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Circle’s platform includes the world’s largest regulated stablecoin network anchored by USDC, Circle Payments Network for global money movement, and Arc, an enterprise-grade blockchain designed to become the Economic OS for the internet. Enterprises, financial institutions, and developers use Circle to power trusted, internet-scale financial innovation. Learn more at circle.com.\nWhat you’ll be part of:\nCircle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence. We have built a flexible work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.\nWhat you’ll be part of:\nCircle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the emerging internet of money, where value can finally travel like other digital data - globally, nearly instantly and less expensively than legacy settlement systems. This ground-breaking new internet layer opens up previously unimaginable possibilities for payments, commerce and markets that can help raise global economic prosperity and enhance inclusion. Our infrastructure - including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar - helps businesses, institutions and developers harness these breakthroughs and capitalize on this major turning point in the evolution of money and technology.\nCircle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: Multistakeholder, Mindfulness, Driven by Excellence and High Integrity. Circlers are consistently evolving in a remote world where strength in numbers fuels team success. We have built a flexible and diverse work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.\nWhat you’ll be responsible for\nAs a Principal Product Manager at Circle, you will own the strategy and execution of our customer onboarding platform, ensuring it scales to support new products, markets, and global regulatory requirements. You will act as a cross-functional leader, partnering with compliance, risk, legal, engineering, and business stakeholders to align priorities and deliver solutions that balance regulatory rigor with customer experience. By combining product vision, data-driven insights, and deep compliance expertise, you will enable Circle to expand efficiently into new markets, reduce risk, and uphold the highest standards of trust and integrity.\nWhat you’ll work on\nDefine and own the product strategy and roadmap for the Circle onboarding platform, with an emphasis on automating onboarding workflows and reduced time-to-activate for new customers.\n\nPartner with compliance, legal, risk, engineering, and product teams to design systems that balance regulatory rigor with seamless customer experiences.\n\nIdentify and resolve process gaps, bottlenecks, and inefficiencies that impact onboarding speed, scalability, and compliance outcomes during onboarding.\n\nTranslate regulatory requirements and business needs into clear product requirements, insights, and user stories for engineering execution.\n\nRepresent onboarding and platform priorities across senior forums, influencing strategy and securing alignment for high-impact initiatives.\n\nBuild and maintain documentation that clearly explains the design, functionality, and dependencies of onboarding systems and tools.\n\nDefine, monitor, and report on platform performance metrics and risk indicators, highlighting progress and challenges to executives and the Board.\n\nEngage with regulators, auditors, and examiners to demonstrate how Circle’s onboarding platform scales effectively while meeting compliance obligations.\n\nWhat you’ll bring to Circle\nCore Requirements\n10+ years of experience delivering large-scale compliance, onboarding, or risk platforms in fintech, payments, or crypto.\n\nHands-on experience using AI tools for prototyping and generating product mocks to accelerate design and development.\n\nProven track record implementing KYB, KYC, and AML technologies to meet global regulatory requirements.\n\nExpertise in designing compliance workflows and building scalable systems that accelerate customer onboarding; striking a balance between risk mitigation and customer experience.\n\nStrong ability to translate regulatory and business needs into clear product requirements and platform strategies.\n\nDemonstrated leadership influencing executives and cross-functional teams to align on product direction.\n\nHighly analytical and data-driven, with experience applying AI/ML to improve onboarding decision-making, risk detection, and process efficiency.\n\nPreferred Requirements\nBackground in RegTech, banking, or scaled fintech, with direct exposure to complex regulatory environments.\n\nExecutive presence with the ability to represent Circle externally with regulators, auditors, and industry stakeholders.\n\nCircle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.\nStarting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.\nBase Pay Range: $200,000 - $260,000We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other protected status required by the laws in the locations where we hire. Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.\nShould you require accommodations or assistance in our interview process because of a disability, please reach out to  for support. 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