Senior Technical Program Manager, Consumer

Coinbase, Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 194,000 - 228,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead high-priority, multi-quarter programs across product, engineering, and business teams. This role drives cross-functional delivery, defines program KPIs, and partners with design, data, and engineering to ship reliable features on schedule.

You will engage with distributed systems, governance, and AI-enabled workflows to maximize impact while navigating regulatory constraints and ambiguity.

Qualifications

• 7+ years as a Technical Program Manager, or similar leadership in large tech programs.
• Experience guiding cross-functional initiatives through ambiguity with tight timelines.
• Technical fluency in modern distributed systems for architecture discussions.
• Proven ability to define program KPIs and use dashboards to guide decisions.
• Familiarity with fintech, crypto, or DeFi domains.
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional programs from definition to launch and post-launch follow-up.
• Drive program cadence: kickoffs, status reviews, dashboards, risk tracking to keep teams aligned.
• Identify risks and dependencies, mitigate, and escalate when needed.
• Partner with Engineering leads to evaluate technical trade-offs for reliability and scalability.
• Translate goals into executable plans and define program KPIs for prioritization.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

KPIs & dashboards

Distributed systems

Regulatory awareness

AI in workflows

Job description

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? AtCoinbase, 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.

The Consumer & Business organization owns Coinbase's flagship retail experiences across trading, investing, and related financial products. As a Senior Technical Program Manager on this team, you'll lead high-priority, multi-quarter programs that span multiple product areas and engineering teams, turning strategy into clear plans and shipping high-quality features reliably and on time. Recent launches led by TPMs on this team include Equities, Prediction Markets, Derivatives, and Credit Card.

What you'll do:

• Own end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional programs from problem definition through launch and post-launch follow-up, ensuring scope, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics are defined and tracked.
• Drive the operating cadence for your programs (kickoffs, status reviews, dashboards, risk tracking) to keep teams aligned and accountable across Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and business partners.
• Identify risks and cross-team dependencies proactively, drive mitigations, and escalate crisply when leadership decisions are needed.
• Partner with Engineering leads to evaluate technical trade-offs around reliability, scalability, and long-term maintainability, ensuring architecture decisions support program goals.
• Translate product and business goals into executable program plans and define program-level KPIs that guide prioritization and decision-making.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 7+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager, Engineering leader, or similar role driving large technical programs in a high-growth consumer technology company.
• Proven track record leading cross-functional initiatives through significant ambiguity, tight timelines, and regulatory constraints, with demonstrated ability to drive programs independently from early framing through launch.
• Technical fluency in modern distributed systems sufficient to engage with Staff+ engineers on architecture, design trade-offs, and sequencing decisions.
• Experience defining program-level KPIs and using dashboards and data to guide prioritization, with a track record of influencing outcomes without direct authority across Product, Engineering, and business teams.
• Familiarity with trading, brokerage, payments, or other high-throughput fintech products, or with crypto, web3, or DeFi ecosystems.
• Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

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):: $193,970 USD - $228,200 USD

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