Senior Talent Acquisition Partner (Temporary)

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:

As a Senior Talent Acquisition Partner you will own full-cycle recruiting for high-priority Finance Enterprise Risk Management Compliance and other core business searches and serve as a strategic hiring partner to internal business leaders. This role requires strong judgment disciplined process ownership and comfort operating in complex highly regulated environments.

The successful candidate should be fluent in using modern recruiting tools and thoughtful about applying AI-enabled workflows to improve sourcing process quality stakeholder communication and operating efficiency without compromising candidate experience or hiring judgment.

What youll work on:

• Ownership of full-cycle recruiting for Finance Compliance Enterprise Risk Management and other business-critical openings including intake sourcing strategy candidate assessment interview process management offer strategy and close.

• Guide our internal stakeholders on all things Talent Acquisition including approval paths stakeholder preferences leveling considerations offer mechanics internal candidate handling geo/entity constraints and hiring process risk.

• Build trusted partnerships with hiring leaders and cross-functional partners by bringing clear recommendations not just open questions.

• Maintain accurate current and auditable recruiting records in Workday ModernLoop Gem and other designated TA systems.

• Partner closely with TA Leadership Total Rewards FP&A Legal HRBPs and Talent Operations to ensure offers and hiring decisions are aligned to budget policy approvals and internal equity.

• Use structured decision-making to identify risk tradeoffs downstream impact and required approvals before action is taken.

• Deliver a high-quality candidate and hiring manager experience while maintaining strong process control.

• Use AI-enabled tools and workflow automation thoughtfully to improve sourcing research intake preparation candidate summaries interview-plan drafting stakeholder updates and other repeatable TA work while keeping human judgment central to hiring decisions.

• Help strengthen recruiting operations by identifying scalable process improvements documentation standards and workflow automations that improve speed quality and visibility.

• Participate in broader TA initiatives that improve recruiting quality speed governance and AI-enabled operating leverage.

What youll bring to Circle:

• 4 years of in-house recruiting experience with demonstrated success owning the full recruiting lifecycle for complex business Finance G&A or corporate functions.

• Proven ability to operate as a consultative partner to senior hiring leaders and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Demonstrated ability to use modern recruiting technology and AI-enabled tools or workflows to improve efficiency documentation sourcing or decision support.

• Experience with Workday and modern recruiting systems; experience with ModernLoop Gem LinkedIn Recruiter Google Workspace and Slack preferred.

• Excellent judgment in sensitive hiring matters including offers internal candidates exceptions compensation alignment stakeholder escalation and candidate communications.

• Ability to separate facts from assumptions communicate clearly and escalate with a recommendation when risk or approval ambiguity exists.

• High attention to detail and strong system hygiene; you treat recruiting systems as source-of-truth infrastructure not administrative cleanup.

• Strong written communication skills and the ability to produce concise executive-ready updates.

• High integrity strong ownership and sound judgment in a fast-moving highly regulated environment.

• Bachelors degree required

Preferred experience

• Experience recruiting for Finance Accounting ERM or related functions.

• Experience hiring in global markets including entity EOR immigration or jurisdiction-specific hiring considerations.

• Experience building scalable recruiting playbooks process improvements AI-enabled workflows or operating procedures.

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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