USDC Capital Markets Lead - Repo & Derivatives

Circle; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 213,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Day-one PERM sponsorship

Job summary

Circle is seeking a senior capital markets professional to drive USDC adoption across repo and derivatives workflows from our Seattle office. You will bring 12+ years in traditional capital markets and deep exposure to repo markets, margining, and collateral management.

You’ll partner with legal, compliance, and risk teams, lead high-level negotiations with dealers, and advise senior leadership on where USDC can deliver capital, liquidity, and operational benefits.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of extensive experience in traditional capital markets, with direct exposure to repo markets, derivatives margining, or collateral management.
• Strong understanding of dealer funding models, balance-sheet constraints, and regulatory capital considerations.
• Proven capability in negotiating and securing high-impact strategic deals at a C-level audience level, exhibiting strong persuasive and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Leading technical engagement with swap dealers, primary dealers, FCMs, CCPs, custodians, and tri-party agents.
• Acting as a credible counterpart to dealer treasury and funding teams, and drive pilots from design through live execution in coordination with internal product and engineering teams.
• Partnering with legal, compliance, and risk teams to ensure USDC integrations align with applicable derivatives and market regulations.
• Advising senior leadership on where USDC can deliver meaningful capital, liquidity, and operational benefits.

Skills

Capital markets

Repo markets

Derivatives margining

Collateral management

Primary dealers

Swap dealers

Regulatory capital

Negotiation at C-level

Generative AI awareness

Tools

Slack

Apple MacOS

GSuite

Job description

Circle is seeking a senior capital markets professional to drive USDC adoption across repo and derivatives workflows from our Seattle office. You will bring 12+ years in traditional capital markets and deep exposure to repo markets, margining, and collateral management.

You’ll partner with legal, compliance, and risk teams, lead high-level negotiations with dealers, and advise senior leadership on where USDC can deliver capital, liquidity, and operational benefits.