VP, Global Head of Product Security & Risk

Circle
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull time317,500 - 365,000 annuallyFunction: Legal, Risk & ComplianceExperience: 12-15 yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Strategic thinking","Stakeholder management","Cross-functional collaboration"]

Senior leader responsible for defining and driving Circle’s enterprise product security and risk framework across jurisdictions. Oversees embedding security, compliance, and risk into product design and engineering, scales risk programs for blockchain-based financial products, and leads cross-functional teams. Interfaces with regulators, auditors, partners, and customers while guiding governance, control frameworks, and remediation efforts in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.

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Circle
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VP, Global Head of Product Security & Risk

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Job Summary

Senior leader responsible for defining and driving Circle’s enterprise product security and risk framework across jurisdictions. Oversees embedding security, compliance, and risk into product design and engineering, scales risk programs for blockchain-based financial products, and leads cross-functional teams. Interfaces with regulators, auditors, partners, and customers while guiding governance, control frameworks, and remediation efforts in a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Legal, Risk & Compliance

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define and lead the enterprise framework for product security and risk across Circle’s APIs, blockchain solutions, and financial products.
  • •Architect systems, governance models, and organizational capabilities to ensure risk-based controls from inception through global scale.
  • •Embed security, compliance, and risk requirements into product design, roadmaps, and engineering delivery processes.
  • •Lead cross-functional teams and executive interfaces with regulators, auditors, partners, and key customers on security and compliance matters.
  • •Oversee product risk assessments, control design, monitoring, testing, reporting, and remediation efforts.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: 317,500 - 365,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •12–15+ years of experience in crypto, fintech, financial services, or financial infrastructure.
  • •Deep technical and strategic knowledge of blockchain, distributed ledger technologies, decentralized finance, digital identity, and Web3 ecosystems.
  • •Proven experience designing and scaling product risk, compliance, and security programs in highly regulated environments.
  • •10+ years of experience leading high-performing global teams.
  • •Experience securing and operating cloud-native applications and services across AWS, GCP, or similar platforms.
Experience:12-15 yearsCryptoFintechFinancial servicesFinancial infrastructureBlockchainWeb3Cloud-native
Education:Master's
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationStrategic thinkingStakeholder managementCross-functional collaboration
Certifications:CISSPCCSPCEHCCSK
Languages:English
Tech Stack:BlockchainDistributed ledgerDigital identityWeb3AWSGCPCloud-nativeNISTISO 27001CCSPCEHCCSK

Company Brief

Circle
Provides blockchain-based financial infrastructure and stablecoins (notably USDC and EURC) and payment solutions for enterprises, developers, and financial institutions to enable programmable money and global payments.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: New York City, United States
Founded: 2013
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