Developer Ecosystem Growth and Marketing Director

What you’ll be responsible for:

Circle is looking for an exceptional individual who serves the needs of developers, entrepreneurs, creators, and builders in the Developer and Ecosystem Marketing team. We are seeking a Developer Ecosystem Growth Director to own and implement Circle’s developer investment strategies and identify and inspire developers in pushing the boundaries of building with Circle’s applications and services. 

What you'll work on:

• Create internal operational capabilities and programs (or strategically source external partners) to help create a full life cycle incubation-to-innovation and funding programs, where an interested developer could go from hackathon participant to being funded by grant programs to building and sustaining tooling for the Circle ecosystem.
• Run the Ecosystem growth programs, from initial strategy to full-on engagement. Create systems to accelerate developer onboarding and growth. 
• Build a strategy to generate awareness around Circle developer ecosystem and products by presenting at conferences and hackathons, collaborating with Web3 developer communities to reach / onboard more developers.
• Manage enterprise developers sourcing, reach, onboarding and growth strategies to build a pipeline of projects and developers using Circle products.
• Create clear incentives for the creation of enterprise infrastructure and developer tools to facilitate reaching to developers and new project development. 
• Help external teams navigate the Circle ecosystems: available technical solutions, partners & economics considerations, funding opportunities, etc.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to develop and execute strategies to increase the number of active developers in the ecosystem.

You will aspire to our four core values:

• Multistakeholder - you have dedication and commitment to our customers, shareholders, employees and families and local communities.
• Mindful - you seek to be respectful, an active listener and to pay attention to detail.  
• Driven by Excellence - you are driven by our mission and our passion for customer success which means you relentlessly pursue excellence, that you do not tolerate mediocrity and you work intensely to achieve your goals. 
• High Integrity - you seek open and honest communication and hold yourself to very high moral and ethical standards. You reject manipulation, dishonesty and intolerance.

What you’ll bring to Circle:

• 15 years in business development, product management, startup experience a plus.
• 5 years in growth marketing experience or in an analytical role at a tech company.
• Obsessed with delivering the best developer user experience.
• Ownership mentality; you are the sole owner of your vision and initiatives and will do what is required to ensure success.
• Excellent technical understanding of blockchain technologies.
• Excellent understanding of blockchain ecosystems.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills, including the ability to speak to different constituencies such as business development, communications, and engineering internally and externally.
• Ability to work autonomously, be proactive, prioritize, communicate, and function in a small team.
• Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite.