Join Coinbase as a Business Operations Senior Associate to tackle strategic challenges and shape the future of finance.
Skills & Technologies
AI in the day-to-day
Coinbase is piloting an AI tool for initial screening interviews and an AI platform for interview note transcription.
Requirements
- Experience
- 5+ years
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the role of Business Operations Senior Associate at Coinbase, the individual will tackle complex strategic challenges by collaborating with senior leadership to develop data-driven recommendations that influence product and market strategies. Key skills include building quantitative models and business cases, with a background in management consulting or corporate strategy being essential. This position is suited for experienced professionals who thrive in fast-paced environments and can navigate ambiguity effectively. Coinbase's focus on innovation and economic freedom creates a dynamic atmosphere for impactful work.
Joblaze insights
- Listed today on Joblaze — tracked directly from Coinbase's career page.
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- Salary band is above the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$114,500).
Quick facts
- Is the Business Operations Senior Associate, Institutional role remote?
- It's hybrid — Coinbase expects some on-site time in USA.
- What's the salary range?
- Coinbase lists $148,835–$175,100 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 5 years of relevant experience for this Business Operations Senior Associate, Institutional role.
- Where is the role based?
- Coinbase is hiring for this position in USA.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Dune Analytics, SQL, Etherscan, BI tools.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Coinbase targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Business Operations Senior Associate, Institutional role at Coinbase.
From the original posting
Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.
As a Business Operations Senior Associate on the Business Operations & Strategy team within the Institutional group, you'll partner directly with senior leadership on Coinbase's highest-priority strategic and operational challenges. You'll work primarily with Institutional product and sales leaders, structuring complex problems, building quantitative business cases, and translating data into executive-level recommendations that shape product and segment strategy.
What you'll do:
- Structure complex, ambiguous strategic problems for Coinbase's leadership team and develop actionable recommendations backed by data and quantitative modeling.
- Build business cases and financial models that identify new opportunities and directly inform Institutional product and go-to-market strategy.
- Develop and maintain a deep understanding of competitive positioning, peer benchmarks, and the evolving crypto landscape to sharpen strategic recommendations.
- Design and implement experiments to validate hypotheses, measure impact, and drive measurable changes across Institutional products.
- Own problems end-to-end, from initial framing through analysis, recommendation, and implementation, not just the slide deck.
- Strengthen team capabilities by improving existing processes, frameworks, and operational tooling.
Required Skills and Experience:
- 5+ years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, corporate strategy, or product strategy, with demonstrated ownership of end-to-end strategic workstreams.
- Proven ability to build quantitative models and business cases that have directly influenced executive or leadership decisions.
- Familiarity with institutional finance, capital markets, or crypto/digital assets markets.
- Track record of delivering clear, concise written and verbal recommendations to senior stakeholders in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
- Exposure to SQL and BI tools (e.g., Hex, Superset, Looker) or crypto analytics tools (e.g., Dune Analytics, Etherscan) is a plus but not required.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Position ID: P77079
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Pay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
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- AI Disclosure: Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation. Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate. Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment.