Lead Product Manager, Token

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. Circle is committed to visibility and stability, expanding into strong jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for success, with employees living by values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence. They offer a flexible work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder. Circle is seeking a Lead Product Manager, Token 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. The role involves working cross-functionally with Product, Business, Engineering, Data, Treasury, Legal, and Policy teams to explore token design mechanisms, including validator and staking models, community participation, incentive structures, and governance evolution. This position is at the intersection of economics, onchain governance, and ecosystem design, central to Circle’s vision for a new financial internet. Responsibilities include designing a potential token and governance architecture, modeling economic systems and incentive structures, operationalizing governance frameworks, collaborating cross-functionally with internal teams for regulatory and financial alignment, engaging the broader community through documentation and forums, and continuously benchmarking and researching market-leading governance systems and token designs.

Qualifications: 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