Senior Counsel, Security and Technology

📋 Description

• • Serve as the primary legal advisor to Coinbase's global security and technology infrastructure teams, providing expert counsel on a wide array of critical matters.
• • Offer strategic legal guidance on incident response and reporting, ensuring timely and compliant communication with relevant authorities and stakeholders.
• • Oversee and ensure compliance of security and technology programs with international and domestic information security regulations, standards, and best practices.
• • Navigate and advise on complex and unique Web3/blockchain legal challenges within the cybersecurity and technology domains, positioning Coinbase at the forefront of legal innovation in the digital asset space.
• • Focus on incident response reporting obligations, ensuring adherence to all legal and regulatory requirements across various jurisdictions.
• • Advise on information technology and security program governance, establishing robust frameworks that align with business objectives and regulatory expectations.
• • Provide legal counsel on security provisions within contracts for both vendors and customers, mitigating risks and ensuring favorable terms.
• • Collaborate closely with business executives and technology teams to ensure the compliance of US and international operations with applicable e-money, payment services, and financial services laws and regulations.
• • Ensure legal and regulatory compliance in the cybersecurity space for new products and services, inter-company operating arrangements, and cross-entity oversight governance.
• • Proactively advise business leads and key clients on emerging regulatory and policy trends and developments in digital currency, cybersecurity, and technology governance across key US and international jurisdictions.
• • Actively contribute to Coinbase's advocacy efforts for effective and forward-thinking regulation in the digital asset and technology sectors.
• • Continuously assess operating risks and evolving legal needs, ensuring the legal department is well-equipped to support Coinbase's expanding international business operations.
• • Effectively manage outside counsel engagements, ensuring high-quality legal support for specific projects while simultaneously developing deep in-house domain expertise.
• • Drive initiatives to enhance legal processes and structures, fostering a culture of continuous improvement within the legal team and across relevant business units.
• • Exercise initiative and drive effective internal decision-making across complex workstreams, enabling Coinbase to achieve its long-term strategic goals.
• • Manage a substantial and varied workload with exceptional judgment, analytical rigor, and commercial pragmatism, delivering crisp and practical legal advice to business executives with minimal supervision.
• • Thrive in a fast-paced, growth-stage environment characterized by significant regulatory scrutiny, demanding operational excellence, and Coinbase's commitment to being the world's most trusted digital currency exchange.
• • Demonstrate flexibility, multitasking capabilities, and meticulous attention to detail, embracing the challenges and intensity of working in a high-growth, innovative company.
• • Leverage exceptional legal writing abilities and skillfully synthesize diverse stakeholder perspectives to achieve optimal outcomes.
• • Work independently and collaboratively, contributing to a high-caliber team environment where continuous learning and professional growth are paramount.
• • Contribute to the development and implementation of legal strategies that support Coinbase's mission to increase economic freedom in the world through the power of crypto and blockchain technology.
• • Play a pivotal role in shaping the legal landscape for the emerging onchain platform and the future global financial system.
• • Embrace the opportunity to leave a significant mark on the world by tackling the company's hardest problems with innovative legal solutions.
• • Actively seek and incorporate feedback to continuously level up skills and expertise, embodying Coinbase's culture of high performance and personal development.