Senior Principal Product Manager
Company: Circle
Location: San Diego
Posted on: November 29, 2025
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Job Description:
Circle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the
emerging internet of money, where value can finally travel like
other digital data — globally, nearly instantly and less
expensively than legacy settlement systems. This ground-breaking
new internet layer opens up previously unimaginable possibilities
for payments, commerce and markets that can help raise global
economic prosperity and enhance inclusion. Our infrastructure –
including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar – helps businesses,
institutions and developers harness these breakthroughs and
capitalize on this major turning point in the evolution of money
and technology. What you’ll 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 and diverse work environment
where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder. What
you’ll be responsible for: Circle is looking for a Product Manager
to build new API products that make it easy for developers to build
Crypto-powered applications. Our mission is to make it easy for
developers to bring the benefits of blockchain powered apps to
billions of users. The Product Manager will be responsible for
products built with the infrastructure that powers our core
protocols (USDC, CCTP) and includes both permissioned (SaaS
offerings) and permissionless products (on-chain protocols). Some
examples include: Programmable Wallets (our WaaS offering), Smart
contract Platform, & Gas Abstraction. The role is focussed on
enabling both web3 native ecosystem developers as well as web2
enterprises to develop with Circle’s infrastructure, and requires
developing in-depth knowledge of frontier Web3 technologies (e.g.
Account Abstraction, Intents, Naming, many other EIPs). What youll
work on: Engage with ecosystem developers (anyone using USDC, CCTP,
EURO-C) to understand how Circle can support them, convert those
into a roadmap and get them to market (this role involves a high
level of external collaboration) Own the product vision, feature
set, and roadmap to take these developer products from 0 to 1. The
products would involve a mix of off-chain & completely on-chain
protocols. Deep dive and stay up-to-date on whats happening at the
frontier of blockchain technologies - account abstraction, smart
contracts, intents etc. The work might involve reading and
contributing to EIPs. Define what a great developer experience is
for both developers who have written ten’s of smart contracts and
developers writing their first smart contract Work with multiple
internal stakeholders including legal, compliance, treasury &
marketing to get these products to market. What you’ll bring to
Circle: Sr. Principal Product Manager All the requirements of a
Lead Product Manager and: You have more than 15 years of product
management experience, having evolved product portfolios that have
attracted meaningful customer adoption and generated significant
revenue. You have owned product strategy for complex commercial
products (preferably crypto). You have experience identifying and
managing risks associated with products you own. You have mentored
other product managers in the past. You have demonstrated
experience influencing partners and executives in order to achieve
results. 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: $225,000 - $302,500 We are an
equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Circle. We do not
discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national
origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran
status, or disability status. Additionally, Circle participates in
the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.
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