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Lead Product Manager – Institutional Defi
| Company | Ripple |
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| Location | San Francisco, CA, USA |
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| Salary | $200000 – $225000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- 8+ years related experience
- Strong product intuition and systems thinking: you see how pieces fit together into real-world use
- Experience working with financial institutions or fintech infrastructure (custody, trading, settlement, etc.)
- Deep customer empathy – you can reason backwards from institutional needs and workflows
- Exceptional communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Bias for clarity, accountability, and momentum in ambiguous environments
- Technical aptitude: you’ve worked on backend products or served developers in prior product roles
Responsibilities
- Own the development of institutional-grade product solutions using XRP Ledger capabilities
- Partner closely with BD and external institutions (e.g., Hidden Road, Securitize) to understand workflows, integration paths, and adoption blockers
- Work across product lines (tokens, financial protocols, compliance) to compose full solutions that map to real institutional needs
- Develop product-market fit hypotheses, validate with partners, and guide roadmap decisions accordingly
- Translate partner requirements into clear product direction for internal teams – balancing technical feasibility with go-to-market alignment
- Serve as a connective role across PMs, ensuring what we build adds up to something customers can actually use
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of blockchain fundamentals (wallets, signing, tokenization, on-chain transactions) and how to use them in practical solutions
- Experience building or launching crypto or blockchain-based products
- Familiarity with institutional trading workflows, collateral management, or settlement systems
- Exposure to open-source developer ecosystems or protocol-level product work
