Director, Product Management, Exchange & Liquidity

Ripple•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs. If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value. THE WORK: We’re looking for an Exchange and Liquidity Product Manager to be the central point driving the productization efforts of our trading and liquidity solutions. This person will lead the strategy and roadmap for our solutions that use traditional finance and blockchain-based tools to serve our global fintech customers. The role will within the Payments Product will work closely with the Trading and Markets team and other Product divisions to uncover and evaluate strategic possibilities for growing Ripple's business, ensuring seamless integration with Ripple's core product suite and leading cross-functional initiatives to enhance the client lifecycle. The ideal candidate has deep trading and financial markets expertise and strong curiosity about digital assets. You're an entrepreneurial problem solver; you work best when you're building and launching new solutions. You'll excel working in a fast-past environment, and you are adept at and handling cross-functional initiatives across geographies.

Requirements

12-15 years of professional experience in financial services, fintech, or the crypto industry, with at least 5-10 years in a core product management role.
Demonstrated 0-1 experience - you've worked at a startup or built and launched a new product from scratch.
A foundational knowledge of trading concepts is required, including a validated experience with (or deep understanding of) OTC workflows, crypto assets (spot), and ideally derivatives.
Ability to translate sophisticated topics into clear, concise language for different audiences.
A knack for establishing relationships and driving alignment across teams with different priorities.

Responsibilities

Own and develop the strategy, roadmap, and feature requirements for the exchange and liquidity solutions within our Payments Product.
Draw from a range of Ripple’s tools - payments, custody, digital assets, and the ledger - to test and scale new blockchain-powered solutions for credit, FX, and stablecoin liquidity to traditional financial problems.
Craft cohesive solutions that apply the trading desk's strengths to integrate with Ripple payments.
Define critical metrics to measure product success and inform decisions.
Coordinate communications across primary internal partners (Product, Trading and Markets, Engineering, Compliance, Sales, Finance Operations) to maintain alignment.

Benefits

The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!
Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
Employee giving match
Mobile phone stipend
R&R days so you can rest and recharge
Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events