Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? At Coinbase, we are uncompromising on
our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we
like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your
perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who
refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. Coinbase is a remote-first, but not
remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions
called “surges.” learn more about working at Coinbase.Coinbase's Privacy team is
hiring a Privacy Analyst to own the Privacy Incident Management function, reporting to the Head
of Privacy. You'll partner across Privacy, Privacy Legal, Security, Product, Engineering,
and Communications to triage incidents involving personal data, drive privacy analysis,
coordinate remediation, and continuously improve how Coinbase responds to privacy incidents.
This role is built for someone who thrives in ambiguity, drives cross-functional coordination
during time-sensitive events, and builds durable process improvements in a fast-moving
environment.
What you'll do:

Own the end-to-end Privacy Incident Management program, including notification workflows,
escalation paths, process documentation, responder enablement, and automation opportunities.
Lead privacy incident response as the DRI and Incident Commander, coordinating across Privacy,
Privacy Legal, CSIRT, Product, Engineering, and Communications to drive analysis, remediation,
and follow-through.
Maintain on-call readiness to support privacy incident triage, severity classification, and
urgent escalations, ensuring incidents are correctly assessed and routed.
Drive privacy incident retrospectives, track resulting remediation items and control gaps, and
deliver incident metrics and reporting covering trends, remediation status, and process health.
Build and maintain strong cross-functional and cross-geography stakeholder relationships to
improve readiness, response quality, and business accountability.
Support broader Privacy initiatives during lower-volume periods, including cross-functional
efforts, tooling development, and automation projects.

Required Skills and Experience:

3+ years of experience in privacy, security, incident response, technology risk, or a related
operational risk function, including direct experience leading or supporting incident, issue,
or risk workflows requiring structured analysis, documentation, and cross-functional
coordination.
Strong incident management skills with experience communicating privacy risk and incident
findings to both technical and non-technical audiences, including producing written incident
analyses, retrospective documentation, and executive-level summaries.
Proven track record of leading technical investigations within cloud-native architectures, with
hands-on proficiency in SQL, Python, and data analysis tools (e.g., Postgres, MongoDB, Airflow,
Looker, Snowflake).
Demonstrated experience building automation to reduce manual operational tasks and improve
incident response efficiency.
Working knowledge of privacy regulations and frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, PIPEDA, ePrivacy,
DPIAs/PIAs, ROPA, data subject rights) data subject rights, privacy controls, and privacy issue
management. 
Utilizes and builds generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver
business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and
quality.

Position ID:  P78172
#LI-RemotePay Transparency Notice: Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total
compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental,
vision, 401(k)). 
 Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):$135,320—$159,200 USD
Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic
information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable
federal, state, and local laws.
US Applicants: View Employee Rights, Know Your Rights, and E-Verify Notice of Participation.
Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable
accommodation, email us your request and contact info at
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Data Privacy & Arbitration: By submitting your application, you agree to our Candidate
Privacy Notice. US applicants: By submitting your application, you agree to Arbitration of
Disputes.