Senior Product Operations Leader, Financial Markets

Coinbase, Inc.; Baton Rouge (LA); Hybrid; USD 201,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical benefits

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a senior individual contributor to elevate the FCM operating model for US futures, options, and related markets. You will translate business complexity into scalable processes, controls, and tooling, partnering with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Compliance to drive durable improvements.

In this role you will own critical workflows, design scalable solutions, and lead high‑impact initiatives in a regulated, fast‑growth environment while ensuring operational resilience and

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of listed derivatives, futures operations, and broker‑dealer or FCM workflows.
• Significant experience in operations, product operations, business operations, or program leadership in regulated financial services.
• Strong hands‑on technical knowledge of trade processing systems, books and records, and related infrastructure.
• Experience leading large‑scale transformation initiatives in the listed derivatives ecosystem.
• Proven ability to operate autonomously at a senior individual contributor level with both strategic judgment and hands‑on execution.
• Strong track record leading ambiguous, cross‑functional initiatives and turning them into durable process or tooling improvements.
• Experience partnering with Product and Engineering to build scalable operating solutions.
• Excellent analytical, prioritization, communication, and systems‑thinking skills.
• Uses generative AI responsibly, with strong human oversight to improve efficiency, cost, and quality.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve the FCM operating model across core workflows including trade flow management, position management, margin monitoring, internal reporting, regulatory reporting support, and business analytics.
• Lead the design and build of scalable operational solutions across people, process, and tooling, with a focus on reducing manual effort, increasing control quality, and improving operational resilience.
• Monitor and track stability in the environment and across process reliability using data and operational insights. Provide transparency on health, categorize and prioritize enhancements required and lead to delivery across a high-stakes regulated environment.
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Risk, Accounting, Compliance, Legal, and external partners to shape requirements, influence roadmap priorities, and ensure business needs are translated into practical, well‑controlled solutions.
• Drive strategic initiatives across launch readiness, process redesign, automation, control architecture, vendor tooling, and remediation of operational pain points.
• Define future‑state workflows and ownership models for new products, features, and business expansions, ensuring that operational considerations are embedded early in design rather than addressed after launch.
• Establish and elevate documentation, policies, procedures, governance standards, and decision frameworks for critical workflows and strategic changes.

Skills

Derivatives operations

Futures operations

Trade processing systems

Regulatory reporting

Cross-functional leadership

Autonomous senior IC

Product/Engineering collaboration

Analytical thinking

AI in operations

Tools

Trade systems software

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a senior individual contributor to elevate the FCM operating model for US futures, options, and related markets. You will translate business complexity into scalable processes, controls, and tooling, partnering with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Compliance to drive durable improvements.

In this role you will own critical workflows, design scalable solutions, and lead high‑impact initiatives in a regulated, fast‑growth environment while ensuring operational resilience and