VP, Corporate Development

Lead Ripple's global corporate development mandate by deploying capital through partnerships, investments, and acquisitions. Develop crypto ecosystem market intelligence, qualify opportunities with cross-functional teams, analyze competitors, execute acquisitions and investments, drive due diligence and integration, source opportunities through relationships, build strategic alliances, and develop corporate development processes and analyses.

Responsibilities

• Develop perspectives on key categories within the crypto ecosystem.
• Curate research and market intelligence and communicate strategic implications to leadership.
• Engage with Product, Engineering, and Go-to-Market teams to qualify opportunities.
• Analyze competitors to inform business strategy.
• Lead end-to-end execution of acquisitions and investments.
• Define business needs, map markets, engage prospects, and develop business cases.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, Tax, and People teams on due diligence and integration.
• Build relationships with blockchain entrepreneurs and investors to source opportunities.
• Manage a high-velocity deal pipeline.
• Collaborate with Business Development on strategic alliances.
• Develop internal corporate development processes and artifacts.
• Conduct data-driven backtesting of acquisition performance against investment theses.
• Perform qualitative and quantitative analyses for planning, strategy, investing, and integration.

Requirements

• 10+ years in Corporate Development, Investment Banking, Venture Capital, or Corporate Finance.
• Proven relationship-building and proprietary deal-flow generation track record.
• Experience managing multiple complex deals through all phases.
• Experience building, mentoring, and leading high-performing teams.
• Mastery of financial modeling, including three-statement analysis, valuation, and market data models.
• Ability to operate without an established playbook and architect creative deal structures.
• Sophisticated understanding of blockchain technology and traditional financial services.
• Exceptional intellectual rigor, attention to detail, and proactive collaborative communication.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, 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
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite and virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy
• Industry-leading parental leave policies
• Family planning benefits
• Catered lunches and fully stocked kitchens
• Professional development budget
• Team offsites, team bonding activities, and happy hours