Technology Officer (Remote)

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.

We’re looking for a Technology Officer to join Coinbase Germany technology team. You’ll be supporting several strategic initiatives, such as documenting the local IT strategy, technical requirements to meet new regulations, performing oversight of all outsourced IT services (including but not limited to incident reviews, KPIs monitoring for critical outsourced services), and coordinating operational resilience related activities.

In addition, the resource will support audit and remediation projects by defining actionable requirements for technology teams to consume, establish and monitor project plans.

What You’ll Be Doing (ie. Job Duties)

• Document and maintain CB Germany IT Strategy, as well as CB Digital Operational Resilience Strategy
• Support technology incident management process by reporting incidents KPIs to local management, and document go back to green plan for any KPIs in breach
• Support review of new laws/regulation, identify gaps, transcribe IT impacts into actionable requirements for engineering teams
• Serve as one of the primary technology touchpoint for Coinbase Germany
• Contribute and execute Coinbase Technology Governance framework
• Participate in the ICT Risk Management framework
• Evaluate technology risks, and coordinate risk mitigation actions when risks are identified being above company appetite
• Coordination and management of Operational Resilience related activities such as disaster recovery testing
• Assist during internal/external audit (gather documents, prepare summary)

What We Look For In You (ie. Job Requirements)

• 5+ years of experience in technology governance, risk, and or compliance.
• Experience working with technology standards or frameworks such as ITIL, COBIT, NIST, BAIT
• Experience working on remediation projects (new regulation, audit findings)
• Enjoy solving hard problems and can turn incomplete, conflicting, or ambiguous inputs into action plans
• Ability to partner with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Enterprise Risk, Legal, Compliance, etc.)
• Previous experience working with various global sites to implement coordinated efforts
• Experience working within Cloud native environments
• Ability to leverage data to inform critical decisions and make recommendations
• Prior experience working with auditors
• Prior experience working on global programs
• Able to manage multiple stakeholders and priorities simultaneously
• Fluency in German

Nice To Haves

• Working experience working with regulators
• 2+ years of experience working within Financial Services or FinTech
• Prior crypto experience and a demonstrated interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies
• Advanced knowledge of cloud computing, Google apps, JIRA, Confluence

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