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If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.
THE WORK:
Ripple is seeking an experienced and strategic leader who is dedicated to execution for leading the planning and implementation of M&A integrations. This role sits within the Strategic Initiatives team and will lead cross-functional efforts to integrate acquired companies in a way that accelerates product and market outcomes, preserves talent and culture, and enhances return on investment.
You will work closely with executive partners - including Product, Engineering, Legal, Finance, People, and GTM leaders - to develop integration strategies grounded in deal rationale, and ensure successful execution from signing through post-close.
Reporting to our VP, Strategic Initiatives, the Director of M&A Integration operates as an individual contributor in the team.
You’re at your best in a fast-changing environment with plenty of ambiguity and interesting, challenging problems to tackle.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
- Serve as the integration lead for acquisitions, partnering with business leads and functional owners to translate deal rationale into an actionable integration strategy.
- Define and drive integration priorities, workstreams, and timelines across all phases: pre-sign diligence, signing-to-close planning, and post-close execution.
- Craft integration plans with functional leaders, align executives on priorities, and anticipate obstacles.
- Nurture strong cross-functional relationships to align teams, surface risks and opportunities early, and drive coordinated execution across workstreams.
- Lead cross-functional working teams, facilitate efficient decision-making, manage risks and interdependencies, and ensure delivery against integration objectives.
- Ensure acquired teams are set up for success - supporting onboarding, team structure, cultural alignment, and retention of key talent.
- Deliver high-quality, executive-ready communication to maintain alignment, highlight progress, and advance issues as needed.
- 10–15 years of experience in program management or corporate development, with a minimum of 5 years leading M&A integrations end-to-end - ideally within B2B or FinTech environments.
- Proven track record leading cross-functional integration for sophisticated deals (e.g., product tuck-ins, geographic expansion, acqui-hires).
- Extensive experience leading both pre-sign diligence and post-close integration, with a strong grasp of how early insights should advise integration strategy and how integration plans should guide diligence priorities.
- Proven ability to translate high-level strategic goals into clear execution plans, especially in fast-moving or ambiguous environments.
- Experience collaborating with executive leadership and navigating multiple collaborator perspectives.
- Deep experience aligning product, tech, GTM, and back-office functions to deliver cohesive, high-impact integrations.
- Excellent project management, communication, and change leadership skills, with a consistent track record to lead by influence across cross-functional teams and senior partners.
- Highly organized, low-ego, resourceful, and willing to take action, with a bias toward clarity, execution, and collaboration.
- Experience in blockchain, payments, or digital asset infrastructure.
WHO WE ARE:
Do Your Best Work
- The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
- A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
- Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
- In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
- Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
- We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!
Take Control of Your Finances
- Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
- Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
- Employee giving match
- Mobile phone stipend
Take Care of Yourself
- R&R days so you can rest and recharge
- Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
- Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it
- Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.
- Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events
Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.
Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.
