VP, Ecosystem Marketing & Developer Relations
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Circle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the emerging internet of money, where value can travel globally, nearly instantly and at lower cost than legacy settlement systems. Our infrastructure – including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar – helps businesses, institutions and developers harness these breakthroughs and capitalize on this major turning point in the evolution of money and technology.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
- Lead a global strategy to grow, engage, and empower developers building on Circle’s platform capabilities.
- Serve as a cross-functional leader at the intersection of Product, Engineering, Growth, and Communications to build a thriving, inclusive developer ecosystem that drives adoption of Circle technologies.
- Define the narrative, design the programs, build the community, lead the team, and deliver results in a big-tent role for a big-tent mission.
- Attract, activate, and retain developers across Web3 native engineers to Web2 fintech developers; ensure the developer experience is welcoming, inclusive, and empowering across backgrounds and geographies.
- Collaborate with Growth and Partnerships to support go-to-market activation with wallets, exchanges, infrastructure partners, fintechs, and other ecosystem players to extend developer impact.
- Accelerate use case discovery and experimentation across payments, commerce, DeFi, and financial infrastructure by inspiring developers to build with programmable dollars.
- Represent Circle as a visible, credible voice in the developer community at conferences, media moments, ecosystem gatherings, and online channels.
- Build and manage a high-impact team across Developer Marketing, Developer Relations, and Community; integrate brand storytelling, technical enablement, and ecosystem engagement into a cohesive operating model.
- Define success metrics and track performance across the entire developer journey from brand awareness to usage to community contribution.
- Contribute to overall Marketing team culture, structure, and strategy as a senior leader, championing developer success as a company-wide priority.
What You’ll Bring To Circle
- 15+ years of experience in developer marketing, developer relations, or ecosystem-focused product marketing roles.
- Proven track record of building and scaling global developer ecosystems, communities, or platforms—especially in crypto, fintech, cloud, or developer tools.
- Strong technical fluency in APIs, smart contracts, blockchain, and/or web infrastructure; engineering background or experience working closely with engineering teams.
- Experience with Ethereum, Solana, Base, L2 ecosystems, stablecoins, and/or decentralized finance platforms.
- Experience leading cross-functional programs in fast-paced, product-led environments with a strong bias for action.
- Exceptional team leadership, talent development, and org-building skills; able to grow and manage a distributed, multidisciplinary team.
- Deep empathy for developers—understands how they learn, how they build, and how to earn their trust.
- Excellent communication and storytelling abilities—equally comfortable with a keynote, fireside chat, blog post, or technical AMA.
- Passion for Circle’s mission to increase global economic prosperity through programmable internet money.
Additional Preferred Qualifications
- Exposure to or experience in multi-region developer community development (LATAM, Africa, Southeast Asia, etc.).
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 relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and other business and organizational needs. Compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.
Base Pay Range: $270,000 - $328,333
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Circle. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. Additionally, Circle participates in the E-Verify Program in certain locations, as required by law.
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