Senior Director of Ecosystem Growth, South East Asia

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:You will own Circle’s market intelligence, brand presence, and stakeholder engagement and ecosystem growth across South East Asia, with initial focus on Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam, while supporting select regional initiatives as relevant. This role is accountable for gathering market intelligence, partnering with the Circle Policy team to engage with regulatory and government stakeholders (as relevant), and supporting Circle's compliant market presence. You will work closely with Commercial, Business Development, Product, and partners with commercial activities and agreement execution handled by appropriately authorized personnel. What you'll work on:Gathering market intelligence and developing Circle’s brand presence across DeFi, crypto capital markets, payments, remittances, and institutional use cases across South East Asia, with initial focus on Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam.Proactively identifying potential market participants and ecosystem contacts; responding to and document genuine inbound partnership inquiries without conducting active solicitation, advertising, or promotion of Circle products to counterparties in jurisdictions requiring VASP or dealer registration without an applicable license.Partnering closely with Commercial and Business Development teams to share market intelligence, relaying inbound inquiries from regional counterparties, and support compliant market engagement and regulatory outreach activities led by authorized personnel.Orchestrating cross-functional execution with Product, Solutions, Operations, Marketing, Policy, Legal, and Compliance to relay market feedback and support compliant ecosystem engagement across the region.Tracking and reporting on market intelligence, regulatory developments, and stakeholder engagement activities across the reg...