Talent Acquisition Operations Associate
Payward, Inc. is the parent company and operating platform behind Kraken and a portfolio spanning trading, custody, payments, lending, tokenized assets, onchain finance, and benchmarks.
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About Payward, Inc.
Payward operates unified financial infrastructure across crypto and traditional markets, including shared liquidity, risk and margin systems, collateral and settlement, compliance, and licensing. Its first-party portfolio includes Kraken, Kraken Pro, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services, CF Benchmarks, Reap, Krak, Kraken Prime, Kraken OTC, Kraken Custody, and Bitnomial.
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About the Role
You will run the operations behind a global hiring engine for six months, supporting US time zones. You will own interview operations, support executive and non-executive hiring, coordinate with executive assistants, manage pre-boarding and background checks, and keep candidate and hiring data accurate in Ashby and Workday.
Requirements
- 4+ years in recruiting coordination, talent acquisition operations, HR operations or similar
- Hands-on experience with Workday or comparable HRIS
- Experience supporting pre-boarding and onboarding
- Working knowledge of background check processes across countries
- Ability to coordinate across time zones and manage complex calendars
- Exceptional judgment and discretion
- Excellent communication skills
Responsibilities
- Own interview operations end to end
- Support global executive and non-executive hiring operations including scheduling and candidate communications
- Coordinate calendars with executive assistants
- Own pre-boarding for new hires including background checks
- Maintain accurate candidate and hiring records in Ashby and Workday
- Partner on the transition from offer acceptance to day one
- Apply hiring policies consistently and escalate exceptions