Role in brief
Circle is seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead the strategy and execution of its customer onboarding platform. This role focuses on ensuring scalability and compliance within a fintech environment, requiring experience with KYB, KYC, AML technologies, and AI tools. Candidates with a background in RegTech, banking, or large-scale fintech platforms should apply.
About the role
This role involves owning the strategy and execution for Circle's customer onboarding platform. The Principal Product Manager will define the product roadmap for critical platform components, focusing on evolving onboarding and compliance capabilities. This includes translating regulatory and business requirements into clear product specifications and ensuring the platform meets performance metrics and risk indicators.
The position requires cross-functional leadership, collaborating with compliance, risk, legal, engineering, and various business stakeholders. A key aspect is to identify and resolve process inefficiencies and represent platform priorities in senior forums. The individual will also engage with external regulators, auditors, and examiners, maintaining documentation for onboarding systems.
Success in this role means delivering large-scale compliance, onboarding, or risk platforms that are scalable and robust. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record in implementing KYB, KYC, and AML technologies, utilizing AI tools for prototyping, and designing effective compliance workflows. Strong analytical skills and a data-driven approach are essential for monitoring and reporting on platform performance.
The annual salary for this role ranges from $200,000 to $260,000.
Skills that matter here
- Product Management: This role involves leading the entire product lifecycle for the customer onboarding platform, from strategy to execution.
- AI: The role requires hands-on experience using AI tools for prototyping and generating product mocks, and applying AI/ML in a data-driven manner.
- KYB: Candidates must have a proven track record of implementing Know Your Business technologies within compliance platforms.
- AML: Expertise in Anti-Money Laundering technologies is necessary for designing and building compliant systems.
- Regulatory Compliance: The role requires translating regulatory requirements into product specifications and ensuring the platform adheres to compliance standards.
- Fintech: Experience delivering large-scale compliance or risk platforms within the fintech, payments, or crypto sectors is a key requirement.
Who this role suits
- A leader with over a decade of experience in compliance, onboarding, or risk platforms.
- Someone adept at translating complex regulatory and business needs into clear product requirements.
- An individual who can influence executives and cross-functional teams effectively.
- A highly analytical and data-driven professional with a background in RegTech, banking, or scaled fintech.
From the employer
- Own the strategy and execution of our customer onboarding platform.
- Act as a cross-functional leader, partnering with compliance, risk, legal, engineering, and business stakeholders.
- Define and own the product strategy and roadmap for critical components within the Circle platform.
- Lead the evolution of onboarding and compliance capabilities for the Circle platform.
- Identify and resolve process gaps, bottlenecks, and inefficiencies.
- Translate regulatory requirements and business needs into clear product requirements.
- Represent onboarding and platform priorities across senior forums.
- Build and maintain documentation that clearly explains the design, functionality, and dependencies of onboarding systems and tools.
- Define, monitor, and report on platform performance metrics and risk indicators.
- Engage with regulators, auditors, and examiners.
- 10+ years of experience delivering large-scale compliance, onboarding, or risk platforms in fintech, payments, or crypto.
- Hands-on experience using AI tools for prototyping and generating product mocks.
- Proven track record implementing KYB, KYC, and AML technologies.
- Expertise in designing compliance workflows and building scalable systems.
- Strong ability to translate regulatory and business needs into clear product requirements.
- Demonstrated leadership influencing executives and cross-functional teams.
- Highly analytical and data-driven, with experience applying AI/ML.
- Background in RegTech, banking, or scaled fintech.
- Executive presence with the ability to represent Circle externally.
Questions about this role
What is the seniority level for this position?
This is a senior-level position, specifically a Principal Product Manager.
What is the remote work policy for this role?
This position is fully remote.
How can I apply for this job?
You can apply directly through Circle's careers page at the provided company website link.