Regional Security Manager, APAC
At $212k/yr, this role pays less than the $229k/yr midpoint for Security Leadership openings today (usual band $202k–$384k/yr).
The full posting
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 .
As the Regional Security Manager, APAC, you'll lead the development and execution of Coinbase's regional security strategy on the Global Security team, protecting our people, workplaces, and operations across a diverse and rapidly evolving region. You'll own the physical security program for APAC offices, critical facilities, and data centers, partnering with business leaders and cross-functional teams to manage risk, strengthen resilience, and drive incident response across multiple countries.
What you'll do
- Own the APAC physical security operating plan, regional risk register, site security standards, and remediation priorities across offices, critical facilities, and data centers.
- Lead site assessments, vulnerability reviews, security hardening projects, new office openings, relocations, and security system deployments across the region.
- Serve as the regional escalation point and Incident Commander for significant security events, coordinating the GSOC, workplace teams, vendors, building management, and emergency services.
- Govern regional access control, badging, visitor management, secure area access, and audit readiness while managing contracted security providers through SLAs, KPIs, and QBRs.
- Develop and maintain regional policies, SOPs, playbooks, drills, tabletop exercises, and employee-facing security guidance informed by APAC threat intelligence and local conditions.
Required Skills and Experience
- 8+ years in physical security, risk, or resilience operations within a multinational organization, including 5+ years leading APAC regional security programs across multiple countries and sites.
- Proven experience serving as Incident Commander during complex, cross-functional, or high-consequence security events with documented outcomes.
- Hands-on experience implementing and managing access control, CCTV, alarm, visitor management, and guard force systems across multiple facilities.
- Direct experience conducting risk and vulnerability assessments and converting findings into measurable, time-bound remediation plans.
- Track record managing security vendors through SLAs, KPIs, QBRs, performance improvement plans, and contract renewals in APAC markets.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
Position ID: P78374
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Pay Transparency Notice: The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation may****also include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).
Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus)
$212,200 - $212,200 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.
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Where you can work
This role is 100% remote, for applicants located in Singapore.
Text as Coinbase published it; last compared with the original on 11 Nov 2026.
The application
Your details, CV and LinkedIn, then 12 questions.
- 1.Can you work from an APAC location and travel internationally, including occasionally at short notice, as required by the role?Short answer
- 2.Do you have experience leading physical-security or related security operations across multiple APAC countries, sites, vendors, or operating environments?Short answer
- 3.Are you willing to serve as an incident leader or Incident Commander for significant security, safety, or business-disruption events?Short answer
- 4.Which of the following best describes how you use AI tools today?Pick one
- 5.Are you at least 18 years of age?Yes or no
- 6.Have you previously been employed by Coinbase in any capacity?Yes or no
- 7.I understand that Coinbase may use AI tools to assist in the application and interview process.Pick one: Yes
- 8.Are you legally authorized to work in the country where this position is located?Yes or no
- 9.Will you require sponsorship for employment visa status now or in the future?Yes or no
- 10.Are you a current government official or were you a government official in the last five years (e.g., employee of a government agency or a government owned/controlled company, holder of public office or a civil service position)?Pick one: No, I am not a current or former Government Official · Yes, I am a current Government Official · Yes, I am a former Government Official
- 11.Are you a close relative of a government official (i.e., child/step-child, spouse/partner, parent/guardian, aunt/uncle, first cousin, in-law)?Yes or no
- 12.To your knowledge, do you or a close relative currently hold a role, have a significant financial interest in, or maintain a close personal relationship with a senior leader at a company connected to Coinbase that could create an actual orYes or no
Taken from Coinbase's application form as it stood on 11 Nov 2026.
The employer: Coinbase
Runs a major US crypto exchange and the Base network; its security staff build security platforms, track threats and test AI systems offensively.
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