Own the master timeline, milestone cadence, and cross-project dependencies for 9+ workstreams pointed at DCM submission
Drive partner-commercial tracking across DCO, Anchorage, FCMs, SMARTS, KYC vendors, Connamara, and others — integration timelines, contracts, and SLAs
Run daily, weekly, and monthly project planning, check-ins, and risk surfacing across internal teams and external counterparties
Deliver exec-level status reporting and board updates — clean, honest signal, no green-washing
Hire and manage a bench of TPM/PMs as the program expands into more topic areas
Post-license, coordinate exchange build and go-live across partners, compliance, legal, and business; grow into ownership of exchange operations
Be the person who removes blockers, gets alignment, and keeps the program pointed at the goal

10+ YoE in program management (5+ if you're deep in US licensing product work)
2–3+ years at a US-licensed crypto trading platform, ideally in a ProgM role that led the initial licensing effort (DCM, ATS, broker-dealer, MSB, or equivalent)
Fluent working with FCMs, DCOs, custodians, surveillance vendors, and KYC providers
Strong track record delivering complex, multi-vendor projects with hard regulatory deadlines
Excellent written communicator — you turn messy execution into crisp updates leadership can act on
Comfortable holding senior internal leaders and external partners to their commitments
Bonus: chief-of-staff or founder-adjacent experience at an early-to-mid stage company; fintech ProgM background overlapping with SEC/compliance work (Robinhood, Stripe crypto, dYdX, Hyperliquid-type orgs, Coinbase, Kraken, Binance.US, etc.)

Program Manager – Centralized Exchange, Licensing

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