VP of Ecosystem Growth, Pakistan

Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is one of the worlds leading internet financial platform companies building the foundation of a more open global economy through digital assets payment applications and programmable blockchain infrastructure. Circles platform includes the worlds 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 .

What youll be part of:

Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization were expanding into some of the worlds 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.

What youll be responsible for:

You will own Circles market intelligence and regulatory engagement in Pakistan while supporting select regional initiatives as relevant. This role is accountable for building Circles brand understanding within the Pakistani market engaging with regulatory and government stakeholders and gathering market intelligence to inform Circles long-term strategy. You will act as a market intelligence lead and stakeholder engagement specialist working closely with Commercial Business Development Product and partners to support Circles compliant market presence.

What youll work on:

• Gathering market intelligence and build Circles brand awareness across DeFi crypto capital markets payments and institutional use cases in Pakistan.

• Identifying potential market participants and ecosystem contacts; respond to genuine inbound partnership inquiries; and maintain contemporaneous records of any counterparty-initiated contact to evidence the absence of active solicitation.

• Partnering closely with Commercial and Business Development teams to share market intelligence and regulatory insights that inform Circles pipeline strategy and market entry sequencing with commercial agreement execution handled by offshore teams..

• Coordinating with Product Solutions and Operations to relay market feedback and support compliant ecosystem engagement; any commercial agreement execution or onboarding to be conducted exclusively by appropriately authorised offshore personnel.

• Helping shape Circles regional strategy by building market intelligence assessing sequencing across countries and identifying the highest-potential use cases partnerships and regulatory pathways.

• Supporting engagement with regulators policymakers industry bodies and other key ecosystem stakeholders in close coordination with Circles Policy and Legal teams.

• Representing Circle with senior external stakeholders across the region helping establish Circle as a credible long-term operator in market.

• Tracking and reporting on market intelligence regulatory developments and stakeholder engagement activities to inform Circles strategy.

What youll bring to Circle:

Core Requirements:

• 14 years experience in business development and market expansion

• Proven experience driving growth revenue or transaction volume in fintech payments crypto or financial infrastructure businesses

• Demonstrated ability to win market share by converting existing customers from competing platforms or rails or growing first movers

• Strong commercial instincts with a bias toward action execution and measurable outcomes.

• Experience working cross-functionally with Sales BD Product and technical teams to close and scale complex partnerships.

• Deep understanding of crypto markets stablecoins DeFi payments remittances or institutional financial flows.

• Experience operating across diverse market regulatory and ecosystem dynamics.

• Ability to operate independently in ambiguous environments while maintaining clear accountability for results.

• Strong executive presence and the ability to engage credibly with senior commercial policy and regulatory stakeholders.

• Demonstrated success working with regulators policymakers or government stakeholders in a senior leadership capacity.

• Familiarity with generative AI models (ChatGPT Gemini etc.) and prompt development.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience in high-growth fintech blockchain or payments companies operating in Pakistan and adjacent markets.

• Track record of building repeatable operational frameworks and playbooks across multiple markets in Web3 or crypto.

• Strong cultural fluency and experience leading diverse distributed teams.

• Ability to thrive in fast-paced high-ambiguity environments with a blend of strategic vision and operational discipline.

• Experience/familiarity with Slack Apple MacOS and GSuite

Circle 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.

Starting 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.

We 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.

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