Senior Director of Product Finance

About This Role

This high-impact, high-visibility role sits at the intersection of finance and product, providing a unique opportunity to shape how Circle evaluates, prioritizes, and invests in new product lines as the company scales. The Senior Director of Product Finance will serve as the strategic finance partner to the Product organization, reporting to the SVP of Strategic Finance and working in close partnership with the CFO, Chief Product Officer, product leadership team, and Head of FP&A.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the embedded strategic finance partner to the Chief Product Officer and product leadership team
• Own the financial evaluation of new product lines and launches from concept through post-launch
• Partner with product leadership and strategic finance to build business cases, unit-economics models, pricing frameworks, and revenue projections that equip leadership to make confident decisions
• Support financial planning for the Product organization, including annual plan, quarterly forecasting, and long-range modeling
• Advise on investment trade-offs and resource allocation across the product portfolio
• Drive scenario analysis, sensitivity modeling, and market sizing to pressure-test assumptions and support capital allocation discussions with Circle’s leadership team
• Conduct competitive benchmarking and market analysis to inform product investment theses
• Partner with corporate development and strategic finance on M&A diligence or new market entries that intersect with the product roadmap
• Prepare and present compelling financial narratives that bring the product strategy to life with financial clarity
• Develop financial performance dashboards and executive reporting for new and emerging product lines
• Lead variance analysis with clear, actionable commentary for senior leadership
• Build and scale the Product Finance function and establish repeatable financial processes and frameworks that make it faster and easier for product teams to access the insights they need

Requirements

• 13+ years of progressive experience in strategic finance, FP&A, investment banking, or management consulting
• Demonstrated track record as an embedded finance business partner with experience influencing roadmap and investment decisions at the C-suite level
• Experience building financial models and business cases for new product launches, including 0→1 products and new market entries
• Strong command of unit economics, revenue modeling, and scenario analysis
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to distill complex financial analysis into clear, actionable narratives for both financial and non-financial audiences, including executive presentations
• A “roll-up-your-sleeves” mindset: comfortable building a model as well as presenting to the CFO or Chief Product Officer