Senior Product Operations Leader, FinTech Markets (Remote)

Coinbase, Inc.; Springfield (IL); Hybrid; USD 201,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity eligibility

Bonus eligibility

Medical, dental, vision + 401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase seeks a senior contributor for the FCM Operations team, supporting US Futures, Options, and Prediction Markets. You will design scalable workflows, monitor regulatory reporting, and automate processes in a high‑stakes setting in a remote‑first company that values intense in‑person surges quarterly.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Compliance to shape requirements and deliver practical, well‑controlled solutions while maintaining strong controls and governance in a

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 and lead to delivery in 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.
• Establish and elevate documentation, policies, procedures, governance standards, and decision frameworks for critical workflows and strategic changes.

Skills

Derivatives knowledge

Regulated finance

Trade processing

Large-scale transformation

Autonomous contributor

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical thinking

AI with oversight

Job description

Coinbase seeks a senior contributor for the FCM Operations team, supporting US Futures, Options, and Prediction Markets. You will design scalable workflows, monitor regulatory reporting, and automate processes in a high‑stakes setting in a remote‑first company that values intense in‑person surges quarterly.

You will partner with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Compliance to shape requirements and deliver practical, well‑controlled solutions while maintaining strong controls and governance in a