Associate Manager, Premium & Wealth

Coinbase; Whitehall; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 79,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking an Associate Manager, Premium & Wealth CX to lead a high-value customer support team across international markets. You will own day-to-day operations, people leadership, and service quality for a high-touch vertical, partnering with Compliance, Risk, and cross-functional teams to deliver trusted, non-advisory support.

You will manage staffing during market events, drive SOP improvements, and ensure efficient, risk-aware workflows while maintaining a focus on customer

Qualifications

• 7+ years in financial services with HNW/UHNW/VIP servicing.
• 5+ years of people leadership in operations or support.
• Familiarity with financial markets, derivatives, and regulated servicing.
• Experience in regulated environments with Compliance, Legal and Risk partners.
• Willingness to obtain FCA-recognized wealth/securities qualification.

Responsibilities

• Own vertical operational performance including SLA, CSAT, QA, backlog and escalation handling.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Specialists with regular reviews.
• Maintain high-touch 1:1 client relationships and end-to-end case ownership.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Legal, Risk, and Complaints to meet regulatory requirements.
• Make real-time staffing and routing decisions during market events and spikes.
• Drive process improvements via feedback, defects, and root-cause analysis with cross-functional partners.

Skills

People leadership

Operations management

Data analysis

Regulatory compliance

Customer experience

AI governance

Education

CISI Level 4 Investment Advice Diploma

Job description

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it's a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called "surges."
learn more about working at Coinbase.As an Associate Manager, Premium & Wealth CX, you'll lead the team responsible for delivering white-glove support to Coinbase's highest-value customers, including High Net Worth, Ultra High Net Worth, and VIP segments across our International markets. The Premium & Wealth pillar within Customer Experience is the dedicated home for relationship-led, high-touch service that keeps our most sophisticated
customers confident and supported. You'll own day-to-day operations, people leadership, and service quality for your vertical, partnering closely with Compliance, Risk, and cross-functional teams to scale a support model that is fast, accurate, risk-aware, and trusted within a non-advisory framework.

What you'll do:

• Own operational performance for your vertical, including SLA attainment, CSAT, QA scores, backlog health, repeat contacts, and complaint rates, using data and trend analysis to drive measurable improvements
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Specialists, setting clear expectations through regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and building a pipeline of future leaders
• Drive a high-touch support model centered on trusted 1:1 customer relationships, deep specialist knowledge, and end-to-end case ownership that minimizes handoffs for complex trading, account, and funding issues
• Partner with Compliance, Legal, Risk, Complaints, and Workforce Management to ensure workflows, escalations, and coverage models meet regulatory expectations
• Execute real-time staffing, routing, and escalation decisions during market events, incidents, or volume spikes to protect customer outcomes across channels and time zones
• Build process improvements by converting customer feedback, defects, and root causes into SOP, tooling, and policy changes in partnership with Product, Analytics, QA, and Learning and Development

Required Skills and Experience:

• 7+ years in financial services, fintech, wealth management, premium banking, or trading operations, with direct experience servicing HNW, UHNW, or VIP customer segments
• 5+ years of people leadership in an operations or support environment, with a proven track record of managing senior specialists or team leads and improving performance across service quality, efficiency, and customer satisfaction
• Demonstrated familiarity with financial markets and trading products, including derivatives, and a clear understanding of the distinction between support and advice in a regulated environment
• Experience operating in a regulated financial services environment and partnering with Compliance, Legal, Risk, and Complaints functions, with the ability to navigate jurisdiction-specific servicing, escalation, and complaints-handling expectations.
• Holds, or is willing and able to obtain within a defined timeframe, an appropriate UK wealth or securities qualification recognized by the FCA (e.g., CISI Level 4 Investment Advice Diploma or equivalent)
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision). Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):71,600-71,600 GBP