ApplySarthiCountry Director, India
Coinbase
Make my CV for this job, freeView job and applyYour CV, rewritten for this role using only your real experience. Sign in with Google and upload your CV. Nothing to install.
Skills named in this job
Read from the description itself, not inferred.
This role on the market
5,901 open director roles across 558 companies are on ApplySarthi right now, most of them in Bengaluru (109), Hyderabad (59), Mumbai (42).
- Product Director - Employee Platforms Data Product ManagementJPMorgan
- Associate Director - Real Estate Portfolio Management APACGsk · bengaluru
- APAC Director, Strategic Partnership for C&IServiceNow
- Director, Strategy & EnablementSalesforce · bengaluru
- Business Unit Director - CVMAstrazeneca · mumbai
What director roles keep asking for: Stakeholder management (12%) — counted across their open postings here.
Coinbase has 210 open roles listed here.
- Group Product Manager, Money Movement
- Staff Software Engineer (Platform - Financial Engineering)
- IT Support Engineer
- Trade Surveillance Associate
- Risk & Monitoring Analyst III
Counted across 14 company job boards, updated as roles open and close.
Preparing for this interview
Interviews for director roles keep coming back to Stakeholder management. Practise those questions before you sit with Coinbase.
Questions you are likely to be asked
- Why do you want to join Coinbase?
- What is your experience with Generative AI? Tell me one thing you learned the hard way.
- Tell me about yourself, and why this role is the right next step.
- Tell me about a problem you solved at work that you are proud of.
- Tell me about a time you disagreed with your manager. What happened?
Prep Sarthi gives you a free mock interview: an AI interviewer asks you questions like these out loud, from your own CV and this job, and shows your score and your weakest answer.
Practise the Country Director, India at Coinbase interview free →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 Country Director, India, you'll join the Consumer & Business International team to own Coinbase's overall strategy and business performance across the Indian market. You'll drive cross-functional execution across Product, Policy, Marketing, and Business Development to launch locally relevant initiatives that accelerate user growth and revenue. This role requires navigating a complex and evolving regulatory environment, building relationships with regulators and commercial partners, and leading a local team that positions Coinbase for long-term success in one of the world's largest crypto economies.
What you'll do:
- Own Coinbase's business performance in India, with direct accountability for user growth, revenue, and long-term market position, including identifying and building relationships with potential commercial partners and key stakeholders.
- Drive the country strategy by synthesizing market, regulatory, and competitive analysis into high-impact growth opportunities and translating them into executable plans.
- Lead cross-functional execution in partnership with Marketing, Business Development, Legal, Compliance, and Policy to deliver India-specific initiatives while managing regulatory risk and compliance requirements.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and Design to shape and launch locally relevant products that achieve product-market fit within India's regulatory constraints.
- Shape Coinbase's regulatory and policy positioning in India by engaging directly with regulators, industry bodies, and policy stakeholders to unlock new products and maintain compliance.
- Build and develop a high-performing local team while serving as Coinbase's senior representative in India across regulators, partners, media, and industry forums.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Senior leadership experience (CEO, COO, GM, Country Head, or Founder) scaling a platform, e-commerce, fintech, or trading business in India, with measurable impact on revenue and active users over a minimum of 5 years.
- Direct experience engaging with Indian financial regulators and policy stakeholders, with demonstrated outcomes balancing constructive relationships and commercial objectives.
- Track record partnering with Product, Marketing, and Business Development to build, launch, and scale products in regulated environments, including navigation of licensing, compliance, and risk frameworks.
- Deep understanding of India's regulated financial services ecosystem, including how institutions operate across Compliance, Risk, Finance, Treasury, Audit, and third-party oversight functions.
- Proven ability to lead in a remote-first, globally matrixed organization, aligning local execution with global standards while advocating for market-specific needs at the executive level.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
P69848
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).
- 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 accommodations[at]coinbase.com. Need screen reading technology? Click here to download a free compatible screen reader and view the tutorial.
- 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.
Match this job to your CV
ApplySarthi scores your CV against this role, shows the skills you are missing, and writes a tailored version for the application.
Check my match →Similar open roles
- Accountant, CyprusCoinbase
- Accounting Manager, GL Operations & IntercompanyCoinbase
- Accounting Manager, GL Operations & IntercompanyCoinbase
- Accounting Manager, Lending & Credit ProductsCoinbase
- Accounting Manager, Tokenized EquitiesCoinbase
- Analyst, PrivacyCoinbase
- Associate Manager, Internal AuditCoinbase
- Business Operations Senior Associate, InstitutionalCoinbase
Need answers during your interview? Try Live Sarthi.
Live Sarthi, an Interview Sarthi app, shows answer suggestions during the call.
- Hidden from supported screen sharingThe overlay stays out of supported Windows screen captures.
- Answers start in about 1.5 secondsResponse time varies with your connection and model.
- From your own CVYour projects and your experience, not a generic script.
- 30 minutes freeThen ₹99 for a 2-day pass with unlimited calls — you pay for the days you are interviewing, not a subscription.
A Windows app, from the same team as ApplySarthi.
Listed on greenhouse · posted 2026-02-11. ApplySarthi collects openings and links to application pages; the role is advertised by Coinbase, not by us.