Description
At Coinbase, we're on a mission to increase economic freedom in the world. We're seeking a Technical Program Manager II to join our Security & Privacy department. As a Technical Program Manager II, you will work with the Security organization to build and drive meaningful business and security outcomes through complex programs while empowering our engineering/product teams to act as owners of security risk.
The Security team's goal is to identify, measure, manage, mitigate, and report risk associated with products to keep our customer's funds and data safe. You will collaborate with program sponsors and cross-functional Security partners to identify, document, and objectively assess opportunities, challenges, and risks across traditional and novel Security domains using qualitative and quantitative factors, including KRIs and KPIs.
You will serve as the Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) for key security initiatives or workstreams when required, owning outcomes and driving decision-making to keep programs moving forward. You will create program strategies and artifacts, including proposals, prioritization frameworks, roadmaps, dependency maps, and risk registers, to drive initiatives that incrementally increase program maturity over time.
You will partner with Product, Engineering, and Security teams to influence adoption of critical initiatives, navigate technical dependencies, and support the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) as part of product and feature launches. You will concurrently manage multiple critical projects end-to-end: establishing milestones and timelines, managing cross-functional workstreams and dependencies, holding teams accountable for deliverable quality, and clearly communicating the impact of delays on project timelines and security risk posture.
You will provide program status to Security leadership while ensuring transparency on key metrics, program effectiveness, strategic direction, and changes. You will conduct regular data analysis on security control performance to identify trends, anomalies, and areas for improvement, leveraging BI tools to drive data-informed decisions.
You will drive process improvement and scaling initiatives within security programs by leveraging AI tools, automation, and retrospectives to optimize workflows, reduce manual toil, and achieve outcomes efficiently. You will author Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) to focus teams on the right short-term and long-term goals, and manage change across complex multi-quarter programs.
You will rapidly identify and escalate risks to enable proactive collaboration and timely resolution.
We're looking for a Technical Program Manager II with a strong understanding and proven experience of formal program management methodologies, working knowledge of and experience in cyber/security domain, fluency in leveraging AI in daily workflows to enhance efficiency, drive process improvements, and deliver high-quality, business-ready outputs.
You should have exceptional skills in time management, facilitation, communication, and organization, ability to translate complex concepts simply for varied audiences, experience managing cross-functional teams and stakeholders, and comfortable navigating ambiguity and operating in environments where processes and paved roads may not yet exist.
Nice to haves include professional certification such as PMP, CISSP and CISA, working knowledge of and experience in the technology and/or financial technology industry, experience working across all the three lines of defense (3LOD), and advanced understanding of Generative AI, Google Workspace, JIRA, Linear, Superset, Looker and SQL.