Director, Arc - Capital Markets Strategy & GTM

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: As the Director, Arc - Capital Markets Strategy & GTM, you will define and execute Arc's capital markets ecosystem strategy, helping establish Arc as the leading blockchain network for institutional financial activity. Working across Ecosystem Partnerships, Product, and Commercial leadership, you will identify high-value market opportunities, develop the strategic roadmap for the capital markets ecosystem, architect complex partnership and commercial structures, and influence product investments required to unlock adoption. This is not a traditional business development role. Success in this position comes from defining ecosystem strategy, influencing product direction, architecting partnerships, and creating market adoption across the capital markets value chain. While you will work closely with relationship owners and commercial teams, your focus is on building the capital markets ecosystem, not simply closing individual deals. You will build and scale the capital markets ecosystem on Arc, creating a network of partners, use cases, and market participants that drive compounding on-chain activity and establish a durable competitive advantage in institutional finance. This is a highly strategic, zero-to-one role focused on ecosystem creation, market development, and product influence rather than traditional business development execution. What success looks like: Within your first 90 days, you will: Develop and socialize a capital markets ecosystem strategy that aligns leadership, product, and commercial stakeholders around priority opportunities. Establish strong working relationships across Product, Ecosystem Partnerships, Business Development, and executive leadership teams. Identify key ecosystem dependencies, market gaps, and strategic partnership opportunities required to accelerate institutional adoption. Build alignment around priority use cases, partnership opportunities, and product requirements needed to support ecosystem growth. Establish an operating cadence with cross-functional stakeholders and define clear ownership across active initiatives. Within your first 6–12 months, you will: Help bring multiple strategic ecosystem partnerships from concept to execution, creating measurable momentum for Arc within capital markets. Drive new on-chain activity through the successful launch of ecosystem participants, market infrastructure integrations, or institutional use cases. Influence product roadmap priorities that unlock meaningful ecosystem growth and improve the competitiveness of Arc's capital markets offering. Establish repeatable frameworks, partnership structures, and ecosystem development playbooks that enable long-term scale. Build a visible pipeline of future ecosystem opportunities that demonstrate a clear path toward compounding network effects and sustained adoption. What you'll work on: