Principal Product Manager, TradFi (Chicago)

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. Enterprises, financial institutions, and developers use Circle to power trusted, internet-scale financial innovation. Learn more at circle.com.What you’ll be part of:Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's 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 you’ll be responsible forAs a Principal Product Manager on Circle’s Digital Assets team, you will own the long-term product strategy for Circle’s digital asset and capital markets platform, shaping how liquidity, lending, and capital access are delivered globally across Circle’s stablecoin ecosystem. You will operate as the authoritative product leader for this domain, balancing regulatory constraints, institutional counterparty needs, and evolving market dynamics to unlock scalable growth. In close partnership with executive stakeholders, engineering leadership, compliance, treasury, and external partners, you will define vision, drive alignment, and make high-impact tradeoffs to ensure Circle’s digital asset infrastructure supports increasing volumes, new markets, and future product expansion.What you’ll work onOwn and evolve the long-term product vision, strategy, and roadmap for Circle’s digital assets and capital markets platform, ensuring alignment with company objectives and regulatory requirements.Lead highly complex, cross-functional product initiatives spanning engineering, treasury, compliance, legal, data, and external partners, driving clarity and execution in ambiguous environments.Translate the needs of global digital asset liquidity providers, institutional counterparties, and internal stakeholders into durable platform capabilities, product themes, and prioritized investment areas.Identify systemic risks across digital asset markets, capital access, and on-chain/off-chain operations, and proactively design mitigation strategies supported by data, tooling, and operational processes.Partner closely with data science and analytics to define forecasting, modeling, and decision-support systems for digital asset flows, liquidity optimization, and capital efficiency.Influence senior leadership and executive stakeholders through clear narratives, tradeoff framing, and outcome-driven recommendations to guide strategic decision-making.Mentor and coach other product managers, raising the overall quality of product thinking, execution, and customer focus across the organizationWhat you’ll bring to Circle8+ years of product management experience, including ownership of complex, revenue-generating platforms or products in digital assets, financial services, or similarly regulated domains.Proven experience defining and owning product strategy for highly complex, multi-stakeholder digital asset or financial infrastructure products operating at global scale.Demonstrated ability to lead ambiguous, cross-company initiatives and influence without authority across engineering, compliance, treasury, and executive leadership.Strong track record of identifying, prioritizing, and managing product, operational, and market risks in regulated environments.Deep analytical mindset with comfort leveraging data, models, and metrics to inform strategy and decision-making.Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to align diverse stakeholders around a shared vision and clear priorities.Preferred RequirementsDirect experience building products for digital asset markets, institutional trading, liquidity, lending, treasury, or payments infrastructure.Familiarity with crypto-native financial systems, stablecoins, and blockchain-based market infrastructure.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.Base Pay Range: $200,000 - $260,000We 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.Should you require accommodations or assistance in our interview process because of a disability, please reach out to View email address on apply.placed-app.com for support. We respect your privacy and will connect with you separately from our interview process to accommodate your needs.#LI-RemoteJob SummaryJob number: JR100881Date posted : 2026-04-21Profession: ProductEmployment type: Full time