Group Product Manager, Compliance Automation

Coinbase; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 243,865 - 286,900; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental & Vision coverage

401(k)

Equity compensation

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Group Product Manager for Compliance Automation to own the vision and multi-year roadmap for AI/ML-powered sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and risk-based workflows. You will lead PMs, partner with Compliance, Legal, Trust & Risk, Engineering, and Data Science to scale automation while reducing cost and regulatory risk.

You’ll drive AI-enabled capabilities, ensure regulatory alignment, and manage executive-level tradeoffs, with a focus on responsible AI and

Qualifications

• 10+ years in product management with AI/ML automation or compliance tech at scale.
• Experience leading large cross-functional programs with multiple workstreams and managers.
• Proven ability to partner with ML engineers and translate tech into product strategy.
• Track record with sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, AML/BSA, and regulatory approvals.
• Experience aligning investments and tradeoffs with VP+ level leadership.
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight to improve workflows, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Own the product vision and multi-year roadmap for Coinbase's Compliance Automation platform (sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, risk-based workflows).
• Lead PMs to define and deliver AI/ML-powered capabilities that reduce manual effort and scale compliance operations across jurisdictions.
• Identify automation opportunities to cut costs without increasing regulatory risk.
• Partner with Compliance, Legal, Trust & Risk, Engineering, and Data Science to meet regulatory requirements while enabling velocity.
• Shape integration of AI/ML tech to strengthen detection and accelerate case resolution.
• Build relationships with regulatory stakeholders and translate evolving requirements into product capabilities.

Skills

Product management

AI/ML-powered automation

Compliance technology

Cross-functional leadership

Regulatory frameworks (sanctions, AML)

Executive communication

Generative AI governance

Tools

ML engineers collaboration

Job description

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? AtCoinbase, 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.

The Product Foundations team within Coinbase's Platform product group builds the systems that protect Coinbase, our customers, and the broader crypto ecosystem, powering identity verification, money movement, and regulatory compliance across every jurisdiction. As the Group Product Manager for Compliance Automation, you'll lead the product vision and multi-year strategy for the AI/ML-powered systems that automate Coinbase's regulatory obligations, including sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity detection, and risk-based compliance workflows. Compliance operations represent one of Coinbase's largest investments, and you'll own the strategy to strengthen and scale those capabilities through intelligent automation, reducing cost and regulatory risk while enabling the company to operate and grow globally.

What you’ll do:

• Own the product vision and multi-year roadmap for Coinbase's Compliance Automation platform, covering sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity detection, and risk-based compliance workflows.
• Lead a team of PMs to define, prioritize, and deliver AI/ML-powered capabilities that reduce manual compliance effort, increase detection accuracy, and scale compliance operations across jurisdictions.
• Drive significant cost optimization by identifying and executing automation opportunities across one of Coinbase's largest operational cost centers, without increasing regulatory risk.
• Partner with Compliance, Legal, Trust & Risk, Engineering, and Data Science to ensure automation systems meet regulatory requirements while enabling product velocity.
• Shape the integration of emerging AI/ML technologies to strengthen compliance detection, reduce false positive rates, and accelerate case resolution.
• Build and maintain relationships with regulatory and compliance stakeholders, translating evolving regulatory requirements into actionable product capabilities.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 10+ years of product management experience, with significant experience in AI/ML-powered automation, compliance technology, or operational automation at scale.
• Experience leading large, complex cross-functional programs with multiple workstreams, including managing managers or leading PM teams.
• Demonstrated ability to partner with ML engineers on agentic AI architectures and translate technical capabilities into compliance product strategy.
• Proven track record with regulatory compliance frameworks (sanctions, transaction monitoring, AML/BSA) and navigating compliance approval processes.
• Experience driving executive-level alignment and communicating investment tradeoffs to senior leadership (VP+, ET) with clarity and precision.
• 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: 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): $243,865 USD - $286,900 USD

Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.