Senior Director Product, Onboarding, Compliance & Risk

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.

• Define and own the vision strategy and multi-year roadmap for the onboarding KYC/KYB compliance and risk platform spanning both internal tooling and externally exposed platform capabilities
• Build and lead a high-performing product team setting priorities coaching PMs and establishing the operating rhythm for the domain
• Partner deeply with Compliance Legal Risk Financial Crimes and Operations to translate regulatory obligations (KYC/KYB AML/CFT sanctions transaction monitoring) into scalable automated product capabilities
• Productize internal compliance and risk infrastructure into reliable well-documented externally facing platform services and APIs for partners
• Drive the strategy for case management risk scoring entity screening and monitoring systems including how AI and automation reduce manual review and improve decision quality
• Establish the metrics SLAs and controls that govern onboarding conversion false-positive rates review throughput and risk coverage
• Represent the platform to executive leadership regulators auditors and enterprise customers and align cross-functional stakeholders around trade-offs
• Partner with Engineering and Data to ensure the platform scales securely across new products jurisdictions and customer segments

• Extensive product leadership experience including building and leading product teams in compliance risk identity onboarding or trust & safety domains at a fintech payments banking or financial infrastructure company
• Deep working understanding of the regulatory landscape KYC/KYB AML/CFT sanctions/OWL screening transaction monitoring and the operational workflows that support them
• Proven ability to deliver both internal platform infrastructure and externally facing productized platform capabilities
• Track record of setting strategy for a portfolio and driving execution from vision through measurable outcomes across multiple teams
• Strong ability to lead through influence across technical commercial and regulatory stakeholders up to and including the executive level
• Strategic and analytical mindset using data to prioritize investment and quantify risk and impact
• Clear concise executive communication and the judgment to navigate high-stakes ambiguous decisions

• Experience in crypto stablecoins digital assets or regulated financial infrastructure
• Exposure to AI/automation applied to compliance risk decisioning or case management
• Experience operating a platform used by external enterprise partners and developers
• Familiarity operating across multiple regulatory jurisdictions

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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