Hybrid Program Manager II

at Coinbase

• Job title: Program Manager II
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Amsterdam, Netherlands

About the role

• Program Manager II focusing on security integration initiatives for Coinbase global entity and acquired companies. Collaborating across teams to ensure compliance and enhance security programs.

Responsibilities

• Support continued execution of acquired company security initiatives and commitments including, for example, maintaining SOC 2 compliance.
• Understand and ensure compliance with applicable regulatory framework requirements including but not limited to MiCA, DORA, GDPR; collaborating cross-functionally to develop a plan to mitigate any gaps/findings.
• Identifying opportunities for improvement and implementing/optimising existing processes and procedures within the current security programme.
• Developing a plan for long-term consolidation of security capabilities between Coinbase global entity and acquired companies including, for example, aligning cross-functional stakeholders on which domains will converge versus be locally maintained.
• Understanding established security processes at the global entity level where appropriate; create and execute a plan to enhance acquired company policies and procedures for seamless integration into global paved roads.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and Security partners to document opportunities, challenges, and risks related to security integration of acquired companies.
• Support the execution and delivery of cross-functional security integration projects with multiple dependencies and constraints.
• Work closely with integration leads and cross-functional teams to ensure buy-in and adoption of critical security initiatives.
• Rapidly identify and escalate security integration risks to enable proactive collaboration and timely resolution.
• Provide program status updates to Security leadership and M&A stakeholders, ensuring transparency on key metrics and program effectiveness during integration.
• Concurrently manage multiple critical projects related to entity integration, including establishing and updating milestones, risks, and timelines.
• Understand the current state of various cross-functional integration workstreams and their dependencies.
• Hold teams accountable for deliverable quality and completeness within integration projects.
• Clearly assess and communicate the impact of integration delays to the overall project timeline.

Requirements

• 5+ years experience as a program manager or related discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in security, risk management, compliance, information systems or other relevant fields.
• Thrives in a hybrid work environment; this role is expected to work in person in Amsterdam multiple days per week.
• Native-level fluency in English, with proven ability to translate complex security and risk concepts for a predominantly U.S.-based leadership and engineering audience.
• Proven track record in a highly regulated ecosystem such as FinTech, payments or financial services
• Deep familiarity with EMEA frameworks (MiCA, DORA, BAIT, GDPR) and experience implementing cyber/security frameworks (NIST CSF, SOC2, ISO27001).
• Strong understanding and proven experience of formal program management methodologies.
• Working knowledge of and experience in the cyber/security domain.
• Exceptional skills in time management, facilitation, communication, and organisation.
• Organized, detail oriented, self-driven, and comfortable handling complex situations that require navigating ambiguity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with a track record of communicating at all levels involving both technical and non-technical teams/stakeholders.
• Strong ability to design straightforward processes that flex to solve novel challenges and evolving regulations
• Excellent at distilling complex security risks into clear, concise updates for both technical teams and C-level stakeholders
• Comfortable working in a distributed, multi-cultural environment across EMEA.

Benefits

• 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.