead/

## About the role

Own the people's workstream of Payward's M&A activity end to end — from first-pass diligence through close and integration. Build and own People due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) including data requests and questions to the target, follow-ups and deeper-dive workshops.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years across M&A people/HR diligence, integration, total rewards, or corp dev — with hands-on ownership of the people workstream on completed deals
- A track record of running multi-diligence processes in tandem, to a hard timeline: knowing what to prioritize or defer
- Strong analytical depth — comfortable modelling comp, equity, dilution, retention cost and integration spend directly, not briefing someone else to do it
- Global/cross-border deal experience with multi-jurisdiction and/or regulatory change of control employment considerations
- Demonstrated use of AI and automation to review large document volumes, with judgement about where the model's output can and cannot be trusted
- Ability to make and communicate risk calls on incomplete information, and to state a position clearly to executive stakeholders

Tags: People