Security Compliance Associate Manager

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Ready to be pushed beyond what you think you’re capable of?

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom in the world. It’s a massive, ambitious opportunity that demands the best of us, every day, as we build the emerging onchain platform — and with it, the future global financial system.

To achieve our mission, we’re seeking a very specific candidate. We want someone who is passionate about our mission and who believes in the power of crypto and blockchain technology to update the financial system. We want someone who is eager to leave their mark on the world, who relishes the pressure and privilege of working with high caliber colleagues, and who actively seeks feedback to keep leveling up. We want someone who will run towards, not away from, solving the company’s hardest problems.

Our work culture is intense and isn’t for everyone. But if you want to build the future alongside others who excel in their disciplines and expect the same from you, there’s no better place to be.

While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, we are not remote-only. In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment. Attendance is expected and fully supported.

Coinbase stores more digital currency than any company in the world, making us a top tier target on the internet. Security is core to our mission and has been a key competitive differentiator for us as we scale worldwide. Essential to scaling is building and running a security compliance program that reflects how we protect the data and assets in our care, to open the doors with customers, regulators, auditors, and other external stakeholders. If you love working with fast moving companies to expand our compliance advisory program and create positive change across the business, we’d like to speak with you about joining our team. Coinbase is looking for a Security Compliance Manager to drive second line of defense technology compliance initiatives across our crypto derivatives services and drive risk reduction through ‘controls by design’ and ongoing monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical deep-dive control assessments into crypto derivatives products, services and supporting systems (including perpetual swaps, futures, and options) to assess risk and control design, identify areas of weakness and control failures, and recommend risk reduction initiatives within a high-frequency, low-latency trading environment.
• Assess SOX, SOC 2 and ISO27001 implications of crypto derivatives services and evaluate compliance posture against those frameworks and certifications.
• Translate complex regulatory requirements into actionable engineering and business requirements, ensuring systems for collateral management, market data, and trade settlement are demonstrably compliant.
• Build close relationships with stakeholder teams including Security, Engineering, and Product to advise on technology and security requirements and ensure excellence in control ownership.
• Lead incident impact analysis procedures for Consumer products and services.
• Provide ongoing metrics and reporting to stakeholders and leadership; communicate progress and escalate when necessary.
• Identify opportunities to address systemic program challenges, recommend solutions and drive issue resolution.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive control and testing requirement documentation and deliver training to owners over control implementation, maintenance and remediation plans.
• Develop creative solutions to prove risk mitigation and solve for complex regulatory problems faced by the crypto industry.
• Maintain awareness of international regulation, emerging threats, forecasts, policies, and benchmarks.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience working in a technical controls or GRC engineering function, or equivalent experience.
• Familiarity with control domain knowledge and best practices and standards/frameworks such as ISO 27001/5, NIST CSF, SOX, SOC, COBIT.
• Strong technical acumen and ability to analyze and map complex, crypto-native technical processes to traditional control objectives (for example, mapping on-chain collateral movements to SOX controls for financial reporting integrity).
• Ability to manage multiple assessments and navigate ambiguity and complexity; prioritize a queue against strategic priorities.
• Clear and concise communicator and writer; experience drafting/operationalizing project plans across stakeholders and documenting deliverables for varying levels of audiences.
• Understanding of financial derivatives is essential (futures, options, perpetuals) and core exchange functions such as order matching, risk engines, margining, and clearing.
• Drive for continuous learning and willingness to embrace steep learning curves.
• Excellent organization and project management skills; able to perform effectively in a fast-moving and demanding environment.
• Ability to communicate with technical and non-technical stakeholders to align on shared outcomes.
• BA or BS in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• Experience working with MiFiD requirements (listed separately in the posting).

Nice to Haves

• Experience in FinTech, TradFi, consulting, business operations technical program management or other customer-facing disciplines.
• Strong knowledge of risk/control issues in relation to evolving technology (e.g., crypto, cloud, data lakes, machine learning).
• Certifications (not required) such as CISA, CISSP, CISM.
• Demonstrated beginner/intermediate knowledge of crypto/blockchain/web3.

Compensation and Pay Transparency

The target annual salary for this position can range as detailed below. Full time offers from Coinbase also include target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).

Pay Range:
£127,080 — £141,200 GBP

Additional Details

• Position ID: P72517
• #LI-Remote
• Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.
• The posting describes pilots of AI tools for initial screening and interview transcription; humans will review interview responses and Coinbase will not use AI to make employment decisions.

Benefits

• Private Medical Insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision/Eye Care Vouchers
• Life Assurance Benefit
• Disability/Income Protection
• Workplace Pension Scheme
• Travel Medical Policy - Global Traveler
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Wellness Stipend
• Mobile/Internet Reimbursement
• Connections Stipend
• Learning and Development Allowance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Fertility Benefits
• Generous Time off/Leave Policy