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$198k
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Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Circle
Circle is a global financial technology firm and the principal operator of USD Coin (USDC), a leading stablecoin, providing cross-border payments and digital currency infrastructure for businesses. Industry: Financial Technology & Digital Currency
Circle currently has
19 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$195,000–$257,500
across 18 roles with salary data.
The Principal Product Manager will join the team to define and own the product strategy for Wallets, shaping the infrastructure and platform capabilities for stablecoin, payments, custody, and developer products. The role involves identifying high-value customer problems to establish a coherent strategy across custodial, developer-controlled, user-controlled, agentic, institutional custody, and cold-storage wallet models. Key responsibilities include leading customer discovery, defining institutional custody capabilities like key management and multi-party authorization, and shaping agent-ready wallet strategies involving scoped permissions and smart accounts. The candidate must possess deep expertise in crypto, blockchain infrastructure, and digital wallets. Required skills include technical fluency in EVM and non-EVM ecosystems, APIs, and SDKs, alongside a strong understanding of AI and agentic systems to enable autonomous transaction execution within regulated financial environments.
What does a Product Manager earn in California?
Median $221750 from 322 postings across 59 companies.
Define and own the product strategy and roadmap for Circle’s Wallets product line.
Identify high-value customer problems and translate insights into differentiated products that drive adoption.
Establish strategies for institutional custody, including hot/cold storage, key management, and multi-party authorization.
Develop agent-ready wallet strategies featuring scoped permissions, programmable policies, and safeguards for autonomous AI transactions.
Partner with cross-functional teams to convert technical and regulatory constraints into scalable product solutions.
Drive platform investments to accelerate chain expansion and reduce the complexity of launching new wallet use cases.
Define and track success measures for customer adoption, reliability, launch readiness, and risk reduction.
What we're looking for
10+ years of relevant product management experience in crypto, fintech, payments, custody, blockchain infrastructure, or security-sensitive financial products.
Deep expertise in digital wallets, including custodial and non-custodial models, key management, transaction signing, smart accounts, and wallet security.
Proven success defining strategy and driving adoption for highly technical platform products from ambiguous needs to measurable outcomes.
Strong technical fluency in blockchain infrastructure, including EVM and non-EVM ecosystems, transaction lifecycles, smart contracts, APIs, and SDKs.
Strong understanding of AI and agentic systems, including how autonomous agents hold and transact value using scoped permissions and programmable policies.
Demonstrated ability to influence executives and senior cross-functional stakeholders while making critical tradeoffs across security, compliance, and growth.
Experience with stablecoins, digital asset custody, MPC, HSMs, TEEs, passkeys, EIP-7702, or smart contract wallet systems (preferred).
Experience building API-first or developer products and operating in regulated financial services, crypto, or banking environments (preferred).
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