VP Regional Strategy Middle East

About the Company

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.

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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.

This is a senior individual contributor role for a hands‑on strategic operator. The VP, Regional Strategy partners closely with the MEA Managing Director to research, frame, and evaluate the strategic choices facing the region, translating complex market, regulatory, and organizational inputs into clear options and recommendations. The role owns regional strategy development, market and competitive intelligence, scenario analysis, and decision preparation.

You will build narratives, models, and materials to support informed trade‑offs around where to invest, what to prioritize, and how to sequence growth. Success is measured by the quality of insights delivered, the clarity with which strategic choices are framed, and how effectively leadership decisions are informed by rigorous analysis and a deep understanding of the MEA landscape. This is a builder role suited for someone who values ownership, rigor, and follow‑through.

• Lead the analytical work underpinning regional planning, including assumptions, risks, dependencies, and investment considerations
• Develop and maintain the MEA regional strategy narrative (annual and rolling multi‑year), including market prioritization, growth opportunities, and explicit trade‑offs
• Build scenario analyses (e.g., regulatory changes, product launches, macro shifts) that surface options, implications, and recommended paths forward
• Produce clear, structured decision memos for material strategic choices (where to invest, what to deprioritize, sequencing)

Key outputs:
Annual MEA strategy narrative; periodic strategy updates; decision memos and scenario models

• Partner with Product, Finance, Compliance, Policy, and Business teams to ensure regional strategy is grounded in accurate inputs, constraints, and opportunities
• Support planning discussions by providing strategic context, analysis, and clarity on priorities and trade‑offs
• Surface strategic risks, interdependencies, and implications to inform leadership decision‑making

Key outputs:
Strategic planning inputs; risk and dependency summaries; leadership planning materials

• Translate regional strategy into clear strategic guidance for Product, Legal, Compliance, Marketing, Partnerships, and Business
• Clarify decision questions, ownership, and escalation paths to reduce ambiguity
• Frame cross‑functional initiatives to ensure objectives, success criteria, and decision context are clear before handoff

Key outputs:
Strategic initiative briefs; decision and ownership frameworks; alignment materials

• Work closely with the Policy team, which owns regulatory engagement and policy strategy, to ensure decisions are informed by the right data and context
• Develop and maintain market and regulatory intelligence for MEA, focused on implications for growth, product, and partnerships
• Maintain a clear view of the competitive landscape to inform…