Director, Product Planning & Strategy

Ripple; United States; On-site; USD 248,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonuses

Retirement plan

Mobile stipend

Wellness programs

Job summary

Ripple in the United States is seeking a Director of Product Planning to connect strategy to a practical, resourced roadmap across product lines. You will coordinate the product group, influence leaders, and shape how metrics are analyzed and narrated for decision making.

You will partner with Data Science, own the planning rhythm, and drive transparency with tools like Jira, Linear and Notion. Prior experience in cross‑functional roles and strong communication are essential to accelerate

Qualifications

• 5+ years in product operations, technical program management, chief-of-staff, or a similar cross-functional planning role.
• Strong track record running planning/prioritization processes across multiple teams or product lines.
• Comfortable working with data and metrics, even if you do not build the underlying pipelines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to synthesize complexity into something leadership can act on quickly.
• Highly organized, low-ego, and energized by making other people's work easier and more coherent.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end planning process that turns strategic priorities into a resourced, sequenced roadmap across product lines.
• Facilitate tradeoff and prioritization discussions among product leaders, surfacing conflicts and dependencies before they become blockers.
• Keep the roadmap current and credible as priorities shift, and make sure changes are communicated clearly to collaborators.
• Build and manage the product org's operating rhythm — planning cycles, launch readiness reviews, cross-team syncs, retros
• Own the tooling and systems (e.g., Jira, Linear, Notion) that keep planning artifacts organized and trustworthy as a single source of truth
• Identify and resolve cross-team dependencies and process gaps before they slow down execution
• Partner closely with Data Science, who build and maintain the underlying metrics and dashboards
• Own the reporting layer on top of the data. Pull the right numbers together, synthesize their meaning, and package them into clear, recurring updates for product and company leadership.
• Translate data into recommendations and talking points — not just charts — to inform planning and prioritization decisions
• Serve as a versatile resource for the Senior Director of Product Management, leading cross-organizational initiatives, coordinating process enhancements, or conducting ad hoc analyses
• Represent the product org's planning function in conversations with adjacent teams (engineering, build, legal/compliance, finance) as needed

Skills

Product operations

Cross-functional planning

Data-driven

Communication

Organized

Team leadership

Tools

Jira

Linear

Notion

Job description

Ripple in the United States is seeking a Director of Product Planning to connect strategy to a practical, resourced roadmap across product lines. You will coordinate the product group, influence leaders, and shape how metrics are analyzed and narrated for decision making.

You will partner with Data Science, own the planning rhythm, and drive transparency with tools like Jira, Linear and Notion. Prior experience in cross‑functional roles and strong communication are essential to accelerate