Ripple VP, Corporate Development at Ripple leading strategic capital deployment through partnerships, investments, and acquisitions. Drive market intelligence, competitive analysis, and end-to-end M&A execution to shape the digital asset ecosystem.
Responsibilities
Strategic Market Intelligence: Develop unique perspectives on key categories within the crypto ecosystem; curate research and market intelligence to identify critical shifts and communicate their strategic implications to leadership.
Cross-Functional Orchestration: Engage with Product, Engineering, and Go-to-Market teams to qualify opportunities and refine Ripple’s areas of strategic interest.
Competitive Analysis: Develop perspectives on key competitors - evaluating relative strengths and weaknesses - to inform our broader business strategy.
End-to-End M&A and Investment Leadership: Lead the execution of acquisitions and investments by defining business needs, mapping market landscapes, engaging prospects, and developing robust business cases.
Due Diligence & Integration: Partner with Finance, Legal, Tax, and People teams to drive due diligence and ensure seamless post-deal integration.
Ecosystem Engagement: Establish and maintain strong relationships with the global community of blockchain entrepreneurs and investors to source new opportunities and manage a high-velocity pipeline.
Strategic Partnership: Collaborate with the Business Development team to forge alliances that promote Ripple’s core product and service offerings.
Operational Excellence: Develop internal processes and artifacts for the corporate development function, including data-driven backtesting of acquisition performance against the original investment thesis.
Qualitative and Quantitative Analyses: Ad-hoc analyses for planning strategy, investing and integration efforts.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING:
Experience: 10+ years in Corporate Development, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, or Corporate Finance.
Strategic Outbound Networking: A proven track record of proactive relationship building; the ability to identify, "cold-start," and nurture a robust external network of founders, CEOs, and key industry players to drive proprietary deal flow.
Qualification
10+ years in Corporate Development
Required
10+ years in Corporate Development, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, or Corporate Finance
