Responsibilities
- Develop unique perspectives on key categories within the crypto ecosystem; curate research and market intelligence to identify critical shifts and communicate their strategic implications to leadership.
- Engage with Product, Engineering, and Go-to-Market teams to qualify opportunities and refine Ripple’s areas of strategic interest.
- Develop perspectives on key competitors - evaluating relative strengths and weaknesses - to inform our broader business strategy.
- Lead the execution of acquisitions and investments by defining business needs, mapping market landscapes, engaging prospects, and developing robust business cases.
- Partner with Finance, Legal, Tax, and People teams to drive due diligence and ensure seamless post-deal integration.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with the global community of blockchain entrepreneurs and investors to source new opportunities and manage a high-velocity pipeline.
- Collaborate with the Business Development team to forge alliances that promote Ripple’s core product and service offerings.
- Develop internal processes and artifacts for the corporate development function, including data-driven backtesting of acquisition performance against the original investment thesis.
- Ad-hoc analyses for planning strategy, investing and integration efforts.
