Lead, Technology Risk

Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you're capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It's a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, we're seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company's hardest problems.

Our work culture is intense and isn't for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there's no better place to be.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

Coinbase is looking for a creative and analytical Lead for our Technology Risk function. You will serve as a member of the Coinbase Technology Risk & Controls team and support the implementation and maturity of our technology and security risk management program. Your risk team will define, quantify, manage, and communicate risks, and use outcomes to inform business decisions. You will serve as the subject matter expert in technology risk management operations, and will make these applicable and usable for fast-moving technical teams located across global time zones.

What you'll be doing (ie. job duties) :

Enable risk informed business outcomes : Enable teams and leadership to make risk-based decisions by clearly communicating quantitative and qualitative tradeoffs.

Manage risks throughout the risk lifecycle : Intake, triage, analyze, and calculate (inherent / residual) risk in collaboration with subject matter experts and risk owners. Facilitate agreement and documentation of risk treatment decisions; pressure testing treatment decisions and validating execution of mitigation plans across stakeholders as required. Participate in continuous monitoring or risk treatment.

Maintain source of truth risk register : Quality control of data, tooling support, and implementing automation / process improvements to establish a baseline and iteratively improve risk management data and tooling.

Iterating on program elements : Analysis of multiple variables to inform improvements to threat models / risk scoring methodologies.

Reporting on risk posture : Support synchronous and asynchronous reporting on findings, metrics, and recommend mitigations to business leadership. This includes ad hoc and scheduled meetings with leadership and business risk owners.

Communications and training : Support develop, execution, and maintenance of communication and training plans to roll out the technology risk program across the organization. Maintain team runbooks, team intra-web pages, and risk register metrics dashboards.

Build, grow, and coach a team of technology and security risk analysts; foster a culture of agility and innovation, and provide ongoing performance feedback.

Enterprise risk alignment : Work in lockstep with Enterprise Risk Management to escalate risks through the enterprise risk register and report relevant metrics to senior leadership as determined necessary.

Global Engagement : Collaborate with stakeholders to help scale the program's risk framework across Coinbase entities, products, and geographies / markets. Regularly collaborate with GRC teams, Legal and Compliance for risks, assessments, and reporting to meet regulatory requirements.

Support audit and regulatory inspections : Support data compilation to respond to US and international audit / regulator inquiries.

Maintain an industry pulse : Maintain awareness of international regulation, emerging threats, forecasts, policies, and benchmarks

What we look for in you (ie. job requirements) :

8+ years of experience working in a 1 or 2 LoD risk management function and / or Governance, Risk, and Compliance organization.

Risk domain knowledge and best practices : Familiarity with standards and frameworks e.g. ISO 27001 / 5, NIST CSF, COBIT, ITIL, DORA, FAIR risk quant methodology to measure controls / risks, monitor controls / risks, and validating / racking / evidencing remediation.

Technology risk domain knowledge : Ability to dig into technical risk solutions and to work on technical quantitative risk assessments across information technology domains such as asset management, resilience, systems development lifecycle, and infrastructure.

Comfortable working with project management tooling (e.g. Jira, Archer) and quant and qualitative data analytics tooling.

Clear / concise communicator and writer; experience drafting / operationalizing project plans across stakeholders, holding teams accountable, and documenting deliverables to varying levels of junior and senior stakeholder audiences. Ability to translate controls / risk standards out of compliance speak and into functional requirements and across varying levels of technical stakeholders.

Managing high performing teams : Demonstrable experience managing and mentoring analysts to grow and mature their capabilities and careers.

Regulatory familiarity : Working knowledge of major regulatory / legal frameworks (US / international) driving requirements across technology organizations.

Navigating ambiguity and complexity : Ability to manage a queue against strategic priorities and shows expertise in being able to handle multiple assessments at a time. You are comfortable operating on an unpaved road and dealing with ambiguity.

Drive for continuous learning : You are willing to learn and apply processes unique to the challenges at Coinbase. You have a willingness to embrace a steep learning curve and stretch opportunities to learn new skills.

Excellent organization and project management skills in a fast-moving and demanding environment

Nice to haves :

FinTech, TradFi, consulting, business operations technical program management or other customer-facing disciplines.

Strong knowledge of risk / control issues in relation to evolving technology (e.g., crypto, mobile, cloud, data lakes, machine learning).

Certification is a plus, but not a requirement : information security risk management qualifications like CRISC, CISA, CISSP, CISM, and FAIR.

Coding knowledge a plus, but not a requirement (e.g. learn to build data joins, integrations with GRC and data visualization tools)

Demonstrated beginner / intermediate knowledge of crypto / blockchain / web3

Position ID : P69486

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Pay Transparency Notice : Depending on your work location, the target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).

Pay Range :

$193,970—$228,200 USD

Please be advised that each candidate may submit a maximum of four applications within any 30-day period. We encourage you to carefully evaluate how your skills and interests align with Coinbase's roles before applying.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

Coinbase is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sex, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other basis protected by applicable law. Coinbase will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. For US applicants, you may view the Employee Rights and the Know Your Rights notices by clicking on their corresponding links. Additionally, Coinbase participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law.

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AI Disclosure

For select roles, Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. A human recruiter will review your interview responses, provided in the form of a voice recording and / or transcript, to assess them against the qualifications and characteristics outlined in the job description.

For select roles, Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate.

The above pilots are for testing purposes and Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment . To request a reasonable accommodation due to disability, please contact accommodations[at]coinbase.com

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