Lead Product Manager, Connectivity (San Francisco)

At Ripple, we’re building a world where value moves like information does today. It’s big, it’s bold, and we’re already doing it. Through our crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers, we are improving the global financial system and creating greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people, in more places around the world. And we get to do the best work of our career and grow our skills surrounded by colleagues who have our backs. If you’re ready to see your impact and unlock incredible career growth opportunities, join us, and build real world value.GTreasury, now a Ripple solution, was acquired by Ripple in 2025, marking a significant expansion into the multi-trillion-dollar corporate finance arena.GTreasury has more than 40 years of experience supporting some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated companies. Integrating its treasury command center into Ripple’s technology stack gives corporates the ability to move, manage and optimize liquidity in real-time, across traditional and digital assets, under one expanded umbrella.Join us to build the future of corporate treasury and the infrastructure that powers the Internet of Value.THE WORK:Global treasury doesn't work without global connectivity. We’re hiring a Lead Product Manager to own the Connectivity Platform—the foundational infrastructure that connects Ripple Treasury to the world’s financial networks.You will own and drive the end-to-end connectivity strategy across bank channels (including our ClearConnect proprietary reporting & payments APIs), money market fund platforms (via SDK integrations), ERP ecosystems (third-party connectors & SDKs), and other critical Office of the CFO integration points.Following Ripple's acquisition of GTreasury, we're building the future of treasury management at the intersection of traditional finance and blockchain technology. Your work will ensure the reliable, scalable, and secure data exchange that underpins our core treasury platform experience, balancing build-vs-integrate decisions to accelerate time-to-value for enterprise clients across all ingress and egress pathways.WHAT YOU’LL DO:Lead the Connectivity Team (Pod): Serve as the definitive product owner for a newly formed, dedicated multi-functional engineering team. You will partner closely with engineering leads to build, scale, and maintain our connectivity platform, which is the foundational layer enabling real-time data exchange across banks, ERPs, fund portals, and digital asset networks.Drive the Core Mandate: Serve as the single product leader accountable for global connectivity coverage, balancing build-vs-integrate decisions to ensure rapid time-to-value for our customers.API Standardization & Developer Experience: Evangelize an API-first approach within Ripple Treasury. You will manage and streamline developer-facing documentation and materials, ensuring our internal solution teams (Payments, Cash, Accounting) and external partners can easily consume our standard APIs.Manage Partner SDK Lifecycles: Own the lifecycle management for partner SDKs and third-party connectors, driving deep interoperability with Enterprise ERPs (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite) and Money Market Fund portals.Expand Bank Channels: Optimize and expand our global banking network, using both standard reporting/payment APIs and our ClearConnect proprietary channels to ensure resilient data exchange across all ingress and egress pathways.Lead Through Complexity: Proactively resolve conflicts and drive alignment between Engineering, Security, and Banking Partners. You will obsess over the health of the network, driving initiatives to improve uptime, reduce latency, and automate error handling.WHAT YOU'LL BRING: 10+ years in product management, with a specific focus on API Platforms, Integration iPaaS, or Fintech Infrastructure.Team Leadership: Experience leading dedicated multi-functional engineering teams and driving alignment across multiple partners to launch net-new platform capabilities.Technical Fluency: Deep understanding and passion for systems and APIs. You possess the technical depth to interpret complex bank specifications (ISO 20022, NACHA, SWIFT gpi) and translate them into foundational building blocks for engineering.Developer Empathy: Experience building for a developer audience. You know what makes a great API and how to write clear, compelling user documentation.Strategic Vision: You can look at a fragmented landscape of legacy banks and modern fintechs and see a path to unification. You are comfortable prioritizing boring infrastructure work because you know it drives long-term leverage.Preferred (not required):Deep expertise in enterprise ERP ecosystems (SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, Microsoft Dynamics), including middleware and API-layer connectivity patterns that enable real-time treasury data flows across complex, multi-entity environments.Experience evaluating and expanding proprietary bank and financial institution connectivity with a clear point of view on when to build direct integrations, when to partner, and how to structure that analysis in a way that drives long-term platform leverage over commodity aggregation.Proven track record building and scaling a developer experience, including API portals, comprehensive documentation, sandbox environments, OAuth/key management, and developer support workflows – creating the kind of ecosystem infrastructure that makes Ripple Treasury the easiest platform to connect to in treasury.Background in institutional or transaction banking, including payment rails, bank statement formats (MT940, BAI2, CAMT), and the nuances of working with bank connectivity teams across regions.Familiarity with Money Market Fund (MMF) portals and digital asset custody integrations, with an understanding of how programmable liquidity changes the connectivity model.Working knowledge of SOC 2, GDPR, and PSD2/Open Banking compliance frameworks as they apply to financial data connectivity and third-party integration governance.For positions that will be based in CA, the annual salary range for this position is below. Actual salaries may vary based on numerous factors including, among other things, an individual applicant’s experience and qualifications for the position. This range does not include equity or additional compensation, such as bonuses or commissions. CA Annual Base Salary Range$208,000—$260,000 USDWHO WE ARE:Do Your Best WorkThe opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leadersA 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 TeamWe come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!Take Control of Your FinancesCompetitive salary, bonuses, and equityCompetitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family supportEmployee giving matchMobile phone stipendTake Care of YourselfR&R days so you can rest and rechargeGenerous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programmingGenerous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need itIndustry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits.Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun eventsBenefits 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.Please find our UK/EU Applicant Privacy Notice and our California Applicant Privacy Notice for reference.