Lead Product Manager, Token

Circle
San Francisco
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 172,500 - 225,000 annuallyFunction: Product ManagementExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Analytical skills","Cross-functional collaboration","Influencing without authority","Communication","Strategic mindset"]

Define and lead exploration of utility token opportunities for Circle’s Arc product team. Shape the potential token’s economic model, tokenomics, governance framework, and phased roadmap by running simulations and scenario analyses for incentives, staking, and validator rewards. Operationalize onchain/offchain governance processes, collaborate across Product, Engineering, Data, Treasury, Legal, and Policy for regulatory alignment, and build documentation and forums to activate the ecosystem.

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Circle
10 months ago

Lead Product Manager, Token

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Job Summary

Define and lead exploration of utility token opportunities for Circle’s Arc product team. Shape the potential token’s economic model, tokenomics, governance framework, and phased roadmap by running simulations and scenario analyses for incentives, staking, and validator rewards. Operationalize onchain/offchain governance processes, collaborate across Product, Engineering, Data, Treasury, Legal, and Policy for regulatory alignment, and build documentation and forums to activate the ecosystem.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Product Management
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design a potential token and governance architecture, including tokenomics and a phased roadmap for Arc and ecosystem participants.
  • •Model economic systems and incentive structures using simulations and scenario analyses for distributions, validator rewards, staking, and incentives.
  • •Operationalize onchain and offchain governance frameworks, including proposal systems, validator councils, and community engagement processes.
  • •Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Legal, Policy, and Treasury to support regulatory alignment and financial soundness.
  • •Engage and educate the broader community through documentation, playbooks, and forums for developers, institutions, and users.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 172,500 - 225,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience across crypto research, token design, protocol economics, or governance operations.
  • •Deep understanding of tokenomics, game theory, and token governance.
  • •Strong analytical skills, including experience running financial or economic models for token ecosystems.
  • •Proven ability to manage complex, cross-functional workstreams while influencing without authority.
  • •Ability to distill technical concepts into clear frameworks and communications.
Experience:5+ yearsCryptoToken designProtocol economicsGovernance
Skills:Analytical skillsCross-functional collaborationInfluencing without authorityCommunicationStrategic mindset

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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