Senior Manager, Threat Intelligence Operations

About The RoleTRM's Intelligence organization is a multi-domain team of analysts and investigators tracking illicit cryptocurrency activity across some of the most consequential threat areas in financial crime and national security – from nation-state actors and cybercrime to counterterrorism financing, sanctions evasion, and beyond.As Senior Manager, Threat Intelligence Operations, you will lead a portfolio of specialized pods, each staffed with experienced practitioners and led by domain-focused pod leads. This is a rare opportunity to shape both the strategy and the culture of an intelligence organization doing genuinely novel work at the intersection of blockchain analytics, investigative tradecraft, and national security.The Impact You Will HaveBuild and develop a high-performing intelligence organization responsible for multiple threat categories – setting analytic standards, developing team leads and practitioners, and creating a culture of rigor and continuous learning.Stay hands-on with the hardest problems your teams face – engaging directly on complex casework, methodology questions, and analytic challenges across threat domains.Be a champion for embracing new approaches to the way of working of your team, including introducing new tools, sources, and approaches to continually innovate team workflows and outputs.Identify capability gaps and drive the hiring, training, and org design needed to close them.Translate your organization's intelligence output into impact beyond the team – through product partnerships, government engagements, and external forums.Serve as a thought partner and mentor to others, helping them grow into the next generation of intelligence leaders at TRM.What We're Looking ForA seasoned intelligence or investigative professional with 8+ years of experience and 3+ years leading teams of analysts or investigators.Someone with deep roots in at least one serious threat domain at the intersection of financial crime, national security, or cybersecurity – with direct experience tracking illicit networks or adversary activity, not just managing teams that do.A leader who stays credible in the work – you can set direction, and you can also sit down and work through a hard analytic problem alongside your team.Familiarity with blockchain analytics concepts and on-chain investigative methodologies; hands-on tracing experience is a plus, and a strong aptitude to learn is required.Someone who actively uses and builds with AI in their work – ideally with hands-on experience designing agentic workflows or AI-augmented intelligence processes – and who leads their teams to do the same, not just encourages it.A leader with a track record of guiding teams through rapid change – someone who is energized by building in ambiguous, fast-moving environments, not unsettled by them.Exceptional communicator who can translate complex, sensitive intelligence work for diverse audiences – from analysts to executives to government partners.About The TeamA specialized analytical team who act as builders – shaping the outcomes that disrupt or degrade illicit cryptocurrency activities across multiple threat domains.Intelligence leads are experienced practitioners who bring backgrounds from federal law enforcement, the Intelligence Community, financial crime compliance, and cyber threat intelligence.The team operates with a strong bias toward doing hard, consequential work – analytic rigor and operational discipline are core to the culture, not aspirational.We work closely with law enforcement, government agencies, financial institutions, and regulators – our output has a real-world impact on investigations and policy.Operating RhythmsRegular syncs focused on active hypothesis development and execution, analytic progress, and emerging threat developments.Cross-team coordination on intersecting threat domains and shared methodology questions.Recurring work product reviews to maintain analytic quality standards across the org.Periodic external engagements – government partnerships, law enforcement briefings, industry conferences, and public reporting – that bring the team's work into the broader ecosystem.Learn About TRM Speed In This PositionYou'll be expected to get up to speed on active casework and team dynamics within your first 30 days – this is a hands-on role from day one.The threat landscape moves fast; you'll need to help your teams prioritize, pivot, and maintain quality under pressure simultaneously.TRM moves quickly as a company – decisions get made, and new opportunities emerge with little lead time; comfort with ambiguity is a prerequisite.You'll have real autonomy to shape your organization's direction, which means the pace of impact is limited only by the quality of your judgment and execution.At TRM, You Should ExpectPriorities and targets to change quickly as we experiment and iterate.Work that often requires operating with a high degree of ambiguity.A high level of personal ownership and accountability.Close collaboration across teams and functions.Frequent, high-touch communication.Creative problem solving and out-of-the-box thinking.A pace that rewards urgency, adaptability, and outcomes.J-18808-Ljbffr