Lead Product Manager, Token

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 youll 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.

Lead Product Manager Tokenization

What youll be part of

Circle is building the internet of money. Our mission is to enable value to move globally instantly and cost-effectively the same way information moves today. Through USDC CCTP and Arc were building the infrastructure that allows developers institutions and users to transact build and govern in a new financial internet.

We operate with high integrity a multistakeholder mindset and a relentless focus on execution. Our culture values curiosity transparency and future-forward thinking every Circler is a stakeholder in shaping an open inclusive and scalable financial system.

What youll be responsible for

Circle is seeking a Lead Product Manager Tokenization within the Arc product team to define and lead the exploration of utility token opportunities for the Arc ecosystem. This individual will help Circle shape the economic model governance framework and feature design of a potential native token on the Arc network.

You will work cross-functionally with Product Business Engineering Data Treasury Legal and Policy teams as we explore potential token design mechanisms from validator and staking models to community participation incentive structures and governance evolution.

This role sits at the intersection of economics onchain governance and ecosystem design and is central to Circles vision for a new financial internet.

What youll work on

• Design a potential token and governance architecture: Develop and contribute to a potential token design tokenomics and phased roadmap for Arc and related ecosystem parties.

• Model economic systems and incentive structures: Create simulations and scenario analyses to evaluate token distributions validator rewards staking mechanisms and incentive structures that drive usage of the Arc network.

• Operationalize governance frameworks: Define systems tooling and processes for onchain and offchain governance from proposal frameworks to validator councils and community engagement.

• Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with Circles Product Legal Policy and Treasury teams to ensure regulatory alignment and financial soundness.

• Engage the broader community: Develop documentation playbooks and forums to educate and activate participants from developers to institutions to users.

• Benchmark and research: Continuously analyze market-leading governance systems token designs and economic mechanisms to inform Circles approach.

What youll bring to Circle

• 5 years of experience across crypto research token design protocol economics or governance operations.

• Deep understanding of tokenomics game theory and token governance.

• Strong analytical skills; experience running financial or economic models for token ecosystems.

• Proven ability to manage complex cross-functional workstreams influencing without authority.

• Ability to distill technical concepts into clear frameworks and communications.

• Strategic mindset with bias toward execution and measurable ecosystem outcomes.

• Experience with onchain protocols or staking economics strongly preferred.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
  

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.

We 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.

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