Technical Program Manager, Knowledge Systems

Coinbase; Annapolis (MD); Hybrid; USD 149,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical/dental/vision

401(k)

Remote-first with quarterly in-person

Job summary

Coinbase is a remote-first company that values high-impact work and rigorous execution. As Technical Program Manager for Knowledge Systems, you will translate knowledge strategy into technical delivery, bridging customer self-service, knowledge operations, and AI-assisted support to scale without linear headcount growth.

You will own programs that improve systems behind self-service and discovery, drive cross-functional alignment, and lead high-leverage initiatives such as workflow automation

Qualifications

• 5+ years in technical program management or related leadership.
• Expertise in information retrieval architectures (vector databases, RAG) and CMS platforms.
• Strong systems thinking and ability to connect decisions to customer impact.
• Experience translating operational strategy into technical requirements and data schemas.
• Knowledge of content systems, knowledge management, workflow automation, and internal CX tooling.
• Proven ability to drive cross-functional alignment with clear accountability.
• Experience leading ambiguous, multi-team initiatives from concept to launch.
• Responsible use of generative AI with human oversight.

Responsibilities

• Own programs improving systems, tooling, and workflows behind customer self-service, internal support knowledge, and AI-assisted discovery.
• Drive cross-functional alignment across Knowledge Systems, engineering, product, and partner teams to translate complex knowledge taxonomies into technical specs, APIs, schemas, and plans.
• Lead planning and delivery of high-leverage initiatives such as workflow automation, knowledge system modernization, CMS improvements, metadata enhancements, and launch-readiness tooling.
• Partner with Knowledge Systems leads to ensure knowledge is accurate, structured for machine-readability and ready ahead of launch, and governed for customer, specialist, and compliance needs.
• Build and run an operating cadence for technical initiatives, including roadmap tracking, dependency management, risk escalation, and delivery accountability.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual work, improve scale, and prevent headcount growth with business complexity and launch volume.

Skills

Technical Program Mgmt

Cross-functional leadership

Information retrieval

CMS platforms

AI/LLM orchestration

Tools

LangChain

LlamaIndex

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.

Team/ Role Paragraph

The Knowledge Systems team builds the infrastructure powering accurate knowledge across customer self-service, internal tools, and AI-assisted support. As Technical Program Manager, you will translate knowledge strategy into technical execution. This is a systems-focused role bridging customer experience, knowledge operations, and technical delivery to build the foundation required to scale support without scaling headcount linearly.

What you’ll do:

• Own technical programs that improve the systems, tooling, and workflows behind customer self-service, internal support knowledge, and AI-assisted discovery (e.g., RAG pipelines, semantic search, and agentic workflows).

• Drive cross-functional alignment across Knowledge Systems, engineering, product, and partner teams to translate complex knowledge taxonomies and unstructured data into clear technical specifications, APIs, schemas, and execution plans.

• Lead the planning and delivery of high-leverage initiatives such as workflow automation, knowledge system modernization, CMS improvements, metadata and structure enhancements, and launch-readiness tooling.

• Partner with Knowledge Systems leads to ensure knowledge is accurate, structured for machine-readability and actionability, ready ahead of launch, and governed appropriately for customer, specialist, and compliance needs.

• Build and run an operating cadence for technical initiatives, including roadmap tracking, dependency management, risk escalation, and delivery accountability.

• Identify opportunities to reduce manual work, improve scale, and prevent headcount from growing linearly with business complexity and launch volume.

Required skills and experience:

• 5+ years of technical program management, systems implementation, or operational program leadership in a complex cross-functional environment.

• Deep familiarity with modern information retrieval architectures (such as vector databases, RAG, and LLM orchestration tools like LangChain or LlamaIndex) alongside CMS platforms, structured content, and metadata models.

• Strong systems thinking and operational judgment, with the ability to connect technical decisions to customer impact, specialist usability, compliance risk, and business performance.

• Experience translating operational strategy into technical requirements, data schemas, and tooling investments.

• Strong understanding of content systems, knowledge management, workflow automation, and internal tooling in operations or CX environments.

• Proven ability to drive alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders, especially where ownership is distributed and tradeoffs must be actively managed.

• Demonstrated experience leading ambiguous, multi-team initiatives from concept through launch with clear accountability, risk management, and measurable outcomes.

• 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):

$148,835—$175,100 USD

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