circle

Principal, Monetization

circle$185K — $237K *
US-Anywhere
+ 25 other locationsRemote
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in Pricing, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Strategic Finance, or a related field, with leadership experience.
  • Strong TradFi background (fixed income, FX, credit, treasury, capital markets) or senior crypto capital markets experience.
  • In-depth knowledge of liquidity dynamics, market structures, and pricing mechanics across credit, FX, and yield products.
  • Track record in devising and implementing strategies, creating frameworks for others to follow.
  • Exceptional executive-level written communication skills, producing rigorous memos that withstand scrutiny.
  • Ability to drive alignment and decisions at the executive leadership team (ELT) level, even without direct authority.
  • Skilled in advanced financial modeling, proficient in Excel or Sheets.

Responsibilities

  • Define and implement the monetization strategy and pricing for Circle’s entire digital assets product suite.
  • Identify new monetization opportunities by analyzing market structure and liquidity flows.
  • Take charge of product pricing strategy and act as the internal expert on digital asset economics for key teams.
  • Develop cohesive, scalable distribution-incentive frameworks at the product level.
  • Create and manage financial models that detail the economic picture of the digital asset portfolio.
  • Represent Circle’s monetization strategies in discussions with external partners and stakeholders.
  • Facilitate alignment among ELT on significant pricing and incentive decisions, guiding topics in weekly meetings.
  • Enhance the overall quality and rigor of the monetization team through improved frameworks, memos, and peer reviews.

Benefits

  • Remote work flexibility with potential for a hybrid model.
  • Inclusive company culture centered on transparency.
  • Access to professional growth opportunities within the digital asset space.
Full Job Description
What you'll be responsible for

You will own Circle's digital assets monetization vision and translate it into pricing, incentive, and commercial strategies across USDC, USYC, RWAs, Credit, and FX products. Where a P4 executes within a defined framework, this role shapes the framework itself, and is expected to proactively identify and build monetization programs that don't yet exist.

What you'll work on
  • Define Circle's monetization strategy and pricing philosophy for the full digital assets product suite, including USDC, USYC, RWAs, credit, and FX
  • Identify white-space monetization opportunities by understanding market structure, competitive positioning, and how institutional liquidity flows across products
  • Own product pricing strategy and serve as the internal authority on digital asset economics, advising Product, BD, Finance, and ELT
  • Architect distribution-incentive frameworks at the pillar level; ensure they are coherent, scalable, and financially sound
  • Build and maintain financial models that capture the full economic picture of the digital asset portfolio, including reserve income dynamics, fee revenue, and incentive spend
  • Represent Circle's monetization perspective in external conversations with institutional partners, exchanges, market makers, and distribution counterparties
  • Secure ELT alignment on material pricing and incentive decisions; drive the Monetization Weekly agenda for digital asset topics
  • Elevate the quality and rigor of the broader monetization team through frameworks, written memos, and peer review

What you'll bring to Circle

Core requirement
  • 8+ years of experience in Pricing, Capital Markets, Investment Banking, Strategic Finance, or a related field, with a portion in a senior or leadership capacity
  • Deep TradFi background (fixed income, FX, credit, treasury, or capital markets origination) and/or senior crypto capital markets experience (exchange, market maker, yield platform, or digital asset issuer)
  • Expert-level understanding of liquidity dynamics, market structures, and the mechanics of pricing across credit, FX, and yield products
  • Demonstrated ability to set strategy and create frameworks, not just apply them; a track record of building something that others now follow
  • Executive-level written communication; known for producing clear, rigorous memos that hold up under scrutiny
  • Proven ability to drive alignment and decisions at the ELT or equivalent level without direct authority
  • Comfortable representing Circle in complex external relationships, including negotiations with institutional counterparties
  • Advanced financial-modeling skills (Excel, Sheets, or equivalent)


Preferred requirements
  • Experience in a principal, director, or VP-level role at a bank, exchange, fintech, or digital asset platform we
  • Deep knowledge of stablecoin economics, tokenized asset issuance, or onchain liquidity mechanics
  • Prior experience setting pricing strategy for a financial product that scaled to institutional market share
  • Existing relationships in crypto capital markets, institutional DeFi, or TradFi treasury


Circle is on a mission to create an inclusive financial future, with transparency at our core. We consider a wide variety of elements when crafting our compensation ranges and total compensation packages.

Starting pay is determined by various factors, including but not limited to: relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs. Please note that compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.

Base Pay Range: $185,000 - $237,500

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About circle

Circle is a global financial technology firm that enables businesses of all sizes to harness the power of digital currency and public blockchains for payments, commerce and financial applications worldwide. Circle's platform has supported over 100 million transactions worth tens of billions of dollars, with nearly 10 million retail customers, over a thousand businesses, while storing and securing more than $5 billion in digital currency assets. Circle is also a principal developer of USD Coin (USDC), which together with Coinbase and the Centre Consortium oversees the standards and protocol for what has become the fastest growing, regulated, fully-reserved stablecoin. USDC now stands at well over $10 billion market cap and is adding nearly $300 million net new digital dollars in circulation every week. Today, Circle's transactional services, business accounts, and platform APIs are giving rise to a new generation of financial services and commerce applications that hold the promise of raising global economic prosperity for all through programmable internet commerce.
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Founded
2013

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