Senior Director Product

Who you are

• 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

What the job involves

• Lead the strategy and execution for Circle's onboarding, compliance, and risk platform — the system of record that powers how customers are verified, monitored, and managed for risk across Circle's products, and that Circle exposes as a platform capability to external partners. You will own the end-to-end product vision for a domain that is both mission-critical internal infrastructure and a differentiated, externally facing offering, and you will build and lead the team that delivers it
• Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is one of the world's leading internet financial platform companies, building the foundation of a more open, global economy through digital assets, payment applications, and programmable blockchain infrastructure. 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
• You will set and own the multi-year product strategy for Circle's onboarding, compliance, and risk platform, balancing the needs of internal stakeholders (Compliance, Legal, Risk, Operations) with the requirements of external customers who consume these capabilities as a product
• You will be accountable for the platform's regulatory soundness, operational scalability, and commercial viability, and for building, mentoring, and leading a team of product managers across the domain. This is a senior leadership role that sets direction for a portfolio, influences company-level roadmap and investment decisions, and represents the domain to executives, regulators, auditors, and enterprise partners
• 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

Benefits

• Remote-First and Flexible Work - Do your best work from home! Our remote jobs empower you to work around your life schedule. Want to switch up your work spot? We provide access to WeWork locations globally. Need time away? We offer flexible paid time off beyond paid holidays— so you can thrive at work and at rest.
• Health & Well-Being - No matter where you live, we offer a market competitive suite of benefits to help keep you and your loved ones healthy. We also keep your emotional well-being top of mind, offering an Employee Wellness Program for all employees and immediate family members globally. We also have various leave options, including 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Financial Planning - Circle is invested in your future! All part-time and full-time U.S. employees enjoy 401(k) benefits, including up to 4% company matching, and can become owners in Circle through our equity program. Pension plans are also offered in select countries. FSA and HSA accounts are available for U.S. employees, with Circle contributing annually to employee HSA accounts.
• Stipends & Reimbursements - To support our employees and their unique lifestyles, Circle offers a set of stipends and reimbursements (offerings vary by location and enrollment). These include home office, mobile phone, fitness and weight loss, and more!
• Learning & Development - Circle is committed to cultivating experiences internally and externally that promote constant learning in support of Crypto Literacy, as well as operational and interpersonal development that drives growth aligned with career aspirations for employees at all levels of the organization.
• In-Person Connections - Outside of our remote work, we know how important collaborating in-person is. We invest in bringing Circlers together through an annual company-wide conference, local meet ups as well as team and leadership offsites to lock in relationships beyond the screen.