Physical Security Manager, APAC/MENA

As the Physical Security Manager for APAC and MENA at Ripple, you establish and lead in-region security operations across two of the company's most dynamic and fastest-growing regions. Working to Ripple's Head of Global Corporate Security, you provide accurate, timely support that improves incident response speed and gives employees across the region a locally-informed safety resource they can turn to directly.

What you'll do

• Serve as the primary in-region point of contact for security matters across MENA and APAC, advising regional leadership, HR, Legal, and Workplace teams on security posture and risk.
• Own and continuously develop the regional security strategy, including travel risk management, incident response protocols, and office security standards across the footprint.
• Lead and manage vendor relationships across the region, measuring the performance of third-party contractors, guarding providers, and security service partners to ensure consistent delivery.
• Build and maintain local relationships with authorities, industry peers, and intelligence sources to strengthen situational awareness and early-warning capability.
• Lead regional incident response, ensuring rapid, locally-informed decision-making and escalation.
• Support regulatory compliance and audit readiness across all in-region operations, ensuring consistent application of Ripple's global security standards.
• Establish security groundwork including relationships, risk intelligence, and vendor networks ahead of Ripple's expansion into new markets such as Pakistan and Nigeria.
• Provide expert in-region support during office build-outs, security system rollouts, and any regional project requiring local coordination and progress reporting.

What you bring

• At least 5+ years of experience with increasing responsibility in corporate and physical security roles covering the MENA and/or APAC region.
• A strong existing network of regional contacts across law enforcement, government liaison, intelligence, and vendor communities.
• Experience managing incident response, travel risk, and vendor relationships with successful, on-time delivery.
• High integrity and the ability to professionally handle confidential and sensitive matters with sound judgment and maturity.
• Tenacity and the ability to build a regional function from the ground up.
• Comfort operating with a high degree of autonomy across time zones, with strong communication and escalation discipline back to global GCS leadership.

What we offer

• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity.
• Competitive benefits covering physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support.
• Employee giving match and mobile phone stipend.
• Rest and recharge days (R&R days) to rest and recharge.
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite and virtual programming.
• Generous vacation policy, work with your manager to take time off when you need it.
• Industry-leading parental leave policies and family planning benefits.
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks and beverages, and plenty of fun events.
• Professional development budget to support learning.
• In-office collaboration flexibility, with managers and teams deciding which 10+ days a month they come in.
• Bi-weekly all-company meetings with leadership updates and open discussion.
• Team offsites, team bonding activities, and happy hours.

About Ripple

Ripple builds crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments, and developers to improve the global financial system and create greater economic fairness and opportunity. The company operates across fast-growing regions with experienced industry leaders.