CoinDesk

Program Manager

CoinDesk$200K — $250K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of program or project management experience delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives.
  • Experience managing technology and operational integrations post-M&A, including workstream coordination.
  • Hands-on delivery and problem-solving expertise; proficient with Confluence and JIRA.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to convey complex topics simply.
  • Exceptional attention to detail with proficiency in both strategic and detailed execution.
  • Ability to provide structure and governance in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end delivery for complex, multi-workstream initiatives across diverse teams.
  • Establish and maintain program governance frameworks with effective status reporting.
  • Partner with senior stakeholders to define project scope and prioritize deliverables.
  • Drive dependency management and proactively mitigate risks to ensure smooth delivery.
  • Facilitate collaboration across engineering, product, legal, compliance, and operations teams.
  • Develop detailed project plans, resource allocation models, and delivery roadmaps.
  • Introduce best practices for program management, enhancing organizational delivery discipline.

Benefits

  • Onsite work requirement in NYC office for a minimum of 4 days per week.
  • Opportunities for performance incentives and bonuses.
  • Engagement in a fast-paced environment at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets.
Full Job Description

Reports to:

Director - PMO, Change & Delivery

Position Overview

We are looking for a Program Manager to join our NYC-based Change & Delivery team. This role will lead complex, cross-functional programs across the business, providing structure and governance to strategic initiatives that span technology, operations, and product. You will work closely with senior stakeholders across multiple teams to drive delivery from inception through execution, ensuring alignment on priorities, managing dependencies, and removing blockers. Your contribution will directly impact how Bullish scales its regulated digital asset exchange platform, and you will play a central role in shaping how the organisation delivers change. This is a highly visible position suited to someone who thrives in fast-paced, evolving environments and wants to make a tangible impact at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets.

This position will be required to work onsite at our NYC office a minimum of 4 days per week.

Responsibilities:

  • Own end-to-end program delivery for complex, multi-workstream initiatives across technology, operations, compliance, and product teams

  • Establish and maintain program governance frameworks, including status reporting, RAID management, steering committees, and milestone tracking

  • Partner with senior stakeholders and leadership to define scope, prioritise deliverables, and ensure strategic alignment across competing initiatives

  • Drive dependency management and risk mitigation across programs, proactively identifying and escalating issues before they impact delivery

  • Strategic and hands-on 97 able to set direction and influence at a senior level while being close enough to execution to unblock workstreams and drive delivery directly.

  • Facilitate cross-functional collaboration between engineering, product, legal, compliance, and operations teams to deliver integrated outcomes

  • Develop and maintain detailed project plans, resource allocation models, and delivery roadmaps

  • Introduce and embed best practices for program and project management within the Change & Delivery function, raising the bar for delivery discipline across the organisation

  • Provide clear, concise, and accurate reporting to senior leadership on program status, risks, and outcomes

Experience & Qualifications:

  • 6+ years of experience in program or project management, with a demonstrated track record of delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives

  • Experience managing large-scale technology and operational integrations in a post-M&A context, including workstream coordination, system consolidation, and cross-entity alignment.

  • Proven hands-on approach to delivery and problem solving 97 you lead from the front, not from behind a slide deck, experienced with tools such as Confluence, JIRA

  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills; ability to articulate complex topics clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences

  • Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to operate at both high-level strategy and granular execution

  • Experience providing structure and governance in ambiguous, fast-moving, or non-structured working environments

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred:

  • Background in cryptocurrency, digital assets, securities, or tokenisation

  • Experience working within a regulated financial services environment

  • Familiarity with exchange platforms, trading infrastructure, or fintech ecosystems

  • PMP, PgMP, or equivalent certification (not required but valued)

Bullish US LLC & CoinDesk Inc. are committed to offering competitive compensation and benefits. The anticipated base salary for this position is $200,000 - $250,000 + discretionary annual target bonus + performance incentives/benefits. Offered salary will be reflective of job related knowledge, skills and commensurate experience.

About CoinDesk

CoinDesk is a media company that covers news and analysis on the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries. The company was founded in 2013 by Shakil Khan. CoinDesk's website provides news, analysis, and data on cryptocurrencies, blockchain technology, and related topics. The company also hosts conferences and events related to the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries. CoinDesk's clients include investors, traders, and other professionals in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries.
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2013

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