TRM Labs
Senior Legal Counsel
SecuritySenior
Remote2h ago
TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. TRM's platforms enable investigators to trace illicit activity, build cases, and construct operating pictures of threat networks. Leading agencies and businesses worldwide rely on TRM to make the world safer and more secure.
TRM is a blockchain intelligence company on a mission to build a safer financial system for billions of people. We're a lean, high-impact team tackling some of the world's most critical challenges, ranging from human trafficking and financial fraud to terrorist financing. We power governments, financial institutions, and crypto companies when the clock is running and the consequences are real. TRMers are bets on the future and have the power to change our trajectory.
The Scam Disruption team is TRM's tip of the spear against pig butchering syndicates, romance fraud networks, and investment scam operations that steal billions from victims every year.
The Lead All Source Investigator owns the all-source targeting function inside the team — setting the tradecraft bar, building the operating model, mentoring a team of investigators, and personally working the highest-value targets.
You are the senior operator who has run this work before, knows what "good" looks like, and is ready to build the foundation that makes the next several investigators effective from day one.
Own the all-source targeting function for the Scam Disruption team — define the tradecraft, set the standards, and ensure every target package leaving the team is defensible, prioritized, and actionable
Build and scale the team's operating model — design how legal process, data exploitation, and targeting flow end-to-end, and close the loop with engineering on tooling integration
Mentor and direct a team of All-Source Investigators — set collection priorities, review work product, raise the bar on output quality, and create the player-coach culture that lets the team scale without losing rigor
Personally work the most complex investigations — multi-jurisdiction compound targeting, controller-level attribution, and the cases no one else on the team can close
Serve as the senior law-enforcement-facing interface — coordinate with federal partners on perishable leads, prosecutorial referrals, and joint disruption operations
Partner with the Threat Intelligence Analyst (Scams Expert) as the operational counterpart — turn their strategic disruption frameworks into executed targeting campaigns the team runs at scale
8+ years of all-source investigative or targeting experience — including time as a senior 1811 (e.g., FBI, HSI, IRS-CI, Secret Service), an Intelligence Community targeting officer, or a private-sector senior investigative lead working complex transnational targeting
Demonstrated player-coach experience — you have led a team of investigators or targeters before, built workflows others followed, and can point to people you have grown
Deep legal process expertise — you have built or run a legal-process program at scale and have the operational tradecraft to convert returns into targets
Federal law-enforcement network — you have working relationships with cyber/crypto units across federal agencies and know how to package intelligence so it actually gets used
Senior tactical thinking — you have designed the methodology, not just executed it; you can describe an operation where you reframed the problem (e.g., "stop targeting victims, target controllers") and changed team-level outcomes
Strong written communication and executive presence — comfortable briefing federal partners, TRM leadership, and customer executives on disruption strategy and case outcomes
AI fluency (required) — you have used AI to scale your team's work, not just your own; you can speak to specific workflows where AI has unlocked headcount-level productivity
Crypto experience is preferred but not required — fluency in on-chain tradecraft is welcome; you must be willing and able to ramp on the crypto side quickly, working alongside our Threat Intel Scams Expert
This position requires U.S. Citizenship
Active TS/SCI clearance required
Must be located in the Washington, D.C./MD/VA area. This role may require periodic in-office collaboration and travel.
You will be one of the most senior operators in the Scam Disruption team, working alongside the Threat Intelligence Analyst, Scams Expert (the strategic architect), the engineers building TRM's scam-disruption tooling, and the All-Source Investigators executing the operational work
The team is structured as a force-multiplier model — one Lead, one Scams Expert architect, and a small group of All-Source Investigators executing the targeting flywheel
This is a build-the-team moment. The systems you build, the standards you set, and the people you grow will define how TRM disrupts scams for the next five years
Weekly team syncs you'll co-run with team leadership
Daily async standups via Slack
Monthly executive reviews on disruption outcomes and team throughput
Primary time-zone overlap is US Eastern / Central
Senior escalation point for perishable leads and time-sensitive disruption windows
We seek people whose work matters, who build with speed and rigor, and who take pride in protecting others through their craft. If you’re excited by TRM’s mission but don’t check every box, apply anyway.
Build to protect civilization. Let’s do it together.
We are building a safer world. That promise shows up in how we work every day.
TRM moves quickly. We are a high velocity, high ownership team that expects clarity, follow-through, and impact. People who thrive here are energized by hard problems, experimentation, and continuous feedback. If something takes months elsewhere, it will ship here in days.
Our work sits at the intersection of AI, national security, and fighting crime. The problems are complex, the stakes are real, and the environment evolves quickly. The pace and intensity of the work reflect the importance of the mission. As a result, the way we operate requires a high level of ownership, adaptability, collaboration, and creative problem-solving.
At TRM, you should expect:
Priorities 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
This environment is energizing for people who enjoy building, solving hard problems, and making progress in situations that are not always fully defined. It also requires comfort navigating ambiguity, adjusting course as new information emerges, and maintaining focus and positivity in a fast-moving and intense environment.
We also recognize that this style of operating is not for everyone. If you are primarily optimizing for predictability or a consistently balanced workload, we encourage you to use the interview process to pressure test whether this environment is truly the right fit. We want teammates who thrive here, not just survive here.
At the same time, many people find this work deeply rewarding. If you are excited by meaningful problems, motivated by ambitious goals, and energized by working alongside mission-driven colleagues, there is a good chance you will find TRM to be an exceptional place to grow and contribute. Learn more: Interviewing at TRM: How We Hire and What Success Looks Like
AI fluency is a baseline expectation at TRM.
We believe AI meaningfully changes how top performers operate. We expect every team member to use AI to accelerate and reimagine their craft, not just automate surface tasks.
At TRM, AI fluency means you are among the top 10 percent of operators in your function in how you apply AI to:
Accelerate repeatable workflows
Structure and solve problems
Improve output quality
Increase speed and leverage
You will be evaluated on applied AI fluency during the interview process.
We hire and grow against three leadership principles. They’re the standards for how we operate, treat each other, and make decisions.
Impact-Oriented Trailblazer: We put customers first and move with speed, focus, and adaptability. We treat every plan like an experiment – test, ship, measure, and iterate quickly.
Master Craftsperson: We care deeply about our craft. We balance speed with high standards, own outcomes end‑to‑end, and invest in getting better everyday.
Inspiring Colleague: We add clarity and energy, not noise. We bring humility, candor, and a one‑team mindset — giving and receiving feedback to make the team stronger.
At TRM we care deeply about our craft. We are looking for individuals who want their work to matter, who experiment with speed and rigor, and who take pride in building a safer world for billions of people. If you’re excited by TRM’s mission but don’t check every box, we encourage you to apply — we hire for slope, judgment, and the will to learn fast.
TRM is a Series C company with $220M in total funding, backed by Blockchain Capital, Goldman Sachs, Bessemer, Y Combinator, Thoma Bravo, and others. Headquartered in San Francisco, TRM operates as a distributed-first company with hubs in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Washington D.C., London, and Singapore.
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