Remote Regulatory & Licensing Program Manager

Circle Internet India Private Limited; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Circle is seeking a Regulatory and Licensing Program Manager to drive licensing applications across markets, coordinating cross-functional teams and multi-month programs with AI-assisted processes.

You will lead planning, risk management, and executive communications, shaping how Circle navigates regulatory timelines and global policy initiatives. This role requires collaboration across Legal, Compliance, and Business teams, with remote-wide responsibilities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of program or project management experience in financial services or fintech.
• Direct involvement in at least one licence, registration, or charter application.
• Experience delivering complex, multi-month programs with many dependencies and deadlines.
• Ability to hold senior colleagues to commitments without formal authority.
• Daily use of AI for research, analysis, and internal reporting.
• Experience shipping reporting workflows or internal tools using AI.
• Strong written communication for executive updates.
• Willingness to work across time zones and regulator-driven demands.
• Familiarity with generative AI models (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc.).

Responsibilities

• Lead licensing programs end-to-end across markets, coordinating multiple simultaneous initiatives.
• Build program plans for each market with sequencing, dependencies, owners, and dates.
• Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Finance, Product, Engineering, and HR to translate regulatory requirements into actionable plans.
• Facilitate working sessions and executive briefings to drive program progress.
• Track risks and establish escalation paths with cross-functional input.
• Define and manage reporting and metrics for senior leadership and partners.
• Establish scalable service standards for running regulatory programs.
• Support external procurement activities in scoping, contracting, and budgeting.
• Strengthen global policy operations with disciplined approaches to planning and execution.
• Serve as the go-to program owner for the global policy organization across regions.

Skills

Program management

AI in workflows

Regulatory experience

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Time-zone coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Slack

MacOS

GSuite

Job description

Circle is seeking a Regulatory and Licensing Program Manager to drive licensing applications across markets, coordinating cross-functional teams and multi-month programs with AI-assisted processes.

You will lead planning, risk management, and executive communications, shaping how Circle navigates regulatory timelines and global policy initiatives. This role requires collaboration across Legal, Compliance, and Business teams, with remote-wide responsibilities.