# Strategic Intelligence Manager, Protective Intelligence

**Company:** [Coinbase](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/coinbase)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Other
**Salary:** $166k – $196k/yr
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Geopolitical Intelligence, Due Diligence, Reputational Due Diligence, Investigations, M&A Risk Analysis, Open-Source Intelligence, Closed-Source Intelligence, Generative AI, Systems Thinking, Stakeholder Communication
**Posted:** 2026-06-16

> Lead Coinbase's Strategic Intelligence program as the DRI for reputational due diligence, geopolitical risk analysis, and M&A intelligence. Set program strategy, deliver forward-looking assessments to senior leadership, and design AI-enabled processes while mentoring analysts.

## Job Description

## What you'll do

- Own the strategic direction and governance of Coinbase's Strategic Intelligence program, serving as the recognized subject-matter expert across reputational due diligence, geopolitical intelligence, and first-party diligence.
- Lead Reputational Due Diligence for mergers and acquisitions, investments, and strategic partnerships, producing complex risk findings that inform Corporate Development and executive decision-making within defined SLAs and quality standards.
- Deliver forward-looking geopolitical intelligence, assessing how events and crises impact Coinbase offices, personnel, assets, and business strategy, and routing timely assessments to senior leadership, GSOC, Executive Protection, and Business Continuity teams.
- Source and establish open and closed-source intelligence streams while building deep relationships with public and private-sector intelligence partners to proactively identify threats targeting Coinbase and the crypto community.
- Design scalable, AI-enabled processes that increase program efficiency and reduce cost while maintaining appropriate human-in-the-loop safeguards, and define program metrics that communicate impact to senior leadership.
- Mentor analysts, specialists, and contractors, including senior teammates, providing high-signal feedback on judgment, influence, and craft and elevating standards across complex, ambiguous work.

## Required Skills and Experience

- 6+ years of experience in intelligence, due diligence, geopolitical risk analysis, investigations, or related fields, with recognized expertise in at least one intelligence domain.
- Proven track record producing investigation and geopolitical risk reports that have directly informed M&A, investment, or other business decisions at scale.
- Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives independently from problem identification through solution delivery, owning a defined capability within a broader program while holding cross-functional partners and vendors accountable.
- Communicates complex technical and business risks clearly to senior audiences in written and verbal formats, ensuring stakeholders are rarely surprised by outcomes.
- Applies systems thinking to anticipate second-order impacts and designs for long-term resilience and scale across intelligence operations.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

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