Lead Product Manager, Token

What You’ll Be Part Of

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.

What You’ll Be Responsible For

• Design a potential token and governance architecture
• Develop and contribute to a potential token design, tokenomics and phased roadmap for Arc and related ecosystem parties
• Create simulations and scenario analyses to evaluate token distributions, validator rewards, staking mechanisms, and incentive structures that drive usage of the Arc network
• Operationalize governance frameworks
• Define systems, tooling, and processes for onchain and offchain governance — from proposal frameworks to validator councils and community engagement
• Partner with Circle’s Product, Legal, Policy, and Treasury teams to ensure regulatory alignment and financial soundness
• Engage the broader community
• Develop documentation, playbooks, and forums to educate and activate participants — from developers to institutions to users
• Benchmark and research
• Continuously analyze market-leading governance systems, token designs, and economic mechanisms to inform Circle’s approach

What You’ll Bring to Circle

• 5+ years of experience across crypto research, token design, protocol economics, or governance operations
• Strong analytical skills; experience running financial or economic models for token ecosystems
• Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional workstreams — influencing without authority
• Ability to distill technical concepts into clear frameworks and communications
• Strategic mindset with bias toward execution and measurable ecosystem outcomes
• Experience with onchain protocols or staking economics strongly preferred
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of tokenomics, game theory, and token governance
• Experience with onchain protocols or staking economics strongly preferred
• Experience with token design, protocol economics, or governance operations

Benefits

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.

Pay

Base Pay Range: $172,500 - $225,000

Schedule

N/A