Senior Counsel, Coinbase
International Projects
$183.9-216.3k
+ Target bonus & target equity
The world’s leading exchange for digital currencies
Open for applications
The world’s leading exchange for digital currencies
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$183.9-216.3k
+ Target bonus & target equity
1001+ employees
Company mission
Their mission is to create an open financial system for the world and to be the leading global brand for helping people convert digital currency into and out of their local currency.
Role
Who you are
- 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
- Experience providing legal counsel on complicated regulatory investigations/responses/projects
- Experience in cross-functional project management in a fast-paced environment
- Experience leading internal investigations and/or regulatory responsesIdeal candidates will have demonstrated experience communicating and partnering at all levels of an organization to coordinate between multiple internal stakeholders and balance differing opinions and perspectives
- Must be flexible, able to multitask, detail-oriented, and enjoy fast paced and high-intensity work
- Exceptional organizational skills
- Exceptional legal writing abilities and skilled at synthesizing the perspectives of various stakeholders
- Excellent judgment and analytic rigor
- Ability to quickly learn and synthesize information from a variety of cross-functional stakeholders to help frame decisions and communicate clear updates and recommendations to company leadership on complex urgent projects
- Experience communicating and partnering at all levels of an organization to coordinate between multiple internal stakeholders and balance differing opinions and perspectives with a real attention to detail
- Ability to proactively assess potential risks and identify recommendations in coordination with cross-functional subject matter experts to drive high priority cross-functional implementation
What the job involves
- This role will support sensitive and high-pace projects across the legal teams that support our Security, Privacy, Financial Crimes, Strategic Response, and international regulatory work
- As such, it will be front and center on advising Coinbase stakeholders on critical, novel legal issues around the globe
- This role requires both the ability to provide legal counsel and manage/lead large, complicated projects that span cross-functional teams both inside and outside
- You will proactively assess and define potential risks, and identify recommendations in coordination with cross-functional subject matter experts on high-priority cross-functional matters
- You will drive these cross-functional projects and be responsible for ensuring effective execution
- You will quickly learn and synthesize information from a variety of cross-functional stakeholders to frame decisions and communicate clear updates and recommendations to company leadership on complex urgent and sensitive projects
Our take
Coinbase allows its users to create their own crypto wallets and start buying or selling cryptocurrencies by connecting with their bank accounts. It also provides a series of merchant payment processing systems and tools that support transactions with many popular websites.
Coinbase has recently made a big push to broaden its services away from consumers and they want to cater services from institutional investors.
Coinbase currently offers one of the largest selection of cryptocurrency assets - over 10,000 but does not allow trading on all of them. The company wisely keeps such offerings to the most stable assets however, the list is always expanding. Coinbase see a much wider adoption of cryptocurrency and tokens in the future, and plan to expand potentially to millions in the future. It speaks volumes to Coinbase's goals of wider global adoption that former UK Finance Minister George Osborne is now an Advisor at the company.
Coinbase's lofty ambitions paid off in it being the first crypto listing on the NASDAQ. The company has weathered several bull and bear runs in the cryptocurrency industry through diversification of its offerings, including wallet-as-a-service technology for crypto platforms, and has acquired healthy coffers of cryptocurrency assets. The aim is to eventually operate independently of the volatility surrounding cryptocurrencies.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-24% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)
Oct 2018
$300m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Oct 2018
$108.1m
SERIES D
Total funding: $633.4m
Company benefits
- 12 weeks maternity/paternity leave
- Vision and dental care
- Commuter benefits
- Learning and development budget
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Company HQ
Civic Center, New York, NY
Leadership
Brian Armstrong
(CEO)Previously founded UniversityTutor.com, also worked as a Software Engineer at AirBnb
Alessia Haas
(CFO)Previously held various head positions, including VP at GE Healthcare, Director at Merrill Lynch and CFO at CIT Bank and Oz Management
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