Remote-First Design Operations Leader

Coinbase, Inc.; Salem (OR); Hybrid; USD 206,000 - 242,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Quarterly in-person surges

Job summary

Coinbase Creative Studio seeks a Design Operations Manager to own the operating model for design and motion teams, coordinating capacity, resourcing, and priorities across a diverse portfolio. You will manage full-time and contract talent, partner with agencies, and drive scalable processes that balance quality with speed.

This role requires delivering high‑impact creative work for world-class brands, and balancing strategic planning with hands-on execution in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in design, business, communications, or a related field.
• Significant experience leading design operations, creative operations, production management, or a related function within a high-performing creative organization.
• Proven experience developing resource strategy and managing global networks of contract design and motion talent, agencies, and production partners.
• Exceptional organizational judgment, with the ability to set priorities, anticipate tradeoffs, and create clarity across complex and shifting workstreams.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders, lead through ambiguity, and drive alignment across creative, marketing, production, and business teams.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the design and motion operating model for Creative Studio, including planning, resourcing, prioritizing, reviewing, delivering, and reporting.
• Set resource and capacity strategy across a broad portfolio of creative work, balancing priorities, timelines, and skill sets.
• Build and scale a global ecosystem of contract talent, agencies, and production partners, including sourcing, onboarding, engagement, and management.
• Establish operating rhythms, planning systems, and reporting for visibility into capacity, priorities, risks, and delivery.
• Lead high‑impact design and motion initiatives across multiple workstreams, ensuring quality, scope, timeliness, and brand expression.
• Partner with creatives, producers, strategists, marketers, and senior stakeholders to translate complex business priorities into executable plans.
• Identify bottlenecks and create scalable tools, processes, and solutions to increase speed and impact.

Skills

Lead design operations

Resource strategy

Stakeholder influence

Global network management

Project planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree in design, business, communications, or a related field

Job description

Coinbase Creative Studio seeks a Design Operations Manager to own the operating model for design and motion teams, coordinating capacity, resourcing, and priorities across a diverse portfolio. You will manage full-time and contract talent, partner with agencies, and drive scalable processes that balance quality with speed.

This role requires delivering high‑impact creative work for world-class brands, and balancing strategic planning with hands-on execution in a fast-moving environment.