Circle Ventures Director

Circle Ventures Leader

Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's 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 work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

Circle is looking for an experienced leader to evolve and build Circle Ventures at the frontier of internet-native finance. How we invest and partner will shape the ecosystem around USDC, programmable money, and next-generation financial infrastructure. This role combines strategy, program design, driving investor influence, venture investing, and ecosystem leadership; defining the brand, systems, and investment theses; sourcing and executing high-conviction investments; and converting portfolio relationships into durable strategic advantage for Circle.

The ideal candidate brings deep experience building and leading venture investment programs (e.g. the Arc Builders Fund), alongside a nuanced understanding of fintech, crypto, and emerging financial infrastructure. Equally important are strong communication skills (written and oral), executive presence, cross-functional influence, and the ability to translate market insight into actionable strategy, building not just a portfolio, but a systematic engine that extends Circle's reach and impact across the global digital economy.

You will be a senior leader on the Corporate Development and Ventures team. We aspire to:

• Deliver best-in-class strategic insight and deal execution through analytical rigor, sound judgment, operational excellence, scalable systems, and appropriate hustle.
• Collaborate across Circle to align priorities, surface strong decisions, and drive measurable impact.
• Build and maintain a powerful network of founders, funds, and ecosystem leaders to expand Circle's opportunity and access to information.
• Generate insights that clarify where and how Circle teams can engage for maximum strategic leverage.
• Use emerging technologies and structured processes to detect signals in the noiseand convert insight into action.
• Raise the bar through candid feedback, mentorship, and continuous improvement in how we operate together.

What you'll work on:

• Managing the operating model for Circle Ventures, defining how capital deployment translates into measurable ecosystem growth.
• Designing new strategic initiatives that align with Circle's product and commercial roadmap.
• Transforming our network of 140+ portfolio companies into a structured "knowledge engine," turning unstructured insights into actionable alpha.
• Owning the pre- and post-investment lifecycle, building cross-functional workflows between our Business, Legal, Marketing, and Developer Relations teams.
• Building investment theses and other content that informs our approach and communications.

What you'll bring to Circle:

• 12+ years of experience in venture investing, corporate development, investment banking, consulting, or other relevant roles, with a demonstrated track record of cross functional and external engagement building systems and programs.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity with a bias toward structured execution and a comfort "rolling your sleeves up" to take on any task, big or small.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with ability to distill complex concepts into clear insights and recommendations that influence and inspire others.
• Excellent intrinsic capabilities, including strong quantitative and analytical skills, excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong executive presence, high motivation, low ego, deep intellectual curiosity.
• Ability to build relationships (internally and externally) and drive projects/deals in a rapid paced corporate and industry environment.
• Experience in assessing industries, trends, futures and the ability to distill and articulate the most important drivers.
• Familiarity with generative AI models (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.) and prompt development.

Preferred Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree required with an Economics, Finance, Business, Technology or related discipline preferred.
• Deep understanding and experience in Fintech and Capital Markets and/or Web3/Crypto.
• Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite.

Additional Information:

• This position is eligible for day-one PERM sponsorship for qualified candidates.

Base Pay Range: $212,500 - $272,500

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.

Should you require accommodations or assistance in our interview process because of a disability, please reach out to accommodations@circle.com for support. We respect your privacy and will connect with you separately from our interview process to accommodate your needs.