Role at a glance
- Salary
- $212.3K – $249.8K/yr
- Location
- Remote - US Remote - US - Zone 1 (Job Requisitions Only)
- Work arrangement
- Remote
- Employment
- Full-time
- Experience
- 8+ years of compensation experience with increasing scope
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Role Summary
Coinbase is hiring a Senior Compensation Business Partner for its Global Total Rewards team within the People Success Team organization. The senior individual contributor will own executive compensation, advise senior executives across G&A and Product, and lead AI strategy and transformation for the Compensation function.
What You'll Do
- Own executive compensation for senior leaders, including executive offers, long-term incentive design, and Compensation Committee materials.
- Partner with senior executives across G&A and Product on compensation-related recommendations.
- Identify, design, and deploy AI-enabled workflows and agents for benchmarking, scenario modeling, and stakeholder communications.
- Translate complex pay scenarios and program tradeoffs into executive-ready narratives and materials.
- Shape executive compensation program design, including proxy considerations, scenario modeling, and LTI structures.
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View full postingQualifications
Deep executive compensation expertise, including Comp Committee preparation, proxy/CD&A exposure, executive-level offers, and LTI design; experience advising senior leaders and influencing without authority; analytical and modeling fluency in Sheets/Excel; ability to write concise, decision-ready documents; experience owning end-to-end workstreams on small, high-output teams; responsible use of generative AI with human oversight.
Required
- Deep executive compensation expertise
- Comp Committee preparation
- Proxy/CD&A exposure
- Executive-level offers
- LTI design
- Trusted advisor to senior leaders
- Influence without authority
- Analytical and modeling fluency in Sheets/Excel
Original job description
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Original job description
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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.
We're hiring a Sr. Compensation Business Partner to join our Global Total Rewards team within the People Success Team organization. This is a senior IC role spanning three focus areas: executive compensation, comp business partnering for a portfolio of senior executives across G&A and Product groups, and driving AI strategy and transformation across the Compensation function. You'll help define what an AI-first Compensation function looks like at Coinbase, building workflows and tooling that make the entire team faster while delivering exec-ready recommendations on our most complex pay decisions.
What you'll do:
- Own executive compensation for our most senior leaders, including exec offers, long-term incentive design, and Comp Committee materials in partnership with Legal, Finance, and external advisors
- Partner as the dedicated comp business partner to a portfolio of senior executives across G&A and Product groups, delivering fast, concise recommendations on anything comp-related
- Lead AI strategy and transformation for the Comp function by identifying, designing, and deploying AI-enabled workflows and agents that accelerate benchmarking, scenario modeling, and stakeholder communications
- Translate complex pay scenarios and program tradeoffs into clear narratives and executive-ready materials that drive decisions in an async-first environment
- Shape executive compensation program design, including proxy considerations, scenario modeling, and LTI structures aligned to company strategy
Required Skills and Experience:
- 8+ years of compensation experience with increasing scope, including deep executive compensation expertise (Comp Committee prep, proxy/CD&A exposure, exec-level offers, LTI design)
- Proven track record as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, with demonstrated ability to influence without authority and deliver hard messages with clarity
- Analytical and modeling fluency in Sheets/Excel
- Demonstrated ability to write concise, decision-ready documents for senior executives, including problem framing, scenario tradeoffs, and clear recommendations that land without additional context
- Experience operating on small, high-output teams where you owned end-to-end workstreams with minimal direction in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Position ID: P77053
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- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
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About the company
Coinbase
Large Enterprise
Coinbase is a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform that enables users to buy, sell, and manage digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many others. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in San Francisco and has grown to serve millions of users globally, providing a secure and user-friendly experience for both novice and experienced traders. Coinbase aims to create an open financial system for the world, advocating for the adoption of digital currencies while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards in various markets. Through its innovative products and services, Coinbase seeks to empower individuals and institutions to transact in cryptocurrencies with confidence.
Coinbase is a leading cryptocurrency exchange platform that enables users to buy, sell, and manage digital currencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and many others. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in San Francisco and has grown to serve millions of users globally, providing a secure and user-friendly experience for both novice and experienced traders. Coinbase aims to create an open financial system for the world, advocating for the adoption of digital currencies while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards in various markets. Through its innovative products and services, Coinbase seeks to empower individuals and institutions to transact in cryptocurrencies with confidence.