Lead All Source Investigator

TRM Labs•Washington, DC

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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
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.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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

Benefits

AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime
Platforms enable investigators to trace illicit activity, build cases, and construct operating pictures of threat networks
Blockchain intelligence company on a mission to build a safer financial system for billions of people
Lean, high-impact team tackling some of the world's most critical challenges, ranging from human trafficking and financial fraud to terrorist financing
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
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.
The pace and intensity of the work reflect the importance of the mission.
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
Meaningful problems, motivated by ambitious goals, and energized by working alongside mission-driven colleagues
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.
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
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.
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.