Strategy & Operations Senior Manager

Ripple Ripple · Fintech · San Francisco, CA +1 · RippleX

Strategy & Operations Senior Manager at RippleX to drive institutional DeFi adoption and ecosystem growth on the XRP Ledger. This role involves operational orchestration of initiatives, developing growth frameworks, defining metrics, coordinating cross-functional projects, and designing decision-making processes.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead operational orchestration of DeFi and EVM sidechain initiatives, including governance frameworks, fund deployment mechanisms, and collaboration models with internal teams and third-party partners
  2. Develop and maintain a multi-year ecosystem growth framework in tandem with product and partnerships teams, anchored to the "Utility, Liquidity and Trust" North Star
  3. Define shared, measurable metrics for all external hubs and ecosystem programs - including RWA grants, startup programs, hackathons, and developer relations - with clear success criteria and decision checkpoints
  4. Coordinate cross-functional projects to activate key use cases such as stablecoin payments, credit and capital markets, and RWA tokenization, driving regulated asset and institutional activity on-chain
  5. Support the VP of Partnerships in developing quarterly and annual planning cycles, including pipeline review and management for prospects and existing partners

Skills

Required

  • 6 to 10 years of experience in strategy and operations within Web3, fintech, technology, or consulting
  • Strong understanding of crypto ecosystems
  • Strong problem-solving, collaboration, and project execution skills
  • Outstanding communication skills, with experience presenting to senior stakeholders
  • Proficiency with dashboards and data tools

Nice to have

  • experience with L1 protocols, tokenization, stablecoins, or DeFi

What the JD emphasized

  • operational rigor
  • strategic, analytical, operational and executional skills
  • Strong understanding of crypto ecosystems
  • Proven track record of operational support for Sales, BD, and/or Delivery teams
  • Strong problem-solving, collaboration, and project execution skills
  • Outstanding communication skills, with experience presenting to senior stakeholders