VP, Corporate Development
Ripple provides payments, custody and stablecoin solutions that help financial institutions integrate blockchain and digital assets.
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About Ripple
Ripple helps financial institutions transform global payments by providing blockchain-powered infrastructure for cross-border payments, digital asset custody, and stablecoin solutions. With it, users can enable instant settlements, reduce costs, and access new markets. The company was originally founded as OpenCoin in 2012 and rebranded to Ripple in 2015.
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About the Role
Lead Ripple's global corporate development mandate by deploying capital through partnerships, investments, and acquisitions; developing crypto ecosystem research and market intelligence; evaluating competitors; executing acquisitions and investments; coordinating due diligence and integration; sourcing opportunities through blockchain entrepreneur and investor relationships; and supporting strategic planning with qualitative, quantitative, and backtesting analyses.
Requirements
- 10+ years in Corporate Development, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, or Corporate Finance
- Proven track record of proactive relationship building to drive proprietary deal flow
- Proven experience managing multiple complex deals simultaneously through all phases
- Background in building, mentoring, and leading high-performing teams
- Mastery of financial modeling, including three-statement analysis, valuation, and market data models
- Comfort operating without an established playbook and ability to architect creative deal structures
- Sophisticated understanding of both blockchain technology and traditional financial services
- Exceptional intellectual rigor, attention to detail, and proactive collaborative communication style
Responsibilities
- Develop unique perspectives on key categories within the crypto ecosystem
- Curate research and market intelligence to identify critical shifts and communicate strategic implications to leadership
- Engage with Product, Engineering, and Go-to-Market teams to qualify opportunities and refine strategic interests
- Develop perspectives on key competitors to inform business strategy
- Lead execution of acquisitions and investments by defining business needs, mapping market landscapes, engaging prospects, and developing business cases
- Partner with Finance, Legal, Tax, and People teams to drive due diligence and post-deal integration
- Establish and maintain relationships with the global blockchain entrepreneur and investor community
- Manage a high-velocity deal pipeline
- Collaborate with the Business Development team to forge alliances
- Develop internal processes and artifacts for the corporate development function
- Conduct data-driven backtesting of acquisition performance against investment thesis
- Perform ad-hoc qualitative and quantitative analyses for planning, investing and integration efforts
Benefits
- Professional development budget
- Flexible in-office days
- Bi-weekly all-company meeting
- Team offsites, team bonding activities, and happy hours
- Competitive bonuses and equity
- Competitive benefits covering physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
- Employee giving match
- Mobile phone stipend
- R&R days
- Wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite and virtual programming
- Generous vacation policy
- Parental leave policies
- Family planning benefits
- Catered lunches and fully stocked kitchens
