Senior Manager, Compliance Product Data

About the role

This role involves leading a team responsible for the entire compliance data product suite, covering areas like customer risk scoring, transaction monitoring, and anti-money laundering. The Senior Manager will define and implement data governance frameworks, including data quality, usage, and lineage risks, ensuring data integrity is a core component of technical design rather than an afterthought.

A key part of the position is acting as the final authority on data contracts between engineering teams (producers) and compliance/customer experience teams (consumers). This includes setting control requirements and managing changes. The manager will also partner with senior engineering stakeholders to maintain comprehensive data lineage, ensuring transparency from data generation to regulatory reporting.

Success in this role means guiding the team to prioritize data initiatives based on risk, focusing on high-materiality data elements that drive systemic improvements and clear data ownership. The individual will bridge the gap between compliance subject matter experts and engineering leadership to embed data integrity into technical designs from the outset.

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $252,620 to $297,200 USD, excluding equity and bonus.

Skills that matter here

• Data Product Management: This role requires leading the strategic ownership and development of compliance-related data products.
• AML: Deep subject matter expertise in Anti-Money Laundering is essential for overseeing relevant data products and compliance frameworks.
• KYC: Knowledge of Know Your Customer processes is critical for managing customer risk scoring and related data initiatives.
• ETL: The ability to engage in deep technical discussions about ETL pipelines with engineering partners is necessary.
• Data Modeling: Understanding data modeling is required to translate technical needs and lead discussions with engineering teams.
• Snowflake: Familiarity with cloud-native data environments like Snowflake is expected for managing metadata and lineage at scale.

Who this role suits

• You have a proven history of leading and scaling technical data product teams in regulated financial services.
• You possess deep domain expertise in compliance areas such as AML, KYC, or transaction monitoring.
• You are adept at managing complex stakeholder relationships, balancing speed with data integrity at an executive level.
• You approach problem-solving with a risk-based mindset, designing controls to manage residual risks.

From the employer

• Team Leadership & Mentorship: Build, lead, and develop a team of Data Product Managers/Analysts. Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Strategic Product Ownership: Provide world-class leadership for the Compliance data product suite, covering Customer Risk Scoring, Transaction Monitoring, AML, Screening, and Sanctions.
• Architect Data Governance: Lead the design and implementation of the end-to-end Compliance data risk framework, specifically addressing Data Quality (DQ), Usage Risk, and Lineage Risk.
• Enforce Data Contracts: Serve as the final authority on formal data contracts between Producers (Engineering) and Consumers (Compliance, CX, IOS), defining robust control requirements and change management protocols.
• Oversee System-of-Capture Lineage: Partner with senior engineering stakeholders to maintain comprehensive data lineage, ensuring full transparency from the point of data generation to regulatory reporting.
• Drive the Data Roadmap: Act as the strategic bridge between Compliance SMEs and Engineering leadership to ensure data integrity is a foundational component of technical design, not a manual overlay.
• Risk-Based Prioritization: Guide your team to eschew "boiling the ocean" in favor of a risk-based strategy, focusing on high-materiality data elements that drive systemic change and data ownership.

• Leadership Experience: Proven track record of managing and scaling technical data product teams within a regulated Financial Services or FinTech environment.
• Domain Expertise: 10+ years of experience in Data Product Management, Data Engineering or Technical Program Management, with deep SME knowledge of AML, KYC, Sanctions, and/or Transaction Monitoring.
• Technical Design Literacy: Ability to lead deep-dive discussions on ETL pipelines, SQL, and data modeling with Engineering partners while translating those needs for non-technical stakeholders.
• Mastery of Data Lineage: Experience mapping complex data flows across distributed systems to meet rigorous regulatory standards (e.g., BCBS 239 or similar).
• Stakeholder Management: Exceptional ability to align competing priorities between "speed to market" (Product) and "data integrity" (Compliance) at the executive level.
• Risk-Based Thinking: A proactive approach to designing "compensating controls" to manage residual risk in complex technical environments.
• Modern Data Stack: Familiarity with cloud-native environments (Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery) and how they handle metadata and lineage at scale.
• Demonstrates the ability to responsibly use generative AI tools and copilots (e.g., LibreChat, Gemini, Glean) in daily workflows.

• Salary: Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $252,620—$297,200 USD.
• Work Environment: While many roles at Coinbase are remote-first, in-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually to foster collaboration, connection, and alignment.