Strategic Program Lead

Coinbase; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Equity options

Bonus eligibility

Job summary

Coinbase is seeking a Strategic Program Lead to drive regional CX initiatives across APAC, EMEA and the Americas. You will ensure launches are locally adapted, compliant, and optimized with regional partners, shaping the customer experience globally.

The role partners with Product, Engineering, Compliance and CX teams to deliver scalable programs, monitor performance, and maintain governance while using AI responsibly to improve efficiency and quality.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in program management within customer support operations.
• Ability to use data to prioritize issues and measure CX outcomes.
• Experience across regulated markets (EMEA, APAC) with compliance basics.
• Cross‑functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, Compliance and Ops.
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own regional launch readiness for local markets.
• Surface regional friction and escalate to program managers.
• Adapt global programs to local regulatory and cultural contexts.
• Collaborate with regional leads to ensure legal and experience quality.
• Represent regional needs in global forums and roadmap discussions.

Skills

Program management

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory compliance

AI governance

Job description

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

As a Strategic Program Lead on the International CX Strategic Programs team within the Customer Experience org, you'll ensure customer experiences are globally relevant, locally compliant, and regionally optimized across APAC, EMEA, and the Americas. You'll work horizontally across product domains and with regional partners to adapt, localize, and scale initiatives, bringing the CX perspective into launch planning so regional customers are never an afterthought.

What you’ll do:

• Own regional launch readiness by ensuring every product or policy launch is adapted for local markets, including language, payment methods, regulatory coverage, and agent enablement.
• Surface and prioritize region-specific friction by monitoring emerging issues and themes, elevating local trust-breaking patterns to Program Managers and Product teams with clear paths to resolution.
• Adapt global programs for local context by partnering with Program Managers and Product teams to customize policies, workflows, and automation where regulatory requirements or cultural behaviors differ.
• Partner with regional CX, Ops, Risk, and Compliance leads to align on local experience quality, legal requirements, and proactive mitigation of market-specific risks, including producing monthly SLA reports for regulated entities.
• Represent regional customers in global forums, ensuring roadmap discussions, launch planning, and issue prioritization reflect the needs of customers across all markets.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in program management within customer support operations, including hands‑on work with technical product or ops integrations.
• Demonstrated ability to use quantitative analysis and regional data to prioritize issues, inform launch decisions, and measure CX outcomes.
• Track record of operating across multiple regulated markets (e.g., EMEA, APAC) with working knowledge of compliance requirements such as AML/KYC, vulnerable customer obligations, or financial services regulations.
• Experience partnering cross‑functionally with Product, Engineering, Compliance, and Operations teams to drive programs from planning through execution across multiple geographies.
• 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):

$108,630 — $108,630 USD

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