Senior Staff Technical Program Manager
Core
Leading Ripple's Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) migration program to ensure cryptographic readiness ahead of Q-Day (end of 2028) across the global financial system.
Role type
Senior Staff Technical Program Manager (Security/Cryptography)
Builds
Company-wide cryptographic migration for asymmetric/symmetric ciphers, hashing functions, and digital signatures
Domain
Cryptography, Post-Quantum Cryptography, Financial Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Program management in enterprise tech environments, Cryptographic fundamentals (asymmetric/symmetric ciphers, hashing, digital signatures), Vendor/partner roadmap alignment, Cross-functional consensus building, Data-driven decision making, Technical framework creation, Payments/Custody/Stablecoin/Blockchain ecosystem experience
Preferred skills
Prior exposure to PQC or security/compliance-driven technical programs, Experience architecting new and existing systems (design patterns, reliability, scaling)
Technologies
Jira, Confluence, Google Sheets
Responsibilities
Drive end-to-end execution of PQC program from asset inventory to migration, Stand up and own cross-org PQC working group, Align with vendors and partners on PQC roadmaps, Reduce ambiguity and risk by identifying bottlenecks, Communicate program status and risk to executive leadership, Create technical frameworks for engineering decision-making, Coordinate testing and release dependencies
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with strategic oversight
