Senior Principal Product Manager

About Circle

Circle sits at the forefront of digital money bringing programmable global and instant value transfer to the internet through our infrastructure including USDC-a blockchain-based dollar now core to payments commerce and markets worldwide. Our technology empowers businesses institutions and developers to capitalize on the breakthroughs of open blockchain networks propelling financial innovation and economic inclusion at a truly global scale.

About the Role

Were seeking a Principal Product Manager Ecosystem to drive new product initiatives with our Onchain Protocol team. If you are passionate about accelerating real-world adoption of stablecoins and blockchain infrastructure thrive in highly cross-functional and externally facing roles and excel at zero-to-one thinking this is your chance to shape the future of digital this pivotal role you will lead strategy vision and execution for onchain protocols (including CCTP cross-chain bridge Gateway chain abstraction Paymasters and Smart Wallets) already responsible for moving billions in digital assets each month. Youll engage with leading ecosystem developers define how stablecoins are used in DeFi wallets and consumer applications and ensure Circle remains ahead of fast-evolving crypto trends such as zK proofs intents and chain abstraction.

Key Responsibilities

Engage deeply with ecosystem builders to discover opportunities that materially accelerate USDC usage and adoption.

Own product vision roadmap and zero-to-one execution for new onchain initiatives-translating market and developer insights into actionable product bets.

Conduct onchain data analysis to identify trends high-potential dApps and emerging use cases always remaining at the vanguard of blockchain advances.

Define and continuously optimize the end-to-end developer and user experience for Circles stablecoin and protocol products.

Synthesize technical advancements (e.g. zK proofs EIPs chain abstraction) into competitive product strategies.

Lead cross-functional squads-engineering legal data science marketing and business-to launch and scale new protocols to market.

Act as Circles ambassador to the crypto ecosystem: participate actively in developer conversations and community forums contribute to EIPs and evangelize best practices for stablecoin integration.

Requirements

5 years of product management ownership driving business strategy and growth for complex commercial products; prior principal or group PM experience a plus.

Strong technical background: proficiency in computer science or engineering concepts ideally via degree or prior engineering experience.

Highly analytical data-driven; skilled at using onchain data and market evidence to inform hypothesis-driven product decisions.

Proven track record influencing aligning and leading cross-functional and exec-level stakeholders through matrixed organizations.

Bonus Skills

• Founder co-founder or early employee experience within crypto startups or major ecosystem projects.
• Demonstrated leadership in community engagement-open-source standards or developer advocacy.
• Hands-on experience shipping user-facing blockchain products that reached scale.
• 2 years building in crypto/web3 with significant hands-on experience in blockchain infrastructure smart contracts and DApp development/use.
• Deep user fluency in DeFi stablecoins wallets bridges and consumer crypto-actively engaged with the broader ecosystem (e.g. reading EIPs experimenting with dApps contributing to discourse).