Business Development Manager at Ripple Labs

<div class="content-intro"><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.</span></p></div><div> <p><strong>THE WORK:</strong></p> <p>At Ripple, we are building the future of finance and Web3 on the XRP Ledger (XRPL). We're looking for a strategic leader to own a critical mission: architecting and sourcing the foundational infrastructure that will unlock the next wave of ecosystem growth. This role will be the central hub for our global strategy of the XRPL ecosystem. Your primary focus will be identifying, negotiating, and executing high-impact partnerships for the foundational pieces the XRPL ecosystem needs to thrive. You will quarterback this global effort, coordinating with our regional BD teams across the Americas, APAC, MEA, and LATAM to execute a single, cohesive vision.</p> <p><strong>WHAT YOU’LL DO:</strong></p> <ul> <li>We're targeting a candidate who lives and breathes the Web3 infrastructure stack. Someone with a precise, first-hand understanding of what actually drives user and developer adoption.</li> <li>A "Builder's" BD Expert: You've proven you can close complex, technical partnerships that ship and scale.</li> <li>Infrastructure Native: You intuitively understand the wallet, oracle, bridge, and identity landscape. You know the players, the tech, and what's missing.</li> <li>Strategic & Global: You've managed complex projects across multiple time zones and can align diverse teams toward a singular goal.</li> <li>Protocol-Minded: You're excited by the challenge of building at the L1 level and understand how core infrastructure creates a "flywheel" effect for an entire ecosystem.</li> <li>Beyond Infrastructure,  you will also play a key role in the following initiatives Ripple is working on: Growing RLUSD market cap on XRPL; Creating cases & working with partners to tokenize high quality assets on XRPL for financial use cases such as collateral/repo </li> </ul> </div> <div> <p><strong>WHAT YOU'LL BRING: </strong>&l