Technical Program Manager, Knowledge Systems

Coinbase
United States
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mid-level technical program managers with expertise in information retrieval architectures and knowledge management systems, working remotely in the USA with quarterly in-person sessions.

Best fit for

  • Technical program managers with experience in modern information retrieval architectures.
    — “Deep familiarity with modern information retrieval architectures
  • Systems thinkers who can connect technical decisions to customer impact.
    — “ability to connect technical decisions to customer impact
  • Operational leaders comfortable with ambiguous, multi-team initiatives.
    — “Demonstrated experience leading ambiguous, multi-team initiatives

Things to consider

  • Quarterly in-person working sessions are required.
    — “Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions
  • The role demands high accountability and risk management.
    — “clear accountability, risk management, and measurable outcomes

How to stand out

  • Showcase specific examples of reducing manual work through automation.
    — “Identify opportunities to reduce manual work
  • Highlight experience with AI-assisted workflows and RAG pipelines.
    — “AI-assisted discovery (e.g., RAG pipelines, semantic search)
  • Demonstrate cross-functional alignment in complex environments.
    — “Drive cross-functional alignment across Knowledge Systems
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Senior

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What success looks like

  • drive cross-functional alignment
  • translate knowledge strategy into technical execution
  • lead high-leverage initiatives
  • reduce manual work and improve scale
Typical background
5+ years of technical program managementoperational program leadershipsystems implementation

Skills & requirements

Required

Technical Program ManagementCross-functional AlignmentOperational JudgmentSystems ThinkingContent SystemsKnowledge ManagementWorkflow AutomationInternal ToolingRisk ManagementDelivery Accountability

Preferred

Modern Information Retrieval ArchitecturesVector DatabasesRAGLLM Orchestration Tools

Stack & domain

Technical Program ManagementSystems ImplementationOperational Program LeadershipModern Information Retrieval ArchitecturesVector DatabasesRagLlm Orchestration ToolsCms PlatformsStructured ContentMetadata ModelsSystems ThinkingOperational JudgmentContent SystemsKnowledge ManagementWorkflow AutomationInternal ToolingGenerative AiAlignmentProblem SolvingCommunicationTeamworkFinance

About the role

Original posting from Coinbase

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.

Team/ Role Paragraph: The Knowledge Systems team builds the infrastructure powering accurate knowledge across customer self-service, internal tools, and AI-assisted support. As Technical Program Manager, you will translate knowledge strategy into technical execution. This is a systems-focused role bridging customer experience, knowledge operations, and technical delivery to build the foundation required to scale support without scaling headcount linearly.

What you’ll do: 

Own technical programs that improve the systems, tooling, and workflows behind customer self-service, internal support knowledge, and AI-assisted discovery (e.g., RAG pipelines, semantic search, and agentic workflows).

Drive cross-functional alignment across Knowledge Systems, engineering, product, and partner teams to translate complex knowledge taxonomies and unstructured data into clear technical specifications, APIs, schemas, and execution plans.

Lead the planning and delivery of high-leverage initiatives such as workflow automation, knowledge system modernization, CMS improvements, metadata and structure enhancements, and launch-readiness tooling.

Partner with Knowledge Systems leads to ensure knowledge is accurate, structured for machine-readability and actionability, ready ahead of launch, and governed appropriately for customer, specialist, and compliance needs.

Build and run an operating cadence for technical initiatives, including roadmap tracking, dependency management, risk escalation, and delivery accountability.

Identify opportunities to reduce manual work, improve scale, and prevent headcount from growing linearly with business complexity and launch volume.

Required skills and experience:

5+ years of technical program management, systems implementation, or operational program leadership in a complex cross-functional environment.

Deep familiarity with modern information retrieval architectures (such as vector databases, RAG, and LLM orchestration tools like LangChain or LlamaIndex) 

alongside CMS platforms, structured content, and metadata models.

Strong systems thinking and operational judgment, with the ability to connect technical decisions to customer impact, specialist usability, compliance risk, and business performance.

Experience translating operational strategy into technical requirements, data schemas, and tooling investments.

Strong understanding of content systems, knowledge management, workflow automation, and internal tooling in operations or CX environments.

Proven ability to drive alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders, especially where ownership is distributed and tradeoffs must be actively managed.

Demonstrated experience leading ambiguous, multi-team initiatives from concept through launch with clear accountability, risk management, and measurable outcomes.

Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality

JOB ID: P77124

Pay 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):$148,835—$175,100 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.

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Accommodations: If you are an individual with a disability who needs a reasonable accommodation, email us your request and contact info at accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? Click here to download a free compatible screen reader and view the tutorial.

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AI Disclosure: Coinbase is piloting an AI tool based on machine learning technologies to conduct initial screening interviews to qualified applicants. The tool simulates realistic interview scenarios and engages in dynamic conversation.  Coinbase is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, allowing our interviewers to fully focus on you as the candidate. Coinbase will not use AI to make decisions impacting employment.

Source: Coinbase careers

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