Sr. Director, Security Operations

We're looking for a Senior Director of Security Operations to join the cyber security team, reporting directly to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). You will collaborate with senior leaders to nurture, mature, and manage a mature cybersecurity operations team.

Disciplines reporting up to you will include: Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI), Insider Threat, and Trust & Safety. This will require you to work with a wide range of corporate stakeholders to rapidly detect, manage and contain security incidents, support technology incidents by providing data from our security technology suite, and support client incidents and investigations including significant Account Take Over (ATO) events. 

What You'll Be Doing (i.e., Job Duties)

• Provide front line tactical leadership and shape the strategic vision for the Coinbase cybersecurity operation team.
• Provide back-up leadership for the Chief Information Security Officer across all areas of leadership for the Information Security team.
• Partner with the security and product engineering teams and other cross functional teams to shape the security control and tool suite across the organization
• CSIRT - Front line leadership over all CSIRT activities including building / evolving the team and tooling (detection and response technologies)
• CTI - Responsible for tracking and reporting on advanced threat actors targeting Coinbase and our customers.  Work with enterprise teams to adjust product security and control suites to proactively prevent ATO and other malicious attacks.  
• Insider Threat - Evolve and maintain our capability to identify and track potential internal threats to the enterprise 
• Trust & Security - Evolve and maintain a team of investigators tased with supporting customers who suffer from significant loss events related to ATO or other security issues that impact retail financial customers.
• Cyber Technology Suite - Provide input on capability and maturity requirements to meet organizational needs for cyber technologies, and inform the strategy to hire, build, or buy the right resources to meet those requirements
• Litigation Support - Provide expertise in support of any litigation activity with cybersecurity implications or claims
• Ensure your team is allocated to the most strategic business needs at the company by understanding the Company's strategy and priorities
• Bring an automation-first mindset to champion and drive a more streamlined approach to cybersecurity operations.
• Coach your team to define program plans, success criteria, and execute against their objectives
• Serve as a point of escalation for your team, identify opportunities to address systemic challenges, and equip your team to drive issue resolution
• Lead by example and coach others to facilitate challenging discussions, present to stakeholders of all levels, and craft communication

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

• 5+ years of experience in building teams of size 40+ in financial or technology companies
• 10+ years of experience leading security teams, including 5+ years of experience in managing senior managers or 2nd level managers.
• 10+ years of work experience architecting, developing, and launching security operations functions and capabilities.
• Experience prioritizing workload based upon overall cyber risk and Return on Investment.
• Strong analytic skills and a demonstrated sense of ownership and accountability.
• History of delivering complex security solutions and risk management projects on-time and within budget.
• Ability to deliver quality solutions in a dynamic environment where priorities may change throughout the course of the delivery cycle.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a wide variety of people.
• A service-oriented mentality while driving excellence across the organization.
• Strong organizational skills, both for yourself and the team
• 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 security operations experience at a top Consumer Internet, Technology, or Financial services company.
• 5+ years of experience interacting with global financial regulators.
• Crypto native with significant working experience across Web3 technologies

Job #: P70814