Senior Financial Integrity Manager, Policy

Circle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the emerging internet of money, where value can finally travel like other digital data — globally, nearly instantly and less expensively than legacy settlement systems. This ground-breaking new internet layer opens up previously unimaginable possibilities for payments, commerce and markets that can help raise global economic prosperity and enhance inclusion. 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 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: Multistakeholder, Mindfulness, Driven by Excellence and High Integrity. Circlers are consistently evolving in a remote world where strength in numbers fuels team success. We have built a flexible and diverse work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

What you’ll be responsible for:

As part of the Policy team, you will be responsible for playing a leading role in a risk analysis function that identifies and reviews current trends in the ecosystem and develops solutions to detect and mitigate risks that may impact trust and safety. The ideal candidate will have deep experience working with large data sets that will help identify the real-world threats surrounding Circle and USDC. This position requires a candidate to work across a diverse set of focus areas, develop plans with risk partners internally in the company, identify gaps and opportunities, and drive execution. The candidate will exhibit strong interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively across teams, and a rigorous, analytical and strategic approach to problem solving. They will also be comfortable deep diving into new product functionality to evaluate and understand the impact to existing policies and systems. 

What you'll work on:

• Conduct comprehensive investigations of potentially illicit activities such as market manipulation, money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, sanctions violations, etc. and determine required action to mitigate potential financial crimes risk exposure, in line with policies and guidelines.
• Develop quantitative and qualitative metrics to help surface insights from internal and external data.
• Use existing data to identify large networks of nefarious actors and activity. Trace …