Recruiting Operations and Programs Manager

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:

In this role, you will sit at the intersection of recruiting strategy and operational excellence - responsible for assessing our current state and systematically building the processes that enable our global recruiting team to hire at pace and scale. This is a hands-on role for someone with a builder's mentality who is excited to write the playbook, not just follow one. You'll work closely with the Senior Manager of Recruiting Operations and leaders across the business to drive end-to-end improvements in how we attract, evaluate, and land the best talent. From scaling tooling and optimizing workflows to partnering cross-functionally on hiring quality and data insights, you'll have a direct impact on one of Ripple's most critical business functions.

If you are ready to bring strategic vision, operational rigor, and a passion for continuous improvement to a high-growth global team, we can't wait to hear from you.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

• Evaluate, implement, and own the end-to-end recruiting tech stack; build relationships with tool partners, integrate new features into existing workflows, and review usage quarterly to drive recruiter behavior
• Lead cross-functional initiatives to scale recruiting processes, partnering closely with team members across People, Engineering, and the business
• Develop and own automated reporting for recruiters and senior leadership - independently and in partnership with the internal BI team - to enable data-driven hiring decisions
• Analyze recruiting data (pipeline health, pass-through rates, candidate experience signals) and translate insights into actionable recommendations for programs
• Advise senior leadership/executives, telling a story with data and crafting hiring strategy
• Build AI-enabled workflows that add efficiency to the recruiting function
• Implement Workday position management for headcount planning, working closely with Finance and People Ops
• Partner with the Media team to redesign and update Talent Brand collateral including video content
• Design and maintain training programs and documentation for all recruiting processes, including new team member onboarding
• Collaborate with the Early Talent team on analytics, talent brand, marketing initiatives, and recruiting events

WHAT YOU'LL BRING: 

• Deep admin-level expertise across modern recruiting systems including Greenhouse, Gem, Workday, Textio; experience implementing Ashby or Ashby reporting and AI tools such as Juicebox and Metaview
• Hands-on experience leading or playing a significant role in HRIS and ATS integrations; comfortable working with APIs and building automations to close process gaps
• Strong background in people analytics or recruiting data management: able to visualize data and tell a compelling story to diverse audiences; basic SQL knowledge
• Executive presence: confident bringing ideas, recommendations, and results to managers and department leaders
• Passionate about systems, tooling, and finding creative solutions to operational challenges; has led full-cycle vendor procurement from market evaluation through implementation
• Builds strong relationships with vendors and drives accountability for results
• Experience with global hiring, including familiarity with GDPR, EEO/OFCCP compliance, and employment considerations for EMEA and APAC regions
• Pro-actively and independently finds opportunities to improve process; thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous environments; brings strong change management instincts and organizational skills
• 4+ years in a senior recruiting operations or people operations role
• Bonus: Experience managing or supporting a data warehouse implementation to enable automated reporting; has built Tableau dashboards from scratch

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.