Ripple

Sales Director - OTC, Americas

Ripple$145K — $175K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in institutional sales or trading-adjacent roles, with experience at FX brokers or crypto liquidity providers.
  • Direct work with institutional trading desks, understanding their operational needs and sales dynamics.
  • Network of relationships across institutional FX desks and digital asset treasury teams in the Americas.
  • Proven history of achieving and exceeding revenue targets in competitive markets.
  • Strong communication skills for engaging with both C-suite and trading professionals.

Responsibilities

  • Build and manage the regional OTC pipeline for institutional clients.
  • Originate and nurture relationships with clients across diverse financial sectors in the Americas.
  • Lead the entire sales cycle from outreach to closing, achieving quarterly booking targets.
  • Develop strategic account plans to convert leads into active trading relationships.
  • Serve as a main point of contact between clients and Ripple's internal trading desk, ensuring alignment on trade execution.
  • Provide market insights and client feedback to enhance Ripple's trading products and pricing.
  • Represent Ripple at industry events and maintain accurate CRM records for pipeline forecasting.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead a cutting-edge business in the emerging digital asset space.
  • High visibility role with direct impact on revenue and company growth.
  • In-depth collaboration with an experienced internal trading desk and sales team.
  • Access to industry events and networking opportunities across the Americas.
Full Job Description
Ripple is expanding its OTC liquidity business and is hiring a Sales Director for the Americas region.. This is a high-ownership, quota-carrying role for a commercially driven professional who knows the institutional FX and digital asset ecosystem across both North America and Latam and has an existing network to build institutional pipeline from day one. You will operate at the intersection of Ripple's trading desk and our growing roster of financial institution clients - sourcing, qualifying, and closing OTC deals across spot, derivatives, and digital asset liquidity products. This is not a role for someone who waits for leads; it's a role for someone who already knows the right desks and knows how to get the meeting. WHAT YOU'LL DO Build and own the regional OTC pipeline • Originate and develop relationships with institutional clients across FX desks, treasury operations, crypto-native firms, and digital asset funds in the Americas - including financial institutions, other OTC desks, equity, commodity, and FX brokers, regional exchanges, and crypto-native trading firms. • Drive the full sales cycle from initial outreach through term sheet negotiation and close, meeting and exceeding quarterly booking targets. • Develop high-impact account plans that prioritize the highest-value counterparts and convert top-of-funnel interest into active trading relationships. Work hand-in-hand with Ripple's internal trading desk • Serve as the primary interface between external clients and Ripple's internal OTC desk, translating client needs into executable trades and ensuring pricing, flow, and post-trade communication meet institutional standards. • Feed real-time market color and client feedback to the desk; help shape the product and pricing offering based on what you hear on the ground. • Coordinate with trading, risk, compliance, and onboarding to ensure clean execution and seamless client experience from first trade to embedded relationship. Position Ripple's OTC offering in the market • Act as a subject-matter expert on Ripple's liquidity products - spot, options, and stablecoin settlement - and translate technical advantages into clear commercial value for treasury and trading counterparts. • Represent Ripple at industry events, desk visits, and market forums across the Americas region; frequent in-person engagement is expected and valued. • Maintain accurate pipeline forecasting and CRM hygiene, providing reliable visibility into deal flow and client status. WHAT YOU'LL BRING Experience • 8+ years in an institutional sales or trading-adjacent role, with meaningful time spent at an FX broker, a tier-1 or tier-2 bank's FX/EM desk, or a well-regarded crypto liquidity provider or exchange. • Direct experience working alongside or interfacing with an institutional trading desk - you understand how a desk operates, what it needs from sales, and how to close the loop between a client ask and an executable price. • A well-developed network of active relationships across institutional FX desks, digital asset treasury teams, and crypto-native funds in the Americas region - including financial institutions, other OTC desks, equity, commodity, and FX brokers, regional exchanges, and crypto-native trading firms that can support early commercial traction. • Demonstrated track record of owning a revenue number and delivering against it in a competitive, relationship-driven market. Skills and character • Self-starter with the commercial instinct and discipline to build a territory from scratch; comfortable spending significant time on the road and in client offices. • Strong understanding of OTC market mechanics, FX settlement workflows, and digital asset liquidity dynamics. • Excellent communicator at the C-suite and desk level; able to run both a high-level strategic conversation and a precise trade discussion with confidence. • Collaborative by default - this role works best when sales and the internal desk operate as a single client-facing unit. Nice to have • Experience at a reputable crypto exchange or institutional digital asset firm in a revenue-generating capacity. • Familiarity with blockchain-enabled settlement, stablecoin liquidity, or cross-border payment rails. • Existing counterpart relationships with target customers across the Americas region. For positions that will be based in NY, 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. NY Annual Base Salary Range $145,000-$175,000 USD

About Ripple

Ripple is a technology company that provides solutions for global payments. The company's main product is the Ripple payment protocol and its associated digital currency XRP. Ripple's payment protocol is designed to enable secure, instantly and nearly free global financial transactions of any size with no chargebacks. Ripple's customers include banks, payment providers, digital asset exchanges and corporates. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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