Sales Director; French Speaking

Please note this is for Geneva, Switzerland. You only need to apply to one location if there are multiple listed for the job.

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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 Ripple Custody team is looking for a highly motivated and experienced Sales Director to join our Europe team to lead our Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg (Be Ne Lux ) sales efforts. If you are passionate about bridging the gap between traditional finance (Trad Fi) and decentralized finance (DeFi) by building infrastructure to tokenize, store, and settle value in a simple, secure, and compliant way, come join us!

• Identify and secure commercial relationships with Ripple customers, including large global banks, regional banks, and crypto companies that require various digital asset custody solutions in the Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg
• Assist the Europe sales team in achieving quarterly and annual targets set by the Company.
• Act as the voice of the customer and collaborate with product, marketing, and customer success/sales teams to help drive new use cases for custody and other products.
• Assist product marketing in refining go-to-market strategies based on feedback from customers.
• Work with cross-functional teams to formulate deal strategies, tactics, and account plans, developing the necessary relationships to move deals to closure.
• Analyze client requirements and align them with product capabilities.
• Coordinate with strategic partners on organizing local events and joint go-to-market strategies.
• Conduct market research on potential partners and development opportunities in the region.
• Support the sales process with functional and technical deep dives.
• Manage the RFx response/review process with internal and external subject matter experts (SMEs).
• Oversee live demonstrations for clients and manage sandbox environments.
• Inform and help shape the product roadmap with client feedback.
• Undertake additional business development tasks, including independent research, educating prospective partners, and spearheading new business initiatives.

• Strong understanding of distributed ledger technology and digital asset use cases, including smart contracts, decentralized finance, and other applications.
• Preferably, a good understanding of the digital asset custody market.
• Strong network with good relationships with large financial institutions, asset managers, and crypto natives who require digital asset custody solutions.
• 10+ years of experience in Sales/Business Development, Software/IT System product management, Technical Sales, Solution Architecture, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of relevant experience advising and selling to financial institutions.
• Demonstrated track record of successful sales or business development support.
• Ability to work effectively with team members, take on responsibility, and work independently.
• Willingness to travel as required by client and company engagements.

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• 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 -…