Circle

10 months ago

Corporate Development & Ventures, Senior Director

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Job Summary

Lead Circle’s inorganic strategy by originating and executing acquisitions, strategic investments, and joint ventures. Maintain a high-signal pipeline of fintech, payments, crypto/digital asset, and AI/agentic commerce opportunities, translate market intelligence into leadership alignment, and run end-to-end deal execution from evaluation through close and integration. Partner with Legal, Finance, Product, Compliance, and Engineering, while producing concise memos and board-ready materials and mentoring the CDV team.

Location: San Francisco

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Strategy & Corporate Development

Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

•Maintain an always-on pipeline of acquisition targets, investment opportunities, and strategic partnership candidates sourced from your network and internal collaboration.
•Monitor Bay Area fintech, payments, and AI developments and convert conversations into actionable strategic intelligence and deal flow for leadership.
•Run proactive build-vs-buy-vs-partner analyses aligned to Circle’s strategic pillars, including Digital Assets and the AI/agentic commerce stack.
•Lead the full deal lifecycle—evaluation, diligence, structuring, negotiation, close, and integration—coordinating cross-functional stakeholders through decision frameworks.
•Produce crisp recommendation-forward analysis, investment memos, and board materials; structure transactions considering regulatory positioning, USDC liquidity dynamics, and multi-jurisdiction requirements.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 245,000 - 307,500 annually

Key Requirements

•13+ years in corporate development, investment banking, growth equity, or strategic finance, with end-to-end transaction leadership.
•Deep, active network in fintech, payments, and/or crypto with relationships at operator, founder, and fund levels in the Bay Area.
•Exceptional written and verbal communication; can write decisive memos and present to a CEO or board.
•Strong quantitative instincts, including building and stress-testing financial models and navigating cap table/income statement realities.
•Familiarity with generative AI models and prompt development.

Experience:13+ yearsFintechPaymentsCryptoDigital assetsStablecoins

Education:Bachelor's in Economics, Finance, Business, Technology or related discipline

Skills:CommunicationQuantitative analysisStrategic thinkingDeal leadershipMentorship

Tech Stack:ChatGPTGeminiSlackApple MacOSGSuite

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

Glassdoor: 4.1

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Circle

10 months ago

Corporate Development & Ventures, Senior Director

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 3 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: San Francisco

Workplace: Remote

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Strategy & Corporate Development

Seniority: Director level

Key Responsibilities

•Maintain an always-on pipeline of acquisition targets, investment opportunities, and strategic partnership candidates sourced from your network and internal collaboration.
•Monitor Bay Area fintech, payments, and AI developments and convert conversations into actionable strategic intelligence and deal flow for leadership.
•Run proactive build-vs-buy-vs-partner analyses aligned to Circle’s strategic pillars, including Digital Assets and the AI/agentic commerce stack.
•Lead the full deal lifecycle—evaluation, diligence, structuring, negotiation, close, and integration—coordinating cross-functional stakeholders through decision frameworks.
•Produce crisp recommendation-forward analysis, investment memos, and board materials; structure transactions considering regulatory positioning, USDC liquidity dynamics, and multi-jurisdiction requirements.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 245,000 - 307,500 annually

Key Requirements

•13+ years in corporate development, investment banking, growth equity, or strategic finance, with end-to-end transaction leadership.
•Deep, active network in fintech, payments, and/or crypto with relationships at operator, founder, and fund levels in the Bay Area.
•Exceptional written and verbal communication; can write decisive memos and present to a CEO or board.
•Strong quantitative instincts, including building and stress-testing financial models and navigating cap table/income statement realities.
•Familiarity with generative AI models and prompt development.

Experience:13+ yearsFintechPaymentsCryptoDigital assetsStablecoins

Education:Bachelor's in Economics, Finance, Business, Technology or related discipline

Skills:CommunicationQuantitative analysisStrategic thinkingDeal leadershipMentorship

Tech Stack:ChatGPTGeminiSlackApple MacOSGSuite

Company Brief

Circle

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

Glassdoor: 4.1

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor