GFCO Program Manager

Coinbase; Honolulu (HI); Hybrid; USD 194,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a GFCO Program Manager (L6) to own end-to-end compliance programs across multiple cross-functional teams, including Regulatory obligations, automation, and launches. You will partner with Compliance Tech, EAA, Analytics, and Legal to translate obligations into scalable programs, driving improvements and risk mitigation.

You will lead strategy, governance, and roadmaps while ensuring readiness for new jurisdictions and product launches, with quarterly in-person surges and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of program or project management experience, in regulated environments.
• Ability to independently drive large-scale programs with minimal guidance.
• Deep understanding of AML/CFT program operations (SAM/TMS, EDD, Screening, SAR workflows).
• Experience navigating Known Problem / Unknown Solution environments with constraints.
• Strong strategy and storytelling skills for Director+ audiences.
• Track record of delivering cost savings via automation with measurable outcomes.
• Proficiency with Asana, Jira, Smartsheet and data tools (Looker, Snowflake, Google Sheets).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management at Director/VP level.
• Bachelor's degree; preferred fields include Business, Technology, Operations, Finance, Law.
• References required (mandatory for L6+ roles).

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end program strategy, planning, and execution for complex GFCO areas.
• Develop charters, roadmaps, and governance for multi-constraint programs.
• Lead cross-functional delivery across 5+ teams and external parties.
• Translate regulatory obligations into actionable program strategies and training content.
• Ensure launch readiness for new products, jurisdictions, and entity expansions.
• Identify and resolve program risks with transparent trade-off recommendations.
• Drive cost savings projections from automation initiatives with validated outcomes.
• Manage intake processes and testing plans for automation requests.

Skills

Program management

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Communication

Strategy & storytelling

Automation programs

Asana/Jira/Smartsheet

Data tools

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Asana

Jira

Smartsheet

Looker

Snowflake

Google Sheets

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.

Team/Role Overview

The GFCO Programs team is the end-to-end DRI for the financial crimes compliance operations experience and automation across Coinbase's global product and entity footprint. We design, govern, and continuously improve compliance operations through AI-first principles, ensuring regulatory soundness, protecting Coinbase, and delivering a better experience for our customers.

We partner deeply with Central Compliance, Compliance Technology, Engineering & Architecture (EAA), GFCO Operations, Analytics, Workforce Management (WFM), Financial Crimes Data Intelligence (FCDI), and Legal to translate regulatory obligations and operational opportunities into scalable, durable programs across all compliance workstreams, products, and jurisdictions — including Suspicious Activity Monitoring (SAM), Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), Screening, and Complaints.

As a GFCO Program Manager (L6), you will serve as a senior, independent program owner within GFCO Programs - owning one or more complex compliance program verticals end-to-end. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, drive alignment with Director+ stakeholders, and lead programs that span 5+ cross-functional teams, including external parties. You will act as a thought partner to GFCO leadership and be the connective tissue between Compliance Technology, EAA, Operations, WFM, and Central Compliance.

What You'll Be Doing

• Own end-to-end program strategy, planning, and execution for one or more complex GFCO compliance program areas (e.g., SAM/CAR automation, EDD volume reduction, Complaints, Operations, New Jurisdictions & Launches)
• Develop and drive program charters, roadmaps, and governance frameworks for long-tail, multi-constraint programs, including those with external regulatory commitments
• Lead cross-functional delivery across 5+ XFN teams (Compliance Tech, EAA, Ops, WFM, Legal, Analytics) and drive alignment at the Director+ level
• Translate regulatory obligations, operational gaps, and model performance signals into actionable, prioritized program strategies using an Eliminate Optimize Automate framework
• Own launch readiness for new products, jurisdictions, and entity expansions, ensuring AML obligation mapping, tooling updates, procedural guidance, volume sizing, and training content are completed before go-live
• Proactively identify and resolve program risks, manage competing priorities with transparent trade-off recommendations to GFCO leadership, and ensure no surprises at regulatory examinations
• Drive WFM-vetted cost savings projections across automation and operational efficiency initiatives, and maintain accountability for reporting only confirmed actuals
• Own intake discipline for your program area - ensuring all automation requests, tooling changes, and resource asks enter through formal intake channels with documented requirements and testing plans
• Author and maintain high-quality strategy and decision documents (P/PSs, RAPIDs, charters) that inform Director/VP-level decision-making
• Manage the feedback loop between automation outputs, QC findings, alert productivity data, and investigator feedback, driving continuous improvement in both the automation model and upstream alerting systems
• Lead Code Yellow-equivalent responses within GFCO (e.g., major lookback events, regulatory deadline responses, Sev2 volume surges)

What We Look For

• 8+ years of program or project management experience, with 3+ years in financial crimes compliance, AML, BSA/AML operations, or a related regulatory domain
• Demonstrated ability to independently drive large-scale, multi-stakeholder programs in a regulated environment with minimal guidance
• Deep understanding of AML/CFT program operations, including SAM/TMS, EDD, Screening, and SAR filing workflows, and the technology landscape that supports them (e.g., TMS, CMS)
• Experience navigating Known Problem / Unknown Solution environments with many constraints (critical resource gaps, external regulatory commitments)
• Strong strategy and storytelling skills, ability to create clarity through well-crafted charters, roadmaps, and decision documents for Director+ audiences
• Track record of driving operational efficiency and cost savings through automation programs, with rigorous measurement and WFM-validated outcomes
• Proficiency in program management tools (Asana, Jira, Smartsheet) and data tools (Looker, Snowflake, Google Sheets)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; comfortable influencing at the Director and VP level
• Bachelor's degree required; fields of study in Business, Technology, Operations, Finance, Law, or a related discipline preferred
• References required (mandatory for L6+ roles)

*Pay Transparency Notice:** *Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):

$193,970-$228,200 USD

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