VP, Policy and Regulatory Strategy, Latin America

Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is one of the world’s leading internet financial platform companies, building the foundation of a more open, global economy through digital assets, payment applications, and programmable blockchain infrastructure. Circle’s platform includes the world’s largest regulated stablecoin network anchored by USDC, Circle Payments Network for global money movement, and Arc, an enterprise-grade blockchain designed to become the Economic OS for the internet. Enterprises, financial institutions, and developers use Circle to power trusted, internet-scale financial innovation. Learn more at circle.com.

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: 

The VP, Policy and Regulatory Strategy, Latin America will lead Circle’s public policy, regulatory strategy, and market positioning across the Latin America (LatAm) region. This role will serve as an integral component of the strategy, global policy, and corporate communications leadership team. Working closely with Commercial, Legal, Compliance, Product, Finance and other teams to unlock growth, reduce regulatory friction, and align evolving standards, requiring in-depth understanding and engagement with key regulators and other stakeholders in target markets. The VP will help drive analysis, engagement and regulatory filings culminating in successful company licensure, and operations in certain target markets. The VP will also lead regulatory, policy and other engagements supporting a global market and regulatory environment conducive to the company’s products, solutions, and services.

The VP will also track in an evidence-based manner the global policy, regulatory and market acceptance of digital currencies, blockchain-based payments systems and crypto-assets more generally. This will be a dynamic role that will help inform company-wide market expansion efforts, regulatory engagements and competitive positioning.

What you'll work on: 

• Formulation of regulatory engagement, stakeholder mapping and market segmentation based on overall company market expansion plans.

• Reviewing present and future regulatory requirements in target markets, alongside legal, compliance and operational leaders.

• Market expansion and regulatory efforts around the world, prioritized by markets and partners.

• Creation of regulatory consultation responses, including requests for information, comment and other engagements with external stakeholders.

• Building coalitions with stakeholders to advance the regulatory agenda in support of the development of the internet financial system.

• Collaborating with business and other cross-functional leaders to enable business success.

• Leading a dynamic global strategy, policy and communications team helping drive a conducive market environment for the company’s products, solutions and services.

What you’ll bring to Circle:

Core Requirements:

• 14+ years of legal, policy, regulatory and policymaking experience at the nexus of emerging technology, financial services and global markets. 

• 8+ years of experience managing and leading teams.

• Technical virtuosity, policy instincts and relationships at the highest levels of government, policymaking and regulatory matters shaping the future of money and payments.

• Proven knowledge at the strategic and technical levels in regulatory engagement in the payments and financial service domains.

• In depth knowledge of LatAm policy, regulatory, legal and licensing requirements for the payments, digital currencies, crypto-assets and blockchain-based market.

• Familiarity with generative AI models (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.) and prompt development.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, Portuguese and Spanish.

Preferred Requirements:

• Experience building cross-functional teams across geographic locations and delivering results.

• Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite.

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.

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.

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