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Physical Security Manager, APAC/MENA

ripple

Singapore Full-time Posted 5d ago
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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 WORK: As the Regional Security Manager covering Ripples operations across MENA & APAC you will provide accurate, timely, in-region support across two of our most dynamic and fastest-growing regions. Driving local relationships, improving responsiveness to incidents, and giving employees across the region a locally-informed safety resource they can turn to directly. Working to Ripples Head of Global Corporate Security (GCS) your core responsibility will be to establish Ripples GCS Team as an established regional function. You will be required to go beyond monitoring and reporting by: * Building Regional Presence: Establish and lead in-region security operations covering our growing office footprint, travel risk management, vendor performance, and incident response across MENA and APAC. * Driving Local Responsiveness: Provide employees with direct access to a regionally aligned security resource, improving incident response speed and the effectiveness of localized communication. * Ensuring Compliance and Readiness: Maintain consistent regulatory compliance, drive faster adaptation to local regulatory change, and strengthen audit readiness across all in-region operations. 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 — relationships, risk intelligence, and vendor networks — ahead of Ripple's expansion into new markets including 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'LL BRING:  * Expert knowledge demonstrated by at least 5+ years' experience with increasing responsibility in corporate/physical security roles covering the MENA and/or APAC region. * 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 level of 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 are essential. * Comfort operating with a high degree of autonomy across time zones, with strong communication and escalation discipline back to global GCS leadership. ---------------------------------------- WHO WE ARE: Do Your Best Work * 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 - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team * We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more! Take Control of Your Finances * 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 Take Care of Yourself * R&R days so you can rest and recharge * Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming * Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it * Industry-leading parental leave policies. Family planning benefits. * Catered lunches, fully-stocked kitchens with premium snacks/beverages, and plenty of fun events Benefits listed above are for full-time employees.  ---------------------------------------- Ripple is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We do not discriminate against qualified employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other characteristic protected by local law or ordinance.   Please find our UK/EU Applicant Privacy Notice and our California Applicant Privacy Notice for reference. ----------------------------------------

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