Senior Strategic Program Lead - Financial Crimes Ops

Coinbase, Inc.; Bismarck (ND); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 154,000; Full time

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Strategic Program Lead to own and drive complex GFCO programs across global compliance operations. You will partner with Compliance Tech, EAA, and Legal to translate regulatory obligations into scalable, durable initiatives, while maintaining autonomy and clear governance.

You will guide cross-functional teams, create program roadmaps, and ensure readiness for launches and regulatory examinations, delivering measurable efficiency gains and risk control.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of program or project management experience in a regulated environment.
• 3+ years in financial crimes compliance, AML, BSA/AML operations, or related domain.
• Experience driving large-scale programs with multiple stakeholders and minimal guidance.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end program strategy, planning, and execution for GFCO program areas (e.g., SAM/CAR automation, EDD, Complaints).
• Develop charters, roadmaps, and governance for long-tail programs with external commitments.
• Lead cross-functional delivery with Compliance Tech, EAA, Ops, WFM, Legal, Analytics.
• Translate regulatory obligations and model signals into prioritized program approaches.
• Support launch readiness for new products, jurisdictions, and entity expansions.
• Identify and resolve program risks; provide trade-off recommendations to leadership.
• Drive cost-savings projections from automation and maintain accountability for actuals.
• Own intake discipline for automation requests, tooling changes, and resource asks.

Skills

Program management

Compliance operations

AML/CFT

Stakeholder management

Regulatory frameworks

Roadmapping

Cross-functional teams

Data tools

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Asana

Jira

Smartsheet

Looker

Snowflake

Google Sheets

Job description

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Strategic Program Lead to own and drive complex GFCO programs across global compliance operations. You will partner with Compliance Tech, EAA, and Legal to translate regulatory obligations into scalable, durable initiatives, while maintaining autonomy and clear governance.

You will guide cross-functional teams, create program roadmaps, and ensure readiness for launches and regulatory examinations, delivering measurable efficiency gains and risk control.