France Product Compliance Specialist (12-Month, Remote)

Rippling; France; Remote; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rippling is expanding its Global Payroll product, with France as a key market. We seek a legal-focused Product Compliance Specialist to translate French employment law into scalable product logic and to guide engineering in payroll execution for French customers.

You will bridge legal requirements with product delivery, collaborating with Payroll Experts, Product Managers, Engineering, and Support. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract, fully remote in France, requiring strong French and

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of French employment law (6+ years of experience).
• Ability to interpret and translate legal requirements into structured product guidance.
• Good understanding of French payroll fundamentals, DSN flows and concepts.
• Analytical skills to read, interpret, and synthesize legal texts into concise product requirements.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with payroll experts, engineers, and product teams; communicate clearly to non-legal audiences.
• Ownership mentality with autonomy and attention to detail; capable of managing multiple priorities.
• Prior experience in tech, payroll, or payroll provider is a strong advantage.
• Languages: Full fluency in French and English.

Responsibilities

• Monitor French labor law, social security updates, and CBAs affecting payroll and HR processes.
• Flag upcoming legal changes and assess potential product or operational impacts.
• Draft functional specifications and compliance documentation for payroll logic and regulatory updates.
• Turn employment law into product requirements that engineering can implement; draft compliant briefs with payroll experts.
• Support CBAs integration and expansion within Rippling.
• Collaborate with Payroll Experts, Payroll Operations, Product Managers, and Engineering teams to scope requirements and ensure legal accuracy of product behavior.
• Help prioritize legal and compliance needs based on risk and customer impact.
• Produce documentation translating legal requirements into product-ready guidelines.
• Assist payroll and support teams with legal interpretations during escalations.

Skills

Legal expertise

French employment law

Payroll literacy

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Project management

Attention to detail

Fluent in French & English

Job description

Rippling is expanding its Global Payroll product, with France as a key market. We seek a legal-focused Product Compliance Specialist to translate French employment law into scalable product logic and to guide engineering in payroll execution for French customers.

You will bridge legal requirements with product delivery, collaborating with Payroll Experts, Product Managers, Engineering, and Support. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract, fully remote in France, requiring strong French and