Circle · 2 weeks ago
Principal Product Manager, AI Platform
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$188K/yr - $240K/yr
10+ years expCircle is one of the world’s leading internet financial platform companies, building the foundation of a more open, global economy through digital assets and payment applications. The Principal Product Manager will lead the strategy and delivery of an AI-native platform, overseeing the design and development of internal tools and data systems to enhance customer value and operational efficiency.
BankingBlockchainCryptocurrencyFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Define and champion a compelling long-term vision for the AI Platform, aligning the roadmap with Circle’s strategic goals of enterprise acceleration, data democratization, and pioneering new agentic systems
Own the end-to-end product definition and lifecycle for the AI Platform. Translate strategic objectives into a prioritized roadmap of core services, frameworks, and developer tools
Partner with engineering, data, and AI/ML teams to platformize internal products, delivering modular services, APIs, and infrastructure that scale with the business
Partner with the AI engineering team and engage in technical discussions on architectural decisions, model evaluations, system design, and the feasibility of new AI capabilities to ensure the platform is scalable, reliable, and secure
Operationalize an automated evaluation & safety framework that achieves high prompt‑test coverage and surfaces unified usage, quality, cost, and latency dashboards
Deploy AI‑driven compliance automation that lowers analyst total‑handling‑time and application submission time
Proactively identify business opportunities across the company, process gaps, roadblocks, bottlenecks, and inefficiencies that will negatively impact risk and compliance platform efforts and mitigate them
Partner with all key stakeholders to define the product scope, develop insights and author detailed product requirements to deliver features and functionality to scale Circle’s AI use cases
Act as the primary advocate for the platform’s customers, including internal developers, data scientists, business operators, and future external partners
Define and own the key metrics for platform success, including developer velocity, operational efficiency gains, tooling adoption, and the quality/safety of AI outputs
Drive alignment on the AI strategy across Product, Engineering, Design, Legal, Compliance, and Go-to-Market teams. Communicate the platform’s vision, progress, and results to stakeholders at all levels, from individual engineers to the executive team
Qualification
Required
10+ years of deeply technical product experience building platforms in scaled companies, including leading programs for Fintech or crypto businesses
You are a creative product mind, an avid problem solver and a highly collaborative team member
You are a self-starter and fast-moving when it comes to putting plans into motion – you don't need to work from a script
You have mentored other product managers in the past
You have demonstrated experience influencing partners and executives in order to achieve results
Highly quantitative, analytical, and business minded with a data-driven approach to decision making
Executive presence with an ability to influence and work hands-on with other cross-functional team leaders, such as lawyers, engineers, product managers, data analysts, operations analysts in improving compliance processes and systems
Build deep relationships and create strategic alliances to establish trust with key stakeholders across legal, risk, compliance, engineering, product etc. to accelerate delivery of risk and compliance initiatives
Experience leading diverse teams in a complex, matrixed organization
Deep experience and knowledge of traditional money laundering and terrorist financing typologies
Company
Circle
Circle helps businesses and developers utilize stablecoins for payments and online commerce.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.44BKey Investors
ARK Investment ManagementCoinbaseAlameda Research
2025-11-19Post Ipo Secondary· $17.7M
2025-08-14Post Ipo Secondary· $1.04B
2025-08-14Post Ipo Equity· $260M
Leadership Team
Jared Favole
Chief of Staff to CEO
Jeremy Allaire
Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO
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