Manager, WFM CX Operations

Coinbase, Inc.; Oklahoma City (OK); Hybrid; USD 186,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager, Workforce Management within the Customer Experience team.

You will lead the evolution of WFM from a tactical function into a strategic, AI-informed capability that shapes how Coinbase plans, staffs, and scales its operations. You will own capacity planning, workforce forecasting, and cost modeling across Consumer CX lines, translating complex workforce dynamics into decision-ready narratives for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in senior Workforce Management, Operations, or Strategic Workforce Planning with regulated or compliance-driven exposure in financial services or fintech.
• Ability to build partnerships across Finance, Legal, Compliance, Ops, and senior leadership without direct authority.
• Experience designing AI-informed staffing models and automation-driven productivity assumptions.

Responsibilities

• Own AI-informed capacity planning across CX, with hybrid human-AI staffing models and scenario planning.
• Serve as the senior WFM voice with executives, translating forecast risk into actionable narratives.
• Build cross-functional partnerships to align on resourcing, OpEx, and regulatory readiness.
• Design multi-scenario staffing plans balancing service levels, cost, and AI leverage.
• Identify strategic opportunities in CX Operations and drive initiatives end-to-end.
• Extend WFM expertise to adjacent teams as a center of excellence.

Skills

Workforce management

Operations

Strategic workforce planning

Regulatory/compliance

AI-informed workforce

Capacity planning

Forecasting

Scenario modeling

SQL

Tools

Assembled

Looker

Hex

SQL fluency

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 a Senior Manager, Workforce Management on the Customer Experience team, you'll lead the evolution of WFM from a technical support function into a strategic, AI-informed capability that shapes how Coinbase plans, staffs, and scales its operations. You'll own capacity planning, workforce forecasting, and cost modeling across Consumer (CX) lines of business, translating complex workforce dynamics into decision-ready narratives for senior leadership. This role builds trusted partnerships across Ops, Finance, Legal, and Compliance to drive alignment on resourcing, regulatory readiness, and automation-driven productivity.

What you'll do:

• Own AI-informed capacity planning across CX Operations, incorporating hybrid human-AI staffing models, scenario planning, and automation-driven productivity assumptions into workforce strategy for existing lines of business and new product launches.

• Serve as the senior WFM voice with executive and CX leadership, distilling forecast risk, capacity tradeoffs, and regulatory readiness into clear, decision-ready narratives that drive action without hand-holding.

• Build cross-functional partnerships with Finance, Product, Legal, and Compliance to align on workforce priorities, cost models, OpEx forecasts, and resourcing tradeoffs across competing stakeholder demands.

• Design multi-scenario staffing plans that model tradeoffs between service levels, employee experience, operational flexibility, cost effectiveness, and AI/automation leverage.

• Identify and drive strategic opportunities across CX Operations by gathering data, building business cases, securing cross-functional buy-in, and leading initiatives from concept through execution.

• Extend WFM strategic expertise to adjacent teams (Risk and Controls, Programs, P&E), operating as a center of excellence for resource planning methodology across the broader organization.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 5+ years in senior Workforce Management, Operations, or Strategic Workforce Planning roles with direct accountability for regulated or compliance-driven operations in financial services or fintech.

• Demonstrated ability to build partnerships, drive alignment, and influence decisions across Finance, Legal, Compliance, Ops, and senior leadership without positional authority.

• Expertise in capacity planning, forecasting, and scenario modeling in complex back-office environments, including designing staffing models that incorporate AI/automation-driven productivity assumptions.

• Experience operating in or transitioning a team toward an AI-informed workforce model where AI agents contribute to operational output.

• Proficiency with modern WFM platforms (e.g., Assembled or comparable), BI tools (e.g., Looker, Hex), and sufficient SQL fluency to independently query and validate workforce data.

• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and qualitat

PID: P77111

*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):

$185,915—$195,700 USD

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