Senior Staff Technical Program Manager Ripple London, UK Engineering Posted today

Blockchain Academics Ltd.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

In-office collaboration 10+ days/month

Professional development budget

Bi-weekly all-company meeting

Team offsites and bonding activities

Competitive salary, bonuses, and stock

Job summary

Ripple is seeking a seasoned Technical Program Manager to own and deliver complex cross-functional programs across product, engineering and risk. You will partner with multiple teams to align priorities, manage dependencies, and drive measurable business outcomes.

The role emphasizes data-driven decision making, governance, and the ability to mentor other TPMs in a fast-paced, innovation-focused environment in London. Hybrid work and professional development are available.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of technical program management experience in enterprise technology.
• Experience leading cross-functional programs with Finance, Product, Engineering and Risk teams.
• Strong data-driven decision making and governance capabilities.
• Proven ability to coordinate multi-functionally and influence in a matrixed environment.

Responsibilities

• Own strategy, planning, and end-to-end execution of complex cross-functional programs.
• Identify and remove bottlenecks, raise issues, and drive data-driven decisions.
• Communicate clearly with stakeholders including executive leadership.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Operations to meet regulatory and control expectations.
• Mentor other TPMs and raise the bar for program management practices.
• Contribute to technical and operational frameworks for engineering decision-making.
• Drive alignment across multiple partners and prioritization of initiatives.
• Lead large-scale cross-company programs from scope to launch and measurable outcomes.
• Own lifecycle across Product, Engineering and GTM, managing dependencies and risks.

Skills

Technical program management

Cross-functional leadership

Data analytics

Agile/Scrum

Stakeholder management

Influencing without authority

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Google Sheets

Job description

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.
The work:

What you'll do:

• Own the strategy, planning, and execution of one or more complex, cross-functional programs across our product initiatives by understanding our customers, markets, and technology deeply.
• Reduce ambiguity and risk by proactively identifying and eliminating bottlenecks and obstacles, raising issues strategically, and making sound data-driven decisions that deliver for our customers based on associated trade-offs.
• Communicate with purpose and clarity to stakeholders at all levels, including executive leadership, bringing together cross-functional teams to achieve program objectives.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Operations to ensure programs meet the regulatory, operational, and control expectations of institutional clients.
• Mentor and support other TPMs, and contribute to raising the bar for program management practices across the organization.
• Contribute to technical and operational frameworks that engineering teams can use for decision-making and Operational Excellence.
• Partner with program managers, product managers, and engineering managers to understand development priorities and drive alignment across multiple partners with impactful priorities.
• Lead large, strategic cross-company initiatives end-to-end, from shaping scope and success metrics with leadership through launch, adoption, and measurable business outcomes.
• Own the full program lifecycle across Product, Engineering, and go-to-market teams, driving alignment on priorities, managing dependencies and risks, and holding teams accountable to commitments.

What you'll bring:

• 10+ years of technical program management experience leading complex, cross-functional programs in sophisticated enterprise technology environments, working directly with many teams across functions.
• Experience managing programs in traditional finance (TradFi), such as banking, asset management, broker-dealers, custodians, or financial market infrastructure, with a solid understanding of the financial services landscape.
• Experience with and understanding of trading markets (crypto or traditional), including the trade lifecycle (order management, execution, clearing, and settlement), market structure, and liquidity.
• Ability to use data and analytics to look at trends and lead the health of projects and systems.
• Shown understanding and working knowledge of software development and modern project management standard processes, such as Agile, Scrum, Six Sigma, etc.
• Ability to coordinate multi-functionally, build consensus, and deliver across teams. Able to influence without authority, negotiate, and encourage others in a matrixed environment.
• Experience with project planning tools such as Jira and Confluence, and proficiency in Google Sheets.
• Experience crafting or architecting (design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and existing systems.
• Experience in Payments, Custody, Stablecoin, Prime Brokerage, Tokenization, and/or Blockchain ecosystems is a strong plus.

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 f