Senior Manager, Data Protection

We are looking for a Senior Manager to build and lead the Data Loss Prevention Team reporting to the Head of Security Operations. You will be collaborating strongly with cross functional leaders across the Information Security team and will be responsible for establishing the long term vision and strategy for the Data Loss Prevention Program at Coinbase. The role will require you to build a scalable Data Loss prevention program, mature the program from the ground up and establish a refined process and implement next-gen technologies to rapidly detect, manage and contain data security incidents. 

What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties)

• Lead and expand data loss prevention capabilities to protect Coinbase ecosystem from sophisticated data security incidents
• Establish the vision and strategy for the Data Loss prevention program
• Evaluate and direct complex designs/controls across a decentralized tech environment to promote security without impeding the speed of business
• Oversee and provide technical mentorship towards implementation and deployment of DLP tools and technologies in concert with cross functional teams (ie. endpoint security, information technology, and others)
• Enhance operational efficiency across a wide array of DLP Engineering & Operations leveraging LLMs and agentic AI
• Bring an automation first mindset to champion and drive a more streamlined and scalable approach towards DLP operations
• Advise CISO and Senior Leadership Team on emerging data protection threats targeting the crypto ecosystem
• Produce quantitative and qualitative metrics to apprise leaders of programmatic impact and challenges
• Collaborate across Security and Privacy Teams and lead cross functional data protection initiatives
• Work in concert with risk teams to measure control effectiveness and address changes in laws/regulations globally

What we look for in you (ie. job requirements): To be completed by all business teams except Eng. 

• You are an experienced team leader who can deliver measurable results
• You have experience previously leading  enterprise wide data loss prevention programs at scale
• You have the technical acumen to solve operational issues with an engineering solution
• You have direct experience testing, tuning, and implementing data loss prevention controls across multiple OS stack
• You are comfortable manipulating and orchestrating controls to address multiple operating systems (iOS / Chrome) and decentralized datasets
• You are adept at creating scalable processes, automating where possible, and leveraging ML/AI where feasible to maximize efficiency
• You can be trusted to be discreet and thoughtful while working  cross functionally to mitigate risk
• You are actively aware of the insider threat landscape, and understand the legal, regulatory, and ethical considerations of working with sensitive data across a global enterprise 
• You have experience with Insider Threat technologies (such as Security Information Event Management - SIEM, User Behavioral Analytics - UBA, Data Loss Prevention - DLP) and an understanding of investigations and/or the intelligence cycle
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills. Other team members ask for your input to communicate clearly and concisely and you are comfortable composing briefs and assessments consumed by leadership
• You prefer to play as a team and are equally comfortable as the ‘novice’ or the ‘expert’ 
• You are experienced leading remote teams across multiple time zones 
• Business acumen: Proven understanding of business dynamics, goals, and product strategy. Knowledge of how Security fits into Coinbase’s overall business.
• The ability to balance business needs, a sense of urgency, conflicting constraints, and shipping high quality and pragmatic solutions in a fast-moving and quickly-growing company.

Nice to haves

• 10 years of experience managing and leading enterprise-wide DLP Programs 
• Solving operational problems leveraging engineering / automation first mindset
• Experience in Web3 and crypto forward organizations or traditional financial institutions

Job ID: P74246