Strategic Intelligence Manager, Protective Intelligence

ABOUT THE ROLE We are seeking a Strategic Intelligence Manager to join the Protective Intelligence team within Security at Coinbase. As a remote-first company, you will work alongside a team of experts who refuse to settle for "good enough" and are committed to increasing economic freedom. This role is a critical part of our mission, responsible for protecting Coinbase's people, assets, and reputation through intelligence, due diligence, and geopolitical risk analysis. WHAT YOU'LL DO As the Strategic Intelligence Manager, you will be responsible for setting the strategic direction for the Strategic Intelligence program, leading high-impact due diligence for M&A and executive-level decisions, and delivering forward-looking geopolitical assessments that shape how Coinbase operates and grows around the world. Your key responsibilities will include: - Owning the strategic direction and governance of Coinbase's Strategic Intelligence program, serving as the recognized subject-matter expert across reputational due diligence, geopolitical intelligence, and first-party diligence. - Leading Reputational Due Diligence for mergers and acquisitions, investments, and strategic partnerships, producing complex risk findings that inform Corporate Development and executive decision-making within defined SLAs and quality standards. - Delivering forward-looking geopolitical intelligence, assessing how events and crises impact Coinbase offices, personnel, assets, and business strategy, and routing timely assessments to senior leadership, GSOC, Executive Protection, and Business Continuity teams. - Sourcing and establishing open and closed-source intelligence streams while building deep relationships with public and private-sector intelligence partners to proactively identify threats targeting Coinbase and the crypto community. - Designing scalable, AI-enabled processes that increase program efficiency and reduce cost while maintaining appropriate human-in-the-loop safeguards, and defining program metrics that communicate impact to senior leadership. - Mentoring analysts, specialists, and contractors, including senior teammates, providing high-signal feedback on judgment, influence, and craft and elevating standards across complex, ambiguous work. WHAT YOU'LL NEED To be successful in this role, you will need: - 6+ years of experience in intelligence, due diligence, geopolitical risk analysis, investigations, or related fields, with recognized expertise in at least one intelligence domain. - A proven track record producing investigation and geopolitical risk reports that have directly informed M&A, investment, or other business decisions at scale. - Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives independently from problem identification through solution delivery, owning a defined capability within a broader program while holding cross-functional partners and vendors accountable. - The ability to communicate complex technical and business risks clearly to senior audiences in written and verbal formats, ensuring stakeholders are rarely surprised by outcomes. - Experience applying systems thinking to anticipate second-order impacts and designing for long-term resilience and scale across intelligence operations. - Familiarity with utilizing generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality. WHY REMOTE As a remote-first company, Coinbase values flexibility and autonomy. You will have the opportunity to work from anywhere while being part of a team that is dedicated to increasing economic freedom. Quarterly in-person working sessions called "surges" will provide opportunities for collaboration and connection with your team. BENEFITS Coinbase offers a competitive annual base salary range of $166,345 - $