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The Director of Circle Ventures will lead the development and execution of venture investments, shaping the ecosystem around USDC and driving strategic partnerships for innovation.

Lead and manage software engineering teams: run agile processes, design and ship secure scalable APIs and services, guide architecture, manage technical debt, recruit and mentor engineers, and align work with company objectives.

Lead Circle's global fraud risk program by defining strategy, frameworks, controls, and analytics. Oversee investigations, regulatory reporting, detection systems, KPIs, and cross-functional embedding of fraud risk management across products and jurisdictions.

Design, build, and own scalable microservices and secure APIs that transfer value across blockchain and banking protocols. Extend in-house blockchain infrastructure, integrate with banks and cloud services, troubleshoot production issues, document system and testing procedures, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to deliver reliable payment experiences.

Lead go-to-market strategy and execution for Circle's payments products. Partner with product, BD, and marketing to validate markets, craft messaging, launch globally, drive competitive intelligence, and deliver data-driven insights to grow adoption.

Design, build, and operate the core data warehouse, ingestion, orchestration, and cataloging platform. Develop batch and streaming pipelines, ensure data quality, governance, observability, and provide ML data platform capabilities. Lead architecture, improve platform reliability and performance, and collaborate with product, engineering, data science, security, and compliance teams.

Lead exploration and design of a native token and governance for the Arc network: define tokenomics, model incentives and staking, operationalize onchain/offchain governance, collaborate cross-functionally, and engage the community.

Lead day-to-day Product Risk Management operations: identify, assess, mitigate, and report product risks; define processes, standards, and tools; run risk assessments and executive reporting; partner with product, engineering, legal, compliance and auditors to embed ERM and ensure post-launch monitoring and issue remediation.

Own strategy and execution of Circle's customer onboarding platform. Lead cross-functional teams to build scalable KYC/KYB/AML solutions, translate regulatory requirements into product requirements, drive platform metrics and transformation, and engage regulators and executives to ensure compliance and efficient market expansion.

Lead quality control and assurance for Compliance Operations, perform AML process reviews (KYC, transaction monitoring, screening), drive process improvements, partner with stakeholders and vendors, deliver quality reporting and scale the quality program.