Lead Analyst Product Compliance

About Circle

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.

About the Role

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end risk assessments for Digital Assets and Payments infrastructure
• Oversee comprehensive assessments for the Digital Assets and Payments Pillars
• Evaluate areas such as compliance tooling, transaction traceability, scalability, governance, and regulatory alignment
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across Digital Assets and Payments programs
• Report directly to the Director of Product Compliance and work closely with Policy, Security, Product, Enterprise Risk, Treasury, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams
• Coordinate inputs and readiness across teams for both new market entries and enhancements to existing payment rails
• Embed compliance into product development by identifying regulatory and operational compliance requirements early in the lifecycle
• Develop data-driven and AI-enabled compliance processes
• Monitor market and regulatory developments
• Track emerging innovations in decentralized finance, programmable money, and global payments infrastructure
• Participate in internal Product and Compliance meetings, industry conferences, and partner discussions
• Contribute to the development of Circle's compliance strategy for Digital Assets and Payments
• Map liquidity- and payments-specific risks to Circle's enterprise risk taxonomy

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, and/or risk management
• Comprehensive/expert knowledge and a deep passion of virtual assets, blockchain/distributed ledger technology, decentralized finance, decentralized identity, and other emerging web3 technologies
• Comprehensive knowledge of US/global financial regulatory compliance requirements, especially as they relate to virtual assets/blockchain
• 7+ years of experience in compliance, risk management, or related functions within a fintech or crypto company, including at least 1 year of product compliance experience
• Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite

Compensation

Base Pay Range: $130,000 - $170,000

Location

U.S. - New York, United States of America (Remote)