Circle · 1 day ago
Lead Analyst, Product Compliance
Greater Houston
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$130K/yr - $170K/yr
7+ 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. As a Lead Product Compliance Analyst, you will ensure that products align with regulatory expectations and internal compliance frameworks while collaborating with various teams to enhance compliance processes.
BankingBlockchainCryptocurrencyFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end risk assessments for Digital Assets and Payments infrastructure. Oversee comprehensive assessments for the Digital Assets and Payments Pillars. Evaluate areas such as compliance tooling, transaction traceability, scalability, governance, and regulatory alignment
Drive cross-functional collaboration across Digital Assets and Payments programs. Report directly to the Director of Product Compliance and work closely with Policy, Security, Product, Enterprise Risk, Treasury, Engineering, and other xfn to ensure new liquidity and payments initiatives are designed and operated within Circle’s compliance and risk management standards. Coordinate inputs and readiness across teams for both new market entries and enhancements to existing payment rails
Embed compliance into product development. Partner with the Digital Assets and Payments Product teams to shape the design of new products and services - by identifying regulatory and operational compliance requirements early in the lifecycle and developing proactive solutions to meet them
Develop data-driven and AI-enabled compliance processes. Enhance the Digital Assets and Payments risk assessment process with AI-driven tools to help increase velocity and add further efficiencies to the product review process
Monitor market and regulatory developments. Track emerging innovations in decentralized finance, programmable money, and global payments infrastructure. Analyze evolving regulatory perspectives to evaluate their impact on Circle’s liquidity and settlement activities, recommending strategies for responsible engagement and sustainable growth
Represent Liquidity and Payments in compliance and ecosystem forums. Participate in internal Product and Compliance meetings, industry conferences, and partner discussions to share insights, strengthen Circle’s influence in the payment-compliance ecosystem, and identify opportunities for innovation in compliant liquidity management
Support strategic compliance decision-making. Contribute to the development of Circle’s compliance strategy for Digital Assets and Payments by helping define risk-based criteria for product decisions, ensuring emerging financial and regulatory risks are integrated into business objectives
Contribute to enterprise-level compliance frameworks. Map liquidity- and payments-specific risks to Circle’s enterprise risk taxonomy, ensuring consistent integration of compliance controls and monitoring practices across all product pillars
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, and/or risk management
Comprehensive/expert knowledge and a deep passion of virtual assets, blockchain/distributed ledger technology, decentralized finance, decentralized identity, and other emerging web3 technologies
Comprehensive knowledge of US/global financial regulatory compliance requirements, especially as they relate to virtual assets/blockchain
7+ years of experience in compliance, risk management, or related functions within a fintech or crypto company, including at least 1 year of product compliance experience
Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite
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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