Senior Manager, Competitive Intelligence

Ripple Ripple · Fintech · New York, NY +1 · Strategic Initiatives

This role is for a Senior Manager of Competitive Intelligence at Ripple, a fintech company focused on digital assets and payments. The primary responsibility is to provide leaders and employees with up-to-date information, analysis, and actionable insights on industry trends and market developments. This involves synthesizing information from various sources, analyzing competitor activities, identifying strategic opportunities and threats, and delivering executive-ready briefings and reports to inform company strategy, product roadmaps, and investments. The role requires strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills, with a deep understanding of the crypto and FinTech sectors.

What you'd actually do

  1. Synthesize technology, regulatory, and business perspectives from diverse sources to develop high-impact insights that drive strategic perspective on developments related to Ripple’s businesses.
  2. Analyze industry trends and competitor activities to uncover strategic opportunities and threats, leveraging a deep understanding of Ripple's products to deliver analysis that goes far beyond news aggregation.
  3. Proactively identify and monitor industry developments, quickly flagging high-priority shifts with relevant context and analysis to Leadership and appropriate internal teams.
  4. Deliver proactive, executive-ready briefings and strategic reports to Ripple’s senior leadership team, including the CEO, with clear points of view and recommendations to inform high-level decision-making.
  5. Collaborate closely with Ripple leaders and subject matter experts to pinpoint and prioritize the most critical competitive intelligence topics for deep-dive research.

Skills

Required

  • Market intelligence
  • Industry research
  • Crypto markets
  • FinTech
  • Financial services
  • Business analysis
  • Financial analysis
  • Communication skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Collaboration skills
  • Teamwork

Nice to have

  • Operational experience in startup environments
  • Digital assets
  • Blockchain technology
  • Institutional finance
  • C-suite interaction
  • Industry networks
  • X/Twitter
  • Discord
  • Telegram
  • Reddit

What the JD emphasized

  • 10+ years of work experience in market intelligence and industry research, ideally within crypto, FinTech, or financial services, coupled with operational experience in ambitious, fast-paced startup environments.
  • A strong, demonstrated interest in digital assets and crypto markets, with specific familiarity regarding the intersection of institutional finance and blockchain technology.
  • The ability to develop rigorous, evidence-based research that moves beyond "desk research" to incorporate business and financial analysis. You have an informed “take” and are able to support it with compelling evidence.
  • Elite communication and presentation skills, with a proven ability to translate complex data and technical concepts into actionable insights for a general business audience.
  • Robust industry connections and a visible presence across the key communication channels used by the crypto community today, such as X/Twitter, Discord, Telegram, and Reddit.