Head of Insights New Remote – United States - TRM Labs : Job Details

TRM Labs is a blockchain intelligence company committed to fighting crime and creating a safer world. By leveraging blockchain data, threat intelligence, and advanced analytics, our products empower governments, financial institutions, and crypto businesses to combat illicit activity and global security threats. At TRM, you'll join a mission-driven, fast-paced team made up of experts in law enforcement, data science, engineering, and financial intelligence, tackling complex global challenges daily. Whether analyzing blockchain data, developing cutting-edge tools, or collaborating with global organizations, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful and lasting impact.

The TRM Insights team is an elite group of blockchain intelligence experts who translate complex on-chain data into authoritative, actionable intelligence that drives business decisions. As Head of Insights, you will lead this high-performing team, setting TRM's thought leadership agenda while maintaining hands-on technical expertise to ensure the highest quality analysis.

The impact you will have here:

• Establish TRM as the definitive source for blockchain intelligence by defining and executing a research strategy that produces industry-leading reports, briefings, and rapid-response analyses on the most critical events in crypto.
• Build and lead a world-class team, creating a center of excellence and shaping the next generation of experts in the blockchain intelligence space.
• Drive TRM's growth and product strategy by embedding your team's insights directly into our product roadmap, marketing campaigns, and sales efforts, ensuring our intelligence creates measurable commercial value.

What we're looking for:

• Demonstrated mastery in conducting complex data analysis, using tools like SQL, Python, and other data analysis platforms. Your hands-on technical skills are current and formidable.
• A proven track record of leading and mentoring high-performing technical teams (e.g., intelligence analysts, data scientists, threat researchers), with experience in hiring, coaching, and setting a strategic vision.
• Exceptional communication and data storytelling skills, with a gift for transforming highly technical analysis into clear, compelling narratives for diverse audiences, from engineers to executives and journalists.
• Deep subject matter expertise and a strategic mindset, combining significant experience in the blockchain intelligence or cybersecurity sectors with the ability to anticipate market-defining trends and set a forward-looking research agenda.

About the Team:

• The team operates with a high level of collaboration and interdependence, fostering an inclusive culture where connections extend beyond work. We value diverse personalities and seek someone who is both results-driven and sociable, with strong communication, leadership, and teamwork skills, along with a positive, solutions-oriented mindset.
• As a globally distributed team, members may observe different timezones. However, most of the team will overlap between the hours of 7am-12pm PST for meetings and collaboration.
• All team members, regardless of location must have at least 4 hour overlap with PST business hours.
• The team is involved in 2 different on-calls
  • Analytics on-call: only requires focus on working time (average of < 1 hour a day every month)
  • Data Science on-call: full week on-call to ensure Data Science pipelines are running smoothly (average of 1-2 hours a day every 3 months)

Learn about TRM Speed in this position:

• Deliver a last minute impactful project for a key customer
• Build complex products effectively with tight timeframes (1-2 sprints for MVP)
• Work on several projects in parallel with different priorities and stakeholders

Life at TRM Labs

Our LPs are foundational elements of our strategy, guiding how we make decisions, how we treat each other, and how we behave day-to-day.

• Impact-Oriented Trailblazer – We put customers first, driving for speed, focus, and adaptability.
• Master Craftsperson– We prioritize speed, high standards, and distributed ownership.
• Inspiring Colleague– We value humility, candor, and a one-team mindset.

Accelerate your Career

Join a mission-driven team of industry leaders and make a real-world impact—disrupting terrorist networks, recovering stolen funds, and more. At TRM, you will:

• Work alongside top experts and learn every day.
• Embrace a growth mindset with development opportunities tailored to your role.
• Take on high-impact challenges in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Thrive in a culture of coaching, where feedback is fast, direct, and built to help you level up. We expect everyone to both give and receive feedback as part of how we get better—together.

What to Expect at TRM

TRM moves fast—really fast. We know a lot of startups say that, but we mean it. We operate with urgency, ownership, and high standards. As a result, you'll be joining a team that's highly engaged, mission-driven, and constantly evolving.

To support this intensity, we're also intentional about rest and recharge. We offer generous benefits, including PTO, Holidays, and Parental Leave for full time employees.

That said, TRM may not be the right fit for everyone. If you're optimizing for work life balance, we encourage you to:

• Ask your interviewers how they personally approach balance within their teams, and
• Reflect on whether this is the right season in your life to join a high-velocity environment.
• Be honest with yourself about what energizes you—and what drains you

We're upfront about this because we want every new team member to thrive—not just survive.

Thrive as a Global Team

As a remote-first company, TRM Labs is built for global collaboration.

• We cultivate a strong remote culture through clear communication, thorough documentation, and meaningful relationships.
• We invest in offsites, regional meetups, virtual coffee chats, and onboarding buddies to foster collaboration.
• By prioritizing trust and belonging, we harness the strengths of a global team while staying aligned with our mission and values.

Join our mission!

We're looking for team members who thrive in fast-paced, high-impact environments and love building from the ground up. TRM is remote-first, with an exceptionally talented global team. If you enjoy solving tough problems and seeing your work make a difference for billions of people, we want you here.Don't worry if your experience doesn't perfectly match a job description— we value passion, problem-solving, and unique career paths. If you're excited about TRM's mission, we want to hear from you.

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