Staff GRC Program Manager

As a Staff GRC Program Manager at Ripple, you serve as the operational lead for cybersecurity governance, risk management, and compliance in Brazil. This critical role is integral to establishing Ripple's local operational presence and governance to operate as a Sociedade Prestadora de Serviços de Ativos Virtuais (SPSAV/VASP), and you will be key in building and delivering a strong information security and ICT risk program locally while supporting Ripple's expansion of regulated digital asset activities across Latin America.

What you'll do

• Serve as the operational lead for cybersecurity governance, risk management, and compliance in Brazil, working directly with local leadership on the entity's information security program and incident response capabilities.
• Prepare, coordinate, and directly support local leadership in regulatory authorization review, ongoing supervisory engagements, and examinations.
• Provide periodic updates to Ripple Brazil's board and management on the InfoSec program, ICT risk posture, and regulatory developments.
• Maintain compliance with Brazilian regulatory and security frameworks relevant to virtual asset service providers, such as central bank cybersecurity and data protection requirements.
• Map new and evolving guidance issued by the BCB, COAF, and ANPD to Ripple's internal security controls library to identify gaps and enhancement opportunities.
• Scope, plan, and independently conduct periodic technical control testing to validate the effectiveness of information security controls across cloud, infrastructure, and application environments.
• Directly access systems to pull technical evidence such as logs, system settings, and access reports for control testing, audits, and independent assurance reviews.
• Collaborate with global InfoSec teams to develop, maintain, and localize InfoSec Policies, Standards, and Procedures for local regulatory and data protection compliance.
• Lead local oversight of outsourced IT, custody-adjacent, and security service providers, including third-party due diligence and contingency-planning obligations.
• Support Ripple Brazil's Data Protection Officer on security-of-processing matters.
• Support group-wide Information Security GRC initiatives, ensuring cross-entity alignment as Ripple's regulated footprint in Latin America grows.
• Partner with global Information Security, Engineering, Compliance, Finance, Product, Legal, and Sales teams to provide security guidance with direct impact on Ripple's product security and customer trust in Brazil.
• Support regional customer-facing activities, including drafting Brazil-specific security messaging, responding to security due diligence questionnaires, and reviewing customer security contractual language.
• Develop and maintain information security policies, standards, GRC process documentation, system workflows, and evidence collection procedures.
• Attend and participate in Brazilian and regional digital asset industry events and discussions to stay current on evolving regulation, threats, and best practices.

What you bring

• 5+ years of experience in information security risk management and compliance, ideally including direct exposure to a BCB-regulated or equivalent financial institution's authorization or examination process.
• A Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience.
• Based in Brazil, with proven experience in the Brazilian financial or FinTech sector and a strong working understanding of the BCB regulatory landscape.
• Solid understanding of the BCB's PSAV/SPSAV framework and familiarity with the LGPD.
• Proficiency with common information security frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC2, NIST, and CSA Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM).
• A proven understanding of information security governance in the context of cloud-native FinTech companies operating in a distributed and fast-moving environment.
• Comfort working independently in technical environments, quickly learning new systems and processes.
• Hands-on experience pulling and analyzing technical evidence, including system logs, configuration data, audit reports, and database queries.
• Ability to develop clear, audience-tailored documentation, SOPs, and training content.
• Experience collaborating effectively with multi-functional teams of engineers, product managers, and compliance experts.
• Familiarity with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Okta, AWS, Tines, and integrated GRC platforms.
• Fluency in Portuguese and professional proficiency in English.

Nice to have

• Certifications including CISSP, CISM, CISA, and AWS Certified Security.

What we offer

• 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.
• R&R days to rest and recharge.
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite and virtual programming.
• Generous vacation policy to work with your manager to take time off when you need it.
• Industry-leading parental leave policies and family planning benefits.
• Professional development budget to support learning.
• In-office collaboration with flexibility for managers and teams to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
• Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks and beverages, and team offsites and bonding activities.

About Ripple

Ripple is building a world where value moves like information does today through crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments, and developers. The company improves the global financial system and creates greater economic fairness and opportunity for more people across the world.